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Cornering the World of Warcraft Markets
Terra Nova has a post up about a financial development on the World of Warcraft server Elune. From the article: "two players recently bought out the entire contents of the Auction House in Ironforge, with the exception of premium-priced high-level weapons and armor (e.g., they bought all the trade goods) and then resold all of what they bought at a higher price." They go on to discuss the event in the context of Massive Game economies and the results that tradeskills can have on monetary inflation.
Two guys started playing a MMORPG to escape from a money-grubbing humdrum reality, where they spend their time money-grubbing into a humdrum reality?
Oh yeah, and then someone has to write about how interesting that is. Maybe-- to their psychiatrist.
What about the monopoly NPC's have over souldbound items? These NPC's are screwing the players over because of their GM given monopoly over these pieces. At the very least these venders can sell back the items to the enchanters, however I have reason to believe the venders work for the defias brotherhood and other shady organizations. I will sell grey items it a vendor and suddenly they will appear on the corpse of a monster that I had just killed after leaving the town.
NPC vendors are aiding and abetting terrorist and must be stopped! I welcome the "opposing" faction to swoop down and destroy these tyrants and liberate use from our evil oppressors!
Obviously this will be present in any future Star Trek MMORPG, as William Shatner will reprise his role not only as Captain Kirk, but as the Priceline spokesman.
English is easier said than done.