Sable Schroedinger
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.03.23 14:59:00 -
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I'm a Keynesian economist, and not even I would suggest this idea!!!
The things that are needed are:
Limitations on isk rewards from rats and missions. Basically there is a need to find other ways to reward than straight isk. My suggestion would be in mods/implants/minerals/etc. This reduces the ISK injected into the economy and increases how much is moved around.
Insurance HAS to stay for game play purposes. Getting rid of it would be a sure fire way of destroying the player base. Not saying I like it, just that I can see why its there - increasing the cost on it could work though, especially for the higher end ships.
Tax. Yes there should be tax, but it doesn't have to be anything new. The existing sales taxes will cover nicely. They just have to be increased to something meaningful. 1% is nothing, especially when you can reduce that with skills. I've trained them to 5 and I barely notice the difference tbh. The level of the tax can alter over time based on analysis.
Variable Sales tax by system. Jita got too many Sell orders? Increase the tax till it settles down.
Flexible NPC prices. Bar maybe basic skill prices (the ones newbies need), any NPC good or service that sells out should respawn at a higher quantity until a max production level and then respawn at a higher price. Price increase until it stops selling out. No sell out for x period, begins to drop until a min level. Then the amount available drops instead. (juggle the order things happen in to suit û price rise/drop or supply rise/drop - this is just a principle idea) - now, I'm aware this happens to a limited degree, however it appears to be capped and not across the board and supply is not a variable factor.
personally I think there should be a simple calculation on the quantity of ISK in the economy, the number of players (thus player/isk ratio) and the rate of injection/drain, with taxation adjusted periodically to bring the ratio back to a pre determined level.
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