I have quit for a few months and come back twice since launch and found the economy differen't after each time.
Obviously stat changes to items make them more or less valuable after a patch.
For instance the rings of power went down after it was discovered they were not a % and patched to reflect that change.
I was just wondering what all this would do to the value of different items.
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Well, rings of power mostly went down due to screwup with loot system. In one grand sweep, all weapons/armor/nanos disappeared from misison chests, and stuff that was rare (like rings, vehicles and NCU gear) got much less rare. After that patch, I found more rings in one week than I found during previous 7 months of playing.
Things I predict about economy:
Nanoprogrammers will get more work - people are likely to upgrade their implants more often, and go for custom-built stuff.
Doctors will benefit too, cause Treatment buffs will be VERY much in demand. Basic implants over ql125 will definitely go up.
People with skill buffs (traders/mp) will still get lots of work, but now lower guys will find a market for wrangles less than 132. Skill buffers will also get more invited to groups. People are likely to carry several weapon sets - one for groups that have a wrangler, one for groups that don't.
Post-140 scene is not likely to change at all. These guys can still go 200 and remain well under 20%
Gear: I don't think there will be increased gear demand, other than maybe NCU memory - so that if group has a trader, there's space to hold a wrangle in addition to all regular combat stuff.
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