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Message ID: 13489
Date: Fri Jan 21 22:22:34 GMT 2000
Author: Dark
Subject: Re: Unexpected benefit from PoA? (Surfing gone)


Heh benefit? Notice the one line go back to low level areas and camp items
for cash. The problem here is that were camping low levle areas how many
people are gonna be bitching now?

Naeeldar

-----Original Message-----
From: Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 <g4mntofcr@...>
To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 3:25 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Unexpected benefit from PoA? (Surfing gone)


>From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
>Someone on the E'ci message board expressed a similar opinion about PoA
>being a major money sink. The poster theorized that the following will
>start happening:
>
>46+ level characters generally have more money than they know what to do
>with. Because PoA is a big money sink, this cash reserve will eventually
>get low and possibly run out. As a result, 46+ characters will have to go
>back to lower level areas and camp high value items that they don't need in
>order to sell them for cash so they can get back into PoA. This will have
>two likely side effects. First, lower level characters who don't have the
>high value item will have problems because they will have to compete with
>46+ level characters for the spawn point. Second effect is that now it
will
>become easier to buy these items for cash. Prior to the patch (when
>platinum was plentiful), most people would only trade a high value item for
>another high value item that they could use.
>
>IMO, this could turn out to be an unexpected side benefit from the PoA. A
>lot of people, myself included, are not inclined or don't have the time
>required to camp for high value items. As a result, it was difficult for
>those type of players to obtain the item on their own or to purchase it
from
>someone. It now appears that this option may soon become a viable
>alternative.
>
>Galtin of E'ci
>
>> I'm reluctant to pay 230p to get in and 700p to buy keys
>> to cross what appears to be the desert of Ro in the air, just to meet
>> up with some f'ing imp who can kill me by triple attacking in the 190s
>> in less than 2 seconds. No thanks. hehe.
>>
>> Plane of Sky is a flop. They are going too far with this monkey sink
>> bs. Time to go beat up some ice giants now for the cash to hit the
>> plane so I can die to find out what goodies are up there, if any.
>>
>>
>
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