We literally get together every Tuesday to kill ten bosses, then fairly distribute all of their possessions. Then spend the rest of the week killing smaller bosses and doing the same.

  • Azarova [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    it’s possible for people, usually small groups to control massive, important parts of the economy/resources.

    I knew someone IRL who did this. He and a small group of people on the server controlled the entire pet market and agreed upon prices to sell things at. He then started selling all the gold he was making from this for IRL money for a while.

    • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah real money trading always seems like the natural progression from that stuff. I learned pretty early on with Diablo 2 that some people will also pay an exuberant amount for what they otherwise probably would never obtain normally. It's hard not expect buyers and sellers for that type of stuff in the world we live in, so it isn't surprising or anything. Pretty much every online economy game devolves into some absolute garbage. The exception really being if the devs step in with an actual fix. And even then, those could just be bandaids masking the underlying problem

    • KelquunDotre [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I RMTed my first EVE account for rent money

      If I lived somewhere with a weaker USD pair I would still be doing that instead of working.