[Miles_Glorioso]

Unfortunately my post was pushing the maximum number of characters so I'm posting a double post (sorry!!! ) because there was another good response I got that I wanted to provide my feedback to.

This post definitely stood out to me, and was written by MaxOff:

@Miles_Glorioso: i just read your post, and i agree to nearly everything u say, but 1 point.
I dont see gold sellers as a blessing. The do increase the rate of money being created. Yes they also keep large amounts from the market too. But the money they keep from the market flows in large portions in the low lvl market.

Unlinke the high lvl market the low lvl market is not very tolerant to more gold. A lvl 20 is rich when he as 10s. So a player that buys 1g, gets in an instant 100times more then that he had before. With that his tolerance to high/extreme prices increases too. Because of that the prices of enchanted and rare item will explode.

In the end people who are rich, from the game designer perspective, will feel poor, and start farming money. And thus are starting a inflation spiral, that will spin faster and faster and faster. Until only people who paying for the game in one way or another can afford good items.

Firstly, in my previous post I was making an observation of what I saw and not really giving my opinion on the matter. Yes I believe that Gold-Sellers are not really causing inflation by slowing the rate at which game-induced inflation actually occurs. As stated above this is the RESULT of ongoing inflation.

Note, my previous observation never included anything on the surplus-supply before, which is what I lacked in order to be able to state a clear opinion. Here because I have the ability to conclude what IS happening to the economy on Fiesta, I am able to state an opinion supported by reasonable analysis and observations.

Your last paragraph definitely supports the observation that inflation IS occurring, and I agree that players who are not buying gold from Gold Sellers are at a disadvantage, however I do not believe those buying Gold are alone in Fiesta, or at least not yet. Players whose characters already have plenty of money and items are right up there with Gold Buyers, not being affected by the chaos occurring in Elderine and the simple lack of activity in Roumen. Pretty soon Elderine will begin to look like Roumen if we don't draw more players in quickly, and then the players in Uruga will start feeling the results and will be scurrying to make ends meet financially.