| Author | Is there inflation in the empire? |
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Or why has the cost of the Thief invitation increased so much?"
regards |
From my view over the years, there is some sort of an inflation as more people gain more gold and resources. But, it is still a free market, so it is up to you to buy TGI or not. When I've got my TGI, I sold it very fast by setting a lower prices. But, again, each player with his/her own approach.
Good luck obtaining TGI. |
| He has TG7 so I dont see why he needs one tho |
Inflation in games is a surprisingly complex topic and can be used to model real world economies. A number of games have suffered from extreme inflation and hyper inflation.
LWM is relatively inflation proof as the base resource price is fixed, gold from enrolling is modest and predictable. The game also has natural gold drain.
I don't know if anybody actually tracks LWM inflation, I suppose you could by making your own basket of goods and tracking the cost over time.
I remember when TGI was around the 350k mark. Whilst the cost has clearly gone up I would say this is a poor indicator of overall inflation as TGI supply is very limited. TGI is a naturally wasting product because some will use the invite and not get to the required TG level to invite. The mechanic of TGIs has completely changed too. You used to be able to 'rent' one in the early game (get it off a player for cheap or free, rush TG2 to get the invite and give the original owner your thief arts, which were much more valuable at the time) this kept the cost much lower
I would reckon that a naturally declining player count also combats inflationary pressures. |
The cost of elements have definitely gone up. This is an evidence for inflation.
I attribute inflation to the fact that the pool of active players skew to become 1) higher income (higher laborer's guild);
2) willing to donate more;
3) needing more arts. |
the high tgi cost also incentivises usage of diamonds to enter thieves guild. it will cost 400k gold to enter theives guild using the exchange rate of 1 diamond = 5000 gold (i think it costs 80 diamonds but i cannot remember for sure)
with the price of ~750k gold, that will be 350k gold profit. with that being said, i cant imagine it being very healthy for f2p players
also tg is the best guild. print that |
The cost of elements have definitely gone up. This is an evidence for inflation.
Somewhat, but the largest factor impacting the price of elements was the huge increase in demand. First on introducing imperial sets, then introducing lvl12 on the branches etc. |
https://daily.heroeswm.ru/market/elements
element price graph |
Or why has the cost of the Thief invitation increased so much?"
Player Cuthroat Rus bought about 20 (I did not count exactly) TGI and was sendng them to players. I think it caused medium term turblences.
This guy with his 1000M+ budget, can cause turbulences anywhere he goes. |
| guy could probably gift 100 million gold to someone and it still be within the current game rules lol |
| What happened to him and his estates now? Why aren't they listed anywhere anymore? |
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