Oct 29, 2020 - Gold Dropped (Loot)

[Amairgen]

Today *after head scratching*

We implemented a reduction in the amount of Gold that drops on corpses. This was done after considerable input from the community and in an attempt to keep our economy from running out of control. The reduction may not be enough to accomplish what we are hoping for but we dislike overdoing things the wrong way or too abruptly.

I am asking that you run with it for a while and please provide further input.

*bows*

[Crossbreed]

I would caution that with good enough gold sinks there's no real reason to reduce gold income. You're right to worry about changing it too much because at this point, it only benefits those that are sitting on large sums of gold to change the gold income on the server. They hold their gold, you change the amount gathered, they profit. If they have no reason to spend, they won't have any less stockpiled.

I think lord hart may have been a step in the right direction, but to be honest I saw nothing I wanted to buy and some of the prices seemed a bit too high for what they were. I may make use of the tradium-priced items though, if anything.

But I have to ask: What exactly are we hoping for and where is the alarm being sounded from?

[Amairgen]

I hear you my friend. Give it a bit and see if it makes that much difference please. Your input as you know is valued. *Nothing is written instone*

The concerns were expressed by Alk, Lucian, Yhaguen, Morgomir and Obiwan during discussions that took place over a few months. I have only just got around (on my To Do List) to addressing the matter.

I do intend making further additions to Lord Hart's list and also looking for things to add that will be sold for Tradium instead of Gold.

[Crossbreed]

I'm not really commenting on this current small change as much as warning against future further changes. I know nothing is written in stone, I've seen it firsthand and tried my best to be helpful when little ol' me can be.

I've been here for a long while as well, so I'm more pointing out the fact that it would benefit me and these other long-term players to have the income lowered over time, too. But I don't feel that's the most fair solution in the long run (this is, of course, heavily dependent on implementation and various other variables).

That's awesome, looking forward to more cool stuff.

[Bran]

So far I don't notice a major difference. Maybe on the little guys but big guys still drop ok

[Crossbreed]

Yea, you can tell it's different but it's not major. The main area where it's obvious is on smaller enemies, and they will sometimes drop less than 6 gold.