Originally by: Akita T

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Originally by: Anne Arqui

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Originally by: Akita T

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AUR is needed to destroy additional PLEX, because more PLEX are created than used up right now.

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You'd expect the prices to drop then .. strange ...

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Not really, it's not a "classic" supply and demand curve on either side.

For quite a lot of things, those with (as you call it, "elastic" cupply and demand) the demand curve is almost a line going from upper left to lower right, and the supply curve is almost a line going from lower left to upper right, with the point where they intersect determining price and volume.
For PLEX however, there's two separate demand sub-shapes which add up (one for those that need PLEX to actually use, the other for those that want to keep PLEX as an asset for later use or sale) and two separate supply sub-shapes which add up (those that want to get ISK and have RL cash, and those that have PLEX stockpiles) - and neither one of those is quite similar to the classic elastic curves, let alone after compounding them.
To make matters even worse, one of each subset changes in time according to perception of the most likely future.
And for another one of them, shape is bound to how easy or hard it is to make ISK in-game at that particular time.

In conclusion, no, excess of PLEX created compared to PLEX actually used up doesn't need to (and hasn't) lead to a noticeable drop in price.

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