A theory on the in game economy.

[Gawyn_Trakkand]

Ok i know some people may not like this but It's just an idea and i think it would improove the In game trading, and Gold issue.

Ok instead of having JUST gold pieces why not have the 1 gold = 100 silver, 1 silver = 100 copper? i know this is like WoW and other games but hey it works.

Second and prolly the biggest OMG U NOOB WUT R U THINKING, make magna UNTRADABLE permanently. i know some of you will think wtf.... but magna has taken over the economy and destroyed golds worth.

Third set up a "black market" where people from ALL realms can trade with anyone,items for Gold silver or copper ONLY, This will allow people to attain items they need for gold and also sell items they dont need for Gold to buy items they do need. You could also make this an Auction environment so each item gets a 24 hour sale window so it stops chat spamming too . If your item sells you will be given the gold on your next trip to the market.

I know that this will prolly never be implemented but i've been musing over it for a while and i thought it would allow equal opportunity for most of the people in each realm to get nice items

I know that it'll be hard to collect the magna required for a weapon BUT i've always said that Magna weapons should be UBER.

[RaPiDz]

Mk..... im pretty sure collecting 5k Mag w/o trading would make me go insane, and as for the copper, silver, ect.. if you wana play WoW go play wow. Regnum is relativly "simple" which is why i play it over wow.

[Klutu]

You have a Valid point Gawyn

since Magnanite was introduced into the game the Economy has become destroyed.

Gold is virtually useless only good for repairs and arrows.

it would be hard to gain Magnanite without trades but it is supose to be hard to gain.

they could offer a few pieces upon completing a quest and give ways of collecting.

there needs to be a influx in Regnums Economy because it's dead. golds useless magnanite is our new currency (which i hate)

[Immune]

Agreed, the economy is a hunk of junk as things stand. I'm not so sure about the black market idea though... as for no mag-trading, definately. As for gold being divided into copper/silver/gold, I suppose this could work though perhaps you could clarify the point of it?

Just to point out another possibility, a use for the "other minerals" from rocks could be explored... I have such an idea for an example:

-Create "medals" (or something similar) from amber, requiring a small quantity to be made. These medals, when worn, grant a small xp bonus for a short time, and when that time is up the medal disappears. Something like 15% for 30 mins, using maybe 10-20 amber to create.

-Perhaps quartz/rocks can be used to upgrade forts instead of gold. Each fort level could require 15 "points", where each quartz donation gives 2 points and each rock donation gives 1 point. The point of this is to save gold, since the idea is to reinstate gold's value.

So magnanite + amber would be for personal use, while quartz + rocks would used to benefit the realm.
I personally believe there's a lot of potential for an idea like this seeing as amber/quartz/rocks aren't used for anything at all right now.

PS: Reading the OP again, shouldn't this be in the suggestions forum?

[Revolverxxx]

+1 to making Mag's untradeble permanently but to balance it out i suggest making warzone quests that have magna's as a reward, ie. kill 50 Syrtis players: reward 10 mag etc.

maybe some other fun ways to earn magna too like minigames, mining in the warzone somewhere.

would be could if there could be small villages in the warzone (the size of korsum more or less) that the opposing nation could plunder for gold and resources. There's more than enough open space to apply this.

i had an awesome idea involving pirate ships but ill save that for another post lol.

[Kittypretty]

I agree mag should be untradable (and this is coming from someone who doesn't have a mag weapon)

Now I don't know if it is FAIR to those who don't have one yet if mag trading is disable for good, but More importantly, to me at least than having a mag weapon, is for gold to have a purpose again. They would need another way to obtain mags though, aside from collecting, unless they totally removed rocks/amber/quartz from them, spawned more, or at least GAVE more per rock, as 1-5 is pathetic admittedly.

one thing though, don't make mag quest involve killing enemy realm players at ALL. i know it sounds like a good idea at first..but c'mon people already farm and save camp like mad, for a useless number (RP) imagine if they were to get mag as well..yikes.

[Gawyn_Trakkand]

Originally Posted by Immune

As for gold being divided into copper/silver/gold, I suppose this could work though perhaps you could clarify the point of it?

Yeah sorry my theory base around this would be that Gold would be traded in smaller units, e.g. 5 gold pieces instead of 500k or so also it would give Gold more worth so in conjunction with the "black market" idea items will be bought for less and also be more spread out amoung the ENTIRE server.

[ljrossi]

lvl 50 still need plenty of gold. i trade some stuf for gold or gold + magnas .

Also use gold on forts....

The truoble is that lvl 1 to 49, they not need much gold, if you are lvl 4 and find 1 magna , you can sell it and had plenty of gold to lvl up. So after lvl 30 you dont need any gold .

The problem is how to short up a litle the gold of lvl 1 to 49 , not afecting the survival of lvl 50 , that dont have many incomes.

[Gawyn_Trakkand]

Thats why in theory the Black market should work if you have something to sell SOMEONE SOMEWHERE might want it. Thus any drops you get at lvl 50 can be sold in the Black market for gold improving your overall income.

My main reason for making this point is when someone offers something on Realm and you want it but have no where near enough to offer for it you get left behind and others get awesome items.

[Tyrian]

I think this is a pretty good idea, and the trade ingame will benefit from this!