12-03-2007, 06:56 PM
I'm new here, and know little about economy, but in my experience, with the current ruleset, the economy is never going to be a strong point.
With no skillcap, you can eventually GM every production skill, and likely will over time. What else are you going to do once you've capped the skills you really want? Why raise some others of course. Once you have gotten the skills to produce what ever you want, it becomes pretty simple to farm out some mats and make whatever you need. Gold becomes pretty worthless, at any amount.
It doesn't have to be viewed as a bad thing, unless you are the type of player that focuses heavily on game economics. From a casual viewpoint, it allows for focusing on what you want to do, instead of how you are going to afford it. Start a character, raise enough skills to become efficient at killing monsters, use the rewards to raise skills to become more efficient.
Of course managing a virtual bank account is something I personally don't find fun.
If it is something you really need to enjoy your playtime, a shard with no skillcap might not be what you are looking for. In a no skillcap environment gold is destined to be devalued. What are you going to buy with it?
Edit: Also, whatever state the economy is in now, it is far to early to judge where it will be later, things still need to balance out. The shrink wrap is barely off =P
With no skillcap, you can eventually GM every production skill, and likely will over time. What else are you going to do once you've capped the skills you really want? Why raise some others of course. Once you have gotten the skills to produce what ever you want, it becomes pretty simple to farm out some mats and make whatever you need. Gold becomes pretty worthless, at any amount.
It doesn't have to be viewed as a bad thing, unless you are the type of player that focuses heavily on game economics. From a casual viewpoint, it allows for focusing on what you want to do, instead of how you are going to afford it. Start a character, raise enough skills to become efficient at killing monsters, use the rewards to raise skills to become more efficient.
Of course managing a virtual bank account is something I personally don't find fun.
If it is something you really need to enjoy your playtime, a shard with no skillcap might not be what you are looking for. In a no skillcap environment gold is destined to be devalued. What are you going to buy with it?
Edit: Also, whatever state the economy is in now, it is far to early to judge where it will be later, things still need to balance out. The shrink wrap is barely off =P