I didn't mean to be argumentative. I do think that you're right about the inflation (I didn't really realize that when I typed my last post, which is stupid because I was on Subeta when they did it a few weeks ago).dandelions wrote:No. The <i>first</i> thing we want is for np-making to become more difficult. Games are an awful source of income for the economy as a whole because they make money without putting any money in. This is a direct cause of inflation- and, I would wager, the largest single cause of inflation on the site. Want to argue with that? Try and come up with a single activity on the site which generates that much NP out of nowhere.the last thing we need is to make it harder for people to make NP on the site. The poor get poorer....
I don't know what the answer is. I wish TNT would increase the supply of weapons and PBs, even just a little, to help ease the skyrocketing prices, but then there's problems with that as well (people angry that they paid more for an item that suddenly experienced a price drop, the "extra" NP in the economy still isn't taken care of, etc.).
I think my ultimate fear is that less NP will be coming into the economy, but prices will remain the same (or, Lord forbid, increase). Does it make sense from an economic standpoint? Not really, but I have trouble fathoming that ther players will start lowering prices just because fewer people can afford their item.