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Message ID: 14733
Date: Thu Feb 10 17:17:08 GMT 2000
Author: kim@stormhaven.org
Subject: Re: A rant


On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Kenneth E. Bachman wrote:
>
> it. I have, for a couple of months now, been admiring the
> Planes stuff I've seen other people wearing, and checking
> out the stats of new stuff as it is discovered, and
> dreaming of owning it. By the time I get level 50, I will
> have earned the right to go after this stuff, as far as I
> am concerned. Now I may have to play *another year*
> before I get to have any of it? I hope they don't screw

It's called inflation. And it sucks for the same reason price
inflation sucks in the RL economy (more even, since price
inflation is usually accompanied by wage inflation). Verant
would be well advised to realize this before "upgrading"
things too much.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...