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Thread: Note from Game Director: Removing Ingots

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    Note from Game Director: Removing Ingots

    There has for a length of time been an increasing problem with a strong inflation in the games economy. We have previously taken various actions to reduce this problem but have unfortunately not achieved a satisfactory outcome. We have decided that further actions to ensure a stable economy has to be taken.

    We have evaluated various solutions to this issue actively seeking the one that will improve the games economical balance without reducing the player’s enjoyment factor. In the end we agreed to remove the one source introducing by far the largest sum of money to the game. This option was a superior solution to alternatives of implementing an assortment of systems to siphon money out of the game. It is never ‘fun’ to remove rewards from players that they have already earned in some arbitrary fashion and that’s not a road I wanted to go down.

    This is why we during Thursday’s downtime we will be removing all ingots as loot from all Shadowlands monsters. All existing ingots in the game have not been changed in any way and can still be sold as normal. All ingots used for tradeskill items found on Rubi-Ka have not been affected by this change.

    This change was initially scheduled for a later patch. It was pushed forward due to the recently increasing problem with external parties looking for financial gain performing unwanted activities in Shadowlands. Their actions have lessened the normal player’s experience and enjoyment of Anarchy Online. We do not tolerate this behavior and we will actively fight their negative influence on the game experience.

    We will keep a very close eye on the situations and will make any further adjustments if this is deemed necessary. We may provide other means of acquiring credits in a later content upgrade.

    -Znore

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    Guys, we fully realise that this will be a contentious issue, so please keep your responses civil, rational and on-topic.
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    Cool! Byebye sweatshop farmers. Bye bye inflated prices etc.. Yet again we'll have to wait a bit for the economy to adjust and for players to figure out how to make money outside the ingot farming.

    In a related matter, how is Funcom and the new Chinese deal with 3 hours of maximum playing time pr. day? This could severely reduce the eBay farm companies gain severely. Though I guess it would only be a matter of time before the company's owners fire all their chinese employees and move their business to Korea or other east asian countries where there is no such restriction.



    *scurries off to sell the really expensive gear he has lying around to accumulate credits for when inflation goes down*
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    Znore you forgot your flameshield!
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    Sweeet

    The removal of the ingots should remove the 200+s from Elysium and let it be used by those it was meant to be again. And a deflation of the economy is still needed. Good job
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    Weeeeeeeeeeee

    FINALLY!!!!!!
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    If the economy deflates enough, that means that credit sink items (like SL nanos, city upkeep, yalm upgrades) become more of a challenge to acquire. Can't wait to see what the "new way to obtain credits" will be
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    Great, thanks =)
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    Thumbs up all I have to say is...

    !!w00t!!

    Thanks Znore and everyone else at FC who made a wise decision. Thanks for listening to the players on this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Znore
    This change was initially scheduled for a later patch. It was pushed forward due to the recently increasing problem with external parties looking for financial gain performing unwanted activities in Shadowlands. Their actions have lessened the normal player’s experience and enjoyment of Anarchy Online. We do not tolerate this behavior and we will actively fight their negative influence on the game experience.
    Only thing is that you should have done this AGES ago!!!
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    P.S. i didn't proof read this, or check for spelling, I wouldn't want to Nerf my post by actually Fixing the problems.

    This post is fucntioning "As Intended" that means i don't have to fix any problems with it. (Snipped from pooncrat).


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    Great change, way overdue imo

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    Woot thanks FC, you just remove 30% of my day's tells !

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    Marry me, plx?
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    Thumbs down Lol

    the farmers only farm in ely, not in adonis or somewhere else. sorry but its lame action imo.

    and now how the lowbies will get credits? from what i have seen only the 200+ ppl responded here.

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    Can we please spend the last few days spamming this thread so certain ppl in ely =)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Escritores
    Marry me, plx?
    hmm.... maybe... err, YES! ;(


    oh well, wonder where the ebay-farmers will head for now :P
    Back on enf!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Metapowah
    ..and now how the lowbies will get credits? from what i have seen only the 200+ ppl responded here.
    Ignots are not the only way to make money you know..
    Back on enf!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zpok
    oh well, wonder where the ebay-farmers will head for now :P
    they'll be back on Lineage II
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    Quote Originally Posted by Metapowah
    the farmers only farm in ely, not in adonis or somewhere else. sorry but its lame action imo.

    and now how the lowbies will get credits? from what i have seen only the 200+ ppl responded here.
    How did lowbies get creds before SL? *ding ding*
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    at 49 its totally awesome damage.

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