Guild Wars 2

Just like this one: https://d2vn94glaxzkz3.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/commerce-infographic-EN.png

Since its been 4 months since release date i was wondering how numbers have changed over the course of time. Could we have another info-graphic

Absolutely support seeing an update to this. I so want to see some actual numbers behind the appearant laughingstock their wealth equality goal has become.

Nike.2631:

Absolutely support seeing an update to this. I so want to see some actual numbers behind the appearant laughingstock their wealth equality goal has become.

Yup.

I would also love to see another one of these, it would be interesting.

I would love to see this as well.

It’s only going to happen if none of the stats are skewed. If they are, then making a photo like that would be like asking for a myriad topics about balancing the aspects that are not in good balance.

And just trying to hope that the average person reading something like that would realize that there is no means to balance a wealth difference and that the gold-to-gem ratio is only going to go up is pretty much a fool’s errand.

There are a few things that should be pretty obvious.

1. The more time passes, the more Gold will be earned through Dynamic Events and kills, as Quests, Tasks and Rewards are a one-time thing
2. The wealth distribution will keep going towards a higher and higher inequality due to profiteers on the Trading Post having more wealth than dozens of average players
3. The Currency Exchange will keep rising because there’s far more people putting coins into the game than there are people putting gems into it

That leaves the only interesting bits to be the TP purchases and distribution of Professions.

Or, maybe Anet could change their perspective. Instead of keeping gold so solid that only those bleeding gold out of the BLTC have it, they could perhaps increase the drops of the bottleneck items and decrease the amount needed.

Really, in the real world, a shortage of an item is not a matter of price adjustment, because it’s also possible to start a new production line. It’s not actually a bad thing that people could get stuff they want with less grind and less dependence on the BLTC.