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Economy, farming, and bots
linuxgamer
Member Posts: 126
I am hoping the economy in WAR will be better than WoW's. WoW has such a crappy economy because you cannot make enough money through regular play to buy "anything you want". They don't even have Platinum or the next level of coin in WoW. Crafting is a joke in WoW. Resources will make you little gold. Botters and farmers are everywhere because people would rather buy gold than spend hours farming themselves. Not to mention, but farming is boring.
I think back to the SWG Pre-CU economy. You made loads of money either through crafting, resources or even just questing. There was no need to bot or buy gold for real money. Heck, my TKM could make 5+mil a day just solo questing.
Ya Ya, Blizzard says they ban tens of thousands of accounts. That is why I see robots running about with mechanical movement farming the same spot for days and days.
There will be bots in every MMO. WAR needs to make the economy good as I mentioned in SWG Pre-CU that players will not want to buy gold from 3rd party sources. In return, the money wont be there for the botters/farmers because the players will be able to make all the money they want on their own. = less farmers
I think there is an unspoken pact with Blizzard and Gold farming companies. The gold farmer buys X copies of WoW, the farmer makes his gold and sells it for real money, Blizzard bans the farmer, the cycle repeats. Both WoW and the Gold farmer profit.
That is why there is still a problem and why Blizzard won't fix the economy.
R.I.P. SWG /mourn
Comments
U know blizzard arent making WAR right?
Which FF Character Are You?
It is easy to say, "we don't tolerate bots and gold sellers", but still have it be a major wart hanging from the end of their noses.
Gear and cash should be playing a less important role in WAR.
Mythic stated that crafting will be directly related to the war effort, no making cakes or bread or trousers, just weaponry and the like.
Skill > Gear in WAR, or so they say. Let's hope it's true
I am fairly sure botters will be a rare sight in WAR because of the fact that economy isnt that big deal in the Warhammer universe. Of course there will be some form of currency but dont expect it to be that important.