QUOTE(Superlatanium @ Dec 8 2016, 15:19)

Luna (and others including me) would like a word with you (IMG:[
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feel free. if there's something i don't know, i welcome you to tell me (before i lose my face too much).
QUOTE(Superlatanium @ Dec 8 2016, 15:19)

They're still the market movers for most of the top-tier gears and useful items. EDs would not be at 93k+ without multiple rich players like Mao being able to afford so much. Crystal packs would still be at 26k-27k like they were some months ago before people like me started buying in large quantities (price now 36k-something). High EDB Radiant and Charged Heimdall and Freyr goes for 20m+ as those players compete with each other. Our competition mostly sets the prices, at least for certain types of things.
you know how i think about this. you should bid on things that you have funds to do. otherwise, wait for a bit for prices to become affordable, or search for a decent yet cheaper option. high EDB Radiant isn't absolutely a need for the average player - if someone wants it, let them feast over them. just saying. and are you really telling me that the average player needs EDs?
but every cloud has a silver shining: such things are a good source of income for all the other players. so, as a member of the "average players" group, i think we should all thank all the top-tier players (IMG:[
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QUOTE(Superlatanium @ Dec 8 2016, 15:19)

It's somewhat in the interest of game developers to keep things at least somewhat balanced, so that the majority of players aren't completely overrun by the financial interests of the few who have the most income. There will always be income disparity, but developers generally want to keep it from getting too wide. HV's is unusually wide, but thankfully we're still functional.
indeed.
QUOTE(Superlatanium @ Dec 8 2016, 15:19)

The issue in real life is that there are no such developers with an eagle-eye view of the system and the means to control it. Whether that's exactly a good thing or a bad thing is debatable, but we get coordination failure and [
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Moloch.
and thankfully we also have an admin who is willing to listen to people feedbacks and rightfully trolls those who troll him too much. it's not something you see everyday.