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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:18 pm
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There seems to be a lot of conflicting opinions regarding the new items. I figured I would put down some of my personal thoughts on it, and see what other people think as well. (you are of course free to disagree, but no flamming or flambaying as per usual).
My Perspective: I find it an intersting twist, and an overall smart move by the administration.
Now before diving into the economics of gaia itself, lets take a look at what the items actually are. They are the clothing that the french nobles used to wear... in other words by the very nature of the items with detail and the status symbol they represent it would actually be unfair to devalue or cheapen them because it is a symbol of "The Golden Age" of France from somwhere around the time frame of the Sun King Louis the XV. (if I remember my history correctly). Because it is a symbolic form of nobility, and all that entails and embodies, I think the pricing is actually believe it or not fair. There are hundreds of items on gaia for new people to choose from, so I don't really see it as "unfair" because there are plenty of other items to choose from. Also I would like to remind people that the musketeer set isn't exactly a cheap item set either, but it still have a staunch number of supporters who like to sport that particular style of attire. High priced items in the stores have occured before, this is just the first time so many of them have shown up all at one time, and perhaps it is a bit overwhelming to have so many items to choose from, but because the pricing is a bit much that means people will take the time to consider their choice carefully instead of buying a whole bunch of different items and then never actually using them.
Now I myself can't currently afford much of anything, but it gives me a goal to work toward, something to quest for again... which I've been needing for the past few months. You see, I've been on gaia for close to 2 years now, and I've exhausted all of the donation item quests I truely wanted to complete. That left me without anything to quest for, and as a questor by nature that left me listless and without a true direction on gaia. I enjoy having a new challenge set before me once again. It gives me something to look forward to attempting to accomplish. ^_^ (As for new donation items... I help support the site, so I don't actually quest for them, thus no challenge. -_-*)
Now from an ecconomic standpoint this was a smart move by the adminstration (in my personal opinion). Now a bunch of people are going to start to sell off their expensive donation items at lower pricing to quickly get rid of them in order to be able to purchase the new items. That means that the people questing for those items have the opportunity to find these items at a lower price. It's a good way to combat the steady inflation that has been running rampant on gaia. This deflation will of course level out after the inital new-ness of the items wear off and people find something else to laud as a status symbol, but for now it gives people questing for donation items a better chance of obtaining them before inflation sky rockets them beyond reach.
Overall I think it was a rather well planned and executed move on the behalf of the gaian staff, and I have to appluad them for their efforts.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:29 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:32 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:57 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:27 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:02 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:11 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:51 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:12 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:19 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:34 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:43 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:36 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:51 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:55 pm
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