Anybody that claims they know what will happen with certainty is either misguided or intentionally lying.
If you want a guess, a lot more prospective buyers of minis got wiped out than pets that would have gone back up for resale and actually exchanged hands.
How will the new bans affect the economy?
Martin Alvito
Darcy
Prices won't go up because the items weren't on the market, so the market has not been affected. They were being stored on accounts so the owners could gloat over them. One banned botter said he had a Vizu but did he really? And does it make any difference? It wasn't being sold.
Winterclaw
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Anybody that claims they know what will happen with certainty is either misguided or intentionally lying.
If you want a guess, a lot more prospective buyers of minis got wiped out than pets that would have gone back up for resale and actually exchanged hands. |
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Originally Posted by IlikeGW
That's just a bonus. Stuff that rare shouldn't exist as it shows here the people who buy it are cheaters anyway.
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Black Metal
This is an interesting topic to ponder. There's no obvious logic as to what should or will happen, or if anything will happen at all. What I am pretty sure about is that an immense amount of wealth was removed from the game, both in rare items (high-end unded minis, the EL hench I've seen mentioned here) and cash and ectos.
For legit owners of the remaining rare items, who don't intend on parting with them, it must be nice knowing your rare item just got rarer.
For legit owners of the remaining rare items, who don't intend on parting with them, it must be nice knowing your rare item just got rarer.
HawkofStorms
Did the economy really get screwed up when they started banning the dupers who bought all those rare minis?
Not really. We've already had some of the super rare items removed from the game already from those bans. Judging from past experience, I doubt we will see much of an impact. Sure there might be more "panic mode" from individuals in threads like this, but I don't see much of an impact (and if there is one... I really don't care).
Not really. We've already had some of the super rare items removed from the game already from those bans. Judging from past experience, I doubt we will see much of an impact. Sure there might be more "panic mode" from individuals in threads like this, but I don't see much of an impact (and if there is one... I really don't care).
Mavy
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Did the economy really get screwed up when they started banning the dupers who bought all those rare minis?
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Mintha Syl
For the moment it looks like the price of ectos in raising...
byteme!
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Originally Posted by Mintha Syl
For the moment it looks like the price of ectos in raising...
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[edit]waited 5 minutes....checked trader again and now it's 8000g. Still no sign of rising ecto prices unless you consider this to be a rise in which case I'd like to inform you it's been this way for a while now.
Mintha Syl
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I'm standing next to the rare material trader as we speak. Ecto is at 7500g at the trader.
[edit]waited 5 minutes....checked trader again and now it's 8000g. Still no sign of rising ecto prices unless you consider this to be a rise in which case I'd like to inform you it's been this way for a while now. |
midnightduo1
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Originally Posted by Mavy
OF COURSE it was.. I remember buying an unded. Naga for 160e and after 1 year (when the duping related incident occured) the price went to 1400e... Just accept it that banning 3700 of ACTIVE traders will affect the game...
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Terrible Surgeon
No noticeable affect will be seen. The people banned were a drop in the bucket of people who farm stuff.
Risus
it means almost nothing, the majority of bots were gold farmers or PvP interrupt botters.
People didn't store their money on those accounts
People didn't store their money on those accounts
Yawgmoth
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it means almost nothing, the majority of bots were gold farmers or PvP interrupt botters.
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ManlyMan
Update: NOTHINGS CHANGED.
Economy hasn't changed/crashed like all the botters who got caught and banned hoped for.
Economy hasn't changed/crashed like all the botters who got caught and banned hoped for.