Guild Wars 2

As most of us can see the prices of gems via gold is ever increasing. One factor of this is the increase of gold the player base has access to. Another factor that drastically influences the conversion rate is when a new or limited time item is added. We saw the increases from Halloween and from the Lost Shores addition. Now we are seeing it yet again from the addition of makeover kits and are sure to see it happen again come Wintersday.

If one looks at this graph http://www.gw2spidy.com/gem they can see the level of influence these additions have.

Point being the gold to gem ratio is constantly being influenced to rise. These factors insure that gold into gem prices will price out the majority of the player base, thus influencing the method of obtaining gems. Considering the only check in place to balance the trade ratio is gems into gold trading, and it is lopsidedly out weighed, there is no reason for prices to ever stabilize.

Is there anything that’s reasonable to curb pricing players out? Maybe something along the lines of price increases as account purchase amount increases? ex) 1st 100 gems=x% of current value, 200=x+5%, until 100%value is reached…idk

I know this is just a game but influencing the market in such ways that we prohibit in real life just seems off to me. I just feel that newer players have no reasonable choice now, and that doesn’t feel right.

Essence Snow.3194:

Point being the gold to gem ratio is constantly being influenced to rise. These factors insure that gold into gem prices will price out the majority of the player base, thus influencing the method of obtaining gems. Considering the only check in place to balance the trade ratio is gems into gold trading, and it is lopsidedly out weighed, there is no reason for prices to ever stabilize.

Can you prove this please or provide some reasoning to it?

How does this insure that gold into gem prices will price out the majority of the player base? I’m not quite following why you suggest this and would like to.

whiran.1473:

Essence Snow.3194:

Point being the gold to gem ratio is constantly being influenced to rise. These factors insure that gold into gem prices will price out the majority of the player base, thus influencing the method of obtaining gems. Considering the only check in place to balance the trade ratio is gems into gold trading, and it is lopsidedly out weighed, there is no reason for prices to ever stabilize.

Can you prove this please or provide some reasoning to it?

How does this insure that gold into gem prices will price out the majority of the player base? I’m not quite following why you suggest this and would like to.

If you look at the graph, which illustrates gem price history, you can clearly see that spikes correlate with the gem shop additions. One can also see that on the verse side of these spikes prices never quite return to previous levels. This may be due to several factors from the 30% tax on reciprical conversion, inflation of gold as a whole, or speculation of further increases.

I am ofc assuming that the majority of players are at least semi casual and not tp experts, thus the rate that they are able to make gold < the rate at which gem prices increases considering the value that gem items hold.

If that doesn’t answer your question, I’m afraid I’ll need some clarification on what the question is exactly.