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Hi TNT, thanks for everything! Recently there were some concerns about inflation and another question about Draik eggs. From what I gathered you put a higher price on the new Draik eggs to help with inflation... but I don't think people putting a 20 million Neopoint price tag on one is helping the situation at all. Is there anything that can be done about this? Can't you put a limit on how much people can charge for items? I think it would bring in a lot more Neopets players, since the challenge of saving wouldn't be so scarily intimidating. *gives you cookies* Thanks! Oh, and please remove my username in the rare chance that you do answer my question. You rock! ~[username removed]
We don't like to be heavy-handed when dealing with the economy. For a lot of people, part of the allure of Neopets is the economy itself: buying low, selling high, getting something rare and pricing it... the only area we can think of where we effectively "cap" prices is the Hidden Tower, Neohome Superstore, and General Store, as these places are basically always stocked and available. We prefer to help balance things out by releasing things with lower rarities (like the new Draik eggs), or giving them out as rewards, though the higher an item has inflated, the less we want to hand them out and make everyone instantly rich. Also, if we go overboard and release too much of an item, the deflation can make the item less rare. For a while (no longer) the Snow Faerie was giving out certain Draik morphing potions like hotcakes, and as a result they dropped to less than 200,000 NP if we remember correctly. While that's great for a lot of people, it also took away the rarity and specialness of having a Draik. As you can see, the economy does need to be balanced, but slowly and carefully. :)
Now, I understand that dumping more neopoints into the economy doesn't help the problem of inflation, it makes it worse. I'm also glad that they don't want to be heavy handed, and I would be annoyed if they made a cap on how much something could be sold for.
What really annoyed me was the snow faerie bit. Back in the day she would give out draik morphing potions for doing her quests (oh, how I wish I did her quests back then!!), and they remember the cost of a draik morphing potion going down to 200k nps! They made it sound like it was this horrible thing. Now, I remember mps going for 150k on the trading post, and at the time that was a lot of nps for me! I'd already been playing for a long time too. But it didn't seem impossible to think you could have one. I get the 'it's rare and special', but is it really that bad for it to be more attainable for people? I agree that they shouldn't be easy to get... but because they're 'rare' and expensive, there are an awful lot created for pet trading.
It just made me irritated.
x-posted to neopianrants
We don't like to be heavy-handed when dealing with the economy. For a lot of people, part of the allure of Neopets is the economy itself: buying low, selling high, getting something rare and pricing it... the only area we can think of where we effectively "cap" prices is the Hidden Tower, Neohome Superstore, and General Store, as these places are basically always stocked and available. We prefer to help balance things out by releasing things with lower rarities (like the new Draik eggs), or giving them out as rewards, though the higher an item has inflated, the less we want to hand them out and make everyone instantly rich. Also, if we go overboard and release too much of an item, the deflation can make the item less rare. For a while (no longer) the Snow Faerie was giving out certain Draik morphing potions like hotcakes, and as a result they dropped to less than 200,000 NP if we remember correctly. While that's great for a lot of people, it also took away the rarity and specialness of having a Draik. As you can see, the economy does need to be balanced, but slowly and carefully. :)
Now, I understand that dumping more neopoints into the economy doesn't help the problem of inflation, it makes it worse. I'm also glad that they don't want to be heavy handed, and I would be annoyed if they made a cap on how much something could be sold for.
What really annoyed me was the snow faerie bit. Back in the day she would give out draik morphing potions for doing her quests (oh, how I wish I did her quests back then!!), and they remember the cost of a draik morphing potion going down to 200k nps! They made it sound like it was this horrible thing. Now, I remember mps going for 150k on the trading post, and at the time that was a lot of nps for me! I'd already been playing for a long time too. But it didn't seem impossible to think you could have one. I get the 'it's rare and special', but is it really that bad for it to be more attainable for people? I agree that they shouldn't be easy to get... but because they're 'rare' and expensive, there are an awful lot created for pet trading.
It just made me irritated.
x-posted to neopianrants
