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new economy system

bhugbhug Member UncommonPosts: 944
in Pirates of the Burning Sea

06.03.31

Taking the easy out PBS will be using a "player centered economy "

"Our original plan called for a complex supply and demand model based on the nature and size of every port. While this model was sophisticated and interesting, it suffered from one minor and one major flaw. The minor flaw was that players were not as involved in the process as we would have liked; much of the activity of the economy happened 'off-stage'. The major flaw was that the system would require a small army of designers and several years to create all the content, and then the whole thing would still need tuning. For a small company, this was not an option."

lots, structures, recipies, stored labor, unload product at auction house or local mkt.
Discussion in their forums.

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Comments

  • Teddy3157Teddy3157 Member Posts: 112

    I like the economy system they're using. Its very SWG, which i think was the best crafting/economy in an MMO.

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  • McgreagMcgreag Member UncommonPosts: 495

    Only problem I see with the fixed lots are the fact that it seems to force anyone who wants to be a serious manufacturer to get several accounts. Having 2-3 accounts will give you a huge market advantage over someone with just 1, specially if they are from different nations enabling you to bypass taxes etc.

    Other than that it seems like a very nice system, I would have preferd nonfixed resources (mines running dry and new deposites found in other cities etc) but this will work fine too if they spread out the resources enough (random will not do the trick, this has to be done by hand with care).

    "Memories are meant to fade. They're designed that way for a reason."

  • redfishredfish Member Posts: 7
    it looks very tasty :)

  • n2k3156n2k3156 Member Posts: 523

    It is exactly what I have been looking for since the collapse of SWG.

    NGE Refugee.

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  • TakodanTakodan Member UncommonPosts: 161

    I must indeed say that the economic system looks intriguing. I am also a former SWG player and really hate what they did to the game. Perhaps we will get a new chance with this one? 

    I am definitely logging on for this one, it looks great and will hopefully be great!



  • PopetePopete Member Posts: 8
    Anything this team does they spend a lot of time on Im sure it will turn out to be better than expected.  I have to say though this economic system awesome just what I wanted.
  • Matin61Matin61 Member Posts: 63
    I'm in love with this economic system.  Easy to understand, hard to master, and adds some great incentives to attack strategic targets.  What more could you ask?

    Captain John Matin
    Royal Red

  • jamiehook100jamiehook100 Member Posts: 1
    I remember in SWG, basically the only thing that kept me playing was the economy (and I wanted a set of scout trooper armor)  The economy was easily the best part of that game and if they go through with the economy that they're talking about in PotBS then it'll definitely add a special touch. Whereas games such as Guild Wars, where you buy everything from vendors and spammers don't even feel like theres an economy at all.

    Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

  • SargsaftSargsaft Member Posts: 29
    money money money......yar
  • CanOKickAssCanOKickAss Member Posts: 7

    Originally posted by zymurgeist
    I'm pretty happy with it. It seems to cover all the basics and put the power where it belongs. In the hands of the players. I'm curious about the role of pirates in it but all has yet to be revealed.
    Yes, the role/ ability for Pirates to fit into the economy has yet to be seen.
  • mrf088mrf088 Member Posts: 29
    If it's anything like the original swg economy, this game has my money.
  • chaos111chaos111 Member Posts: 1
    one difference between this and SWG... when your transporting your life savings worth of ___ to town to cash in on and get trashed on the way, you can also get robbed......

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