Era's Economy
 

This is a topic that bugs me.

People say we have some sort of economy. True, inflation in iEra DOES exist. (The M4 has increased in price from $0 -> $45,000 just as one example) But there is no reason for inflation to exist other than for the profitees of the game to make more money. We, as players, have the same average income we had when the game was released. Also, the demand may rise and fall, but the supply is unlimited, so there is no need for price fluctuations there either. What would create an economy is if we were allowed to legitimately trade items for money, making the items limited, which makes them affected by supply and demand, which would cause price fluctuations. But we aren't allowed to trade items for money. Why? Because it would "effect the economy," the one that we don't even have. To me, that makes little to no sense. People use our "economy" as an excuse to stop the implementation of things that would negatively effect their income. Oh no, they're making a little bit less than they used to, that's life.

Feel free to say your opinions on this topic. I only bring this up for discussion because it has begun to bother me more and more.

tl;dr Era doesn't have a real economy. The reason behind the inflated prices is so the people who profit from the game can make more money.

This post is very much opinion-based. I am not stating that I know my assumptions are 100% correct, nor is that what I'm intending to state.

Discuss :)

There have been multiple threads about era's economy...lets just move along.

If you suggest making weapons, bombs, and much other stuff limited, making the shops owned by players, so we have to stock stuff, trade system, and much more. I totally +rep you for making this thread. Screw our economy. GraalOnline Greece, here we come!

The price of the m4 was raised because its stats were raised also, just sayin'

The m16 got worse and the price was still raised

At the time the m16 was the best gun in era, until the bar came out but I don't understand why they lowered the stats and raised the price.

+Rep, I agree with a lot of these statements.

Ya, I know. But none of them really backed it up so well. :P

The Famas price also was increased, and I'm pretty sure it's worse than it was when it was released. I just used the M4 as an example because many of the readers know about it. There are many other examples I could've used.

Thanks :) I tried to stay realistic, and a lot of it is assumptions. But they're backed by facts.

Isn't the M4 55 000$?

Multiple Thread..
Ignore

well you have to balance the guns out.
Let's just be happy the GAs are working hard :P

Isn't Bboy the only GA?

No, he's not a GA

this is proof of stefan and unixmads greed, them not letting a trade system be added, snk would love to add one im sure, it would be so easy, but you know why its not added? STEFAN DOESNT WANT IT BECAUSE IT WILL LOWER GRALAT PACK SALES! so stupid. same reason we cant refund guns,

honestly, stefan may have made alot of this game, but he and unixmad are doing a bloody horrible ****ty job at running it, the potential of the game is being held back by their greed, and we all know it, there is no economy, and i honestly wish staff had the balls to just buck up and tell us the truth, stefan wont let them.

Yes he is. You didnt know that?

He's not a GA.

That's right cause he's a BA. Eh? Eh? You see what I did there?

Bacon Admin?

I'm 99.999999999% sure he's the Gun Admin (GA).

Last time I saw him, he was on (Guns Admin) tag. I don't know if he's a legitimate GA though...he could've just /settag

off topic

I was the Guns Administrator for about a month or so.

It was either Bacon Admin or Bad a**. ;D

please this is not a topic of what bboys position is, its on the "economy" which is nonexistant.

After burning himself on the pan while trying to make bacon (or baconz?) they had no choice but to let him go.

*bump*

well i bought my M4 for 4k when it first came out which was cheap, but i totally agree guns prices are a bit over priced tbh

I agree with most of the posts

thanks for contributing absolutly nothing to this thread.

Yes yes. Let's focus people. If you wanna talk about BBOY's changes in positions please create a new thread.

If you have something to contribute, that deals with the thread topic, then say it. If not, don't.

Simple :)

Right there is no economy on era...
I've asked many times about why,etc...always the same"we can make one,but we need stefan's approval".Also when stefan was on iclassic i was talking with him about levels,and after that i asked why he won't add a item trade system to iera,*/stealth* and that was his answer lawl...
I find that really lame,because there are more GOOD reason to add one,than there are bad reasons.
I got all my stuff from events etc..(mostly the old 16man spar),and since im not one of these 10 years old kids stealin' their parents Ccard to buy Gpacks honestly i wouldn't have bought more than the m4 i have.A trade system would offer some fairness on how to get your items etc...
Also the gameplay is ruined by the Gpacks unlike pc era where the only way to make cash is to do jobs,they all work hard(its hard to get cash on pc when you start as a newbie)but well this will not change.My wish is add a trade system+gpacks removed.
-I guess this is my opinion so...

When it first came out, it was attainable only by killing crabs. It was later introduced to Shops and taken from Crab Loots.

I agree but that'll never happen. That's the main source of their income. That's like asking WoW to get rid of subscriptions. Lol, random example.

Another reason i like era pc more,seriously we have over 1k players...a trade system wouldn't do anything bad.People who have lots of cash,will still buy gpacks to have ALL the guns before everyone(shops,auctions)<-this will not change...also idk how much cash era already made but when i hear that a single player bought over 300 packs...im like eh...
Whatever,im not buying a single overpriced **** anymore.Gonna stick with what i have nd thx to the old events lawl.
Idk how our"economy" is gonna evolve.
Rich ppl get everything,that's how it is right now.

@ozzy

Era will pretty much stay the same way it is now. Kids will buy packs to get what they want, and the poor will be left with nothing. A scam-free trade system would only evolve the game, make it better. I guess were just stuck here, and no one that can fix it wants to fix it. As long as they're making money, they're happy. Even if the disgruntled players left, more would come to take their place. There are many successful games that have trade systems. I think the least we could do is give it a shot.


This isn't PC Era, and will never be PC Era, so you can't say that we don't deserve a shot at a trade system just because the PC Era players misuse it. That isn't fair at all.

Agreed

Not what i wanted to say,i want iera to have a trade system.But sadly it isn't gonna happen,and like i said there are tons of people buying packs,getting everything that way, theres no need to go work your ass off digging if the others will have stuff when they come out and just spam the bid button(auctions)...also i agree a trade system would cut the scam.You,me and all the others know they don't want one,just because the game already generates much cash,and that the very high staff(stefan nd such(unixmad))need to make cash.A trade system would make everyone happy,but not stefan etc...
Also we have unlimited supply of **** in the shops so nothing is RARE.
Theres still alot of things to change before adding a trade system...
I 100% agree with everything you said in this thread,hope to see other peoples opinion.

Thanks for being a complete jerk :) it was 1 am for me an di was ired. Just go back to classic kk

Being "ired" (tired I'm guessing) doesnt mean you can make posts that offer absolutely nothing to the thread. Now to get back on topic of the thread..

I gave my 2 cents at the time. You dont like it? Go back to being a noob admin on classic kthnxbai

i agree with everything you said, but i would like the limited suppy idea, where players have shop and can trade katanas:)