06-29-2012 at 2:36 PM

1. Magical items/rares were <b>never</b> supposed to be available for cash.<br /> It would be nice to see some of them in the Boutique, I totally agree with that! I think it'd be awesome, and good for the site.<br /> However, that they were ever purchasable for cash was more-or-less and error, so this is not some model that Alacrity is "moving towards".<br /> <br /> 2. Most of the problems with bones and speciality items being unobtainable except by donating to the site is because of Alacrity's <b>current economy</b>.<br /> And do you know what's making that economy that much worse? It's very simple: it's people making several hundred thousand dollars a <i>day</i> trialing. <i>That's a lot of money,</i> even by Alacrity standards, and people don't seem to realise this -- instead they take it for granted. And then tons of people have more money, and so item prices go up and up and up.<br /> <br /> <br /> I understand that it's frustrating to not get everything you used to get, but the changes to the trialing system were made to stop the site from basically imploding, and help <i>improve</i> the situation that you seem to think is a result of it.

06-29-2012 at 2:21 PM

I agree on that point Clay. Besides, then players would be tempted to buy and hold so they can sell for more later.<br /> <br /> Adding some items back into the user shops for ALA cash would remove cash from the site, which was a prior goal anyway. (And a big motivation for the trial change).<br /> <br /> I do believe that the *real* motivation behind it is to try and generate more donations. That sort of thing usually just drives users from a site, unfortunately.

06-29-2012 at 2:18 PM

I don't understand why the "popular players" would be forced to do this?

06-29-2012 at 2:02 PM

I agree; especially with the bone price skyrocketing. And even if we can earn more from trials, it's a waste to have money if you can't or won't spend it on the things you want. So really, this will just retain the money already in the economy and add more as people hoard it. Clay, I could've sworn I saw the MRB for cash last week, but I guess that might've been before the cash boutique reset. <br /> <br /> <br /> What would be really amazing but probably reeeeally bad would be if we organized a mass coalition to lower prices: even if we just get a lot of popular players to, example, not set a certain item above a certain price, people would stop paying a high amount otherwise because they knew they could get it cheaper, therefore everyone would have to lower it to sell, and it's possible that the main stores could follow suit in order to maintain the removal of cash from the economy.

06-29-2012 at 1:27 PM

I can probably make that much. The 100k as I mentioned was just one round this morning.

06-29-2012 at 1:15 PM

Clay, I used to make 500k+ per day. Now, I can do 150K per day if I am diligent. Of course, that is only because of capped dogs.<br /> <br /> All I meant by that is that compared to the quantity of cash that *used* be be readily winnable, it is a lower amount now.<br /> <br /> That is not as much of an issue as the lack of ALA cash items readily available.<br />

06-29-2012 at 12:37 PM

I agree to a certain extent. I wish particular items would be available for cash again. I can't afford to donate any real $$ anymore (what with two rats, a dog, a frog, and various bills and tuition that need paying), so I save the bones I have for certain super-special things. I used to spend my cash on stuff I needed, like Magical Rubber Balls (my favorites!). I had no problem spending cash on these whenever I needed them. But now that I can't buy them with cash anymore, I'm just hoarding my cash instead. I miss buying stuff I need D:

06-29-2012 at 10:42 AM

Just a small thing I want to touch on:<br /> <i>"With the new trial system, you cannot earn as much cash. "</i><br /> Untrue. I've been trialing about.. 5 dogs that are only a couple-thousand TP (you can see them in my Trial Dogs kennel), and I can make 100K EASILY.<br /> <br /> However I do want the MRB back for cash.