I decided to undergo some extremely classified tests on the economic of Graal.
My first test is on Spiral Knights. ;o So far these tests are coming out good and I can even play it on the mac.
Due to the term of these tests, I may not be on the Forums or Graal as often, and may have to go undercover. That and I have asked Clockwork and Chompy if one of them could fix my IP address a week or two ago... Currently I don't have much of a reason to test both economies at once.. So far no RC, nothing to do on Graal.
I hardly get on iClassic, and don't play PC servers because I don't like any of them except for Neetris on UN.
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Also, complaining is good, and it is called the Invisible hand..
Players want something, Items are given, they get it. Person selling gets money.
Players don't like the price, since it is a dictatorship, they can't really go to someone else to buy the stuff.. So they give in, complain more, or quit. ^.^
Of course it doesn't matter because new players come in, they invite their friends, eventually get bored and quit, the friends don't and invite more friends... The whole pyramid scheme.. Until a few years when the iPod version is less popular, people will continue to flow in whether or not they keep the players happy after a few weeks of playing.
Then again, players able to sell their own thing, while being able to get a 5-20% profit while the rest from Gralat packs and such goes to 'The Man' would be pretty cool. They could be charged to submit, and would gladly do so.. If their price sucks, they would have to resubmit.. "taking it down should be free".
Ex.
I want to have my head uploaded, sell it for 5.5k
I might have to pay double the cost that I'd like to sell it for.
Buying 2? Gralat packs or working my way up to 11k.
I would make 275 or 550 or 1100.. The rest would 'float around'.
this would encourage me to make more heads and bodies...
Should no one buy it, obviously something is wrong and I'd have to redo it..
Why? Because it must be crappy and isn't making me any money..
Staff should be able to take the body down 'keeping it in the database for those who bought it or return the Gralats' They would have to check to see if it is okay, or semi-decent to upload, but other then that it is on the players free will.
Pros:
Incentive to keep playing.
Players are more interactive with the game rather than idling or chatting.
Players are making Gralets to buy others art work / accessories.
Less people will complain to the staff members.
Cons:
Probably more? But staff will have to look through more things, because people will actually WANT to pay to have their stuff uploaded. Of course still less than it use to be, before the money system to have shields and swords.
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Originally Posted by Kamaeru
I have a better business model. How about you pay me to make your heads and graphics for you, and then we can upload them on PC Graal for free.
I'll call it quality control.
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Also, I believe to use heads and bodies or w/e you can't be a trial.. which means you will have them all pay so and so dollars to play the server, to pay you, to be able to see their own artwork on their avatar, on an OS most of them probably do not play since we are mainly talking about iPod. D:
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Should anyone care, I may be back in a few weeks-months to get back into the 'retest' of Graals economic system. ;o
Final results will vary!