Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure where this should go, but since this is the money making section, I’ll stick it here. We have an interesting economy in the game, a simulation of a real economy. Fake value influenced by real people and factors. What I propose is to take a step further and implement buying and selling futures. A stock market. How do we do this without major corporations? We already have facsimiles in the game. Asura Krewes. Buy some stock and you are investing in a potential future return plus profit if the krewe is successful on their project. Perhaps they will fail, perhaps they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams or perhaps the Inquest will steal everything and make their stock worthless. Or you could invest in the Inquest itself, the organization some say is too big to fail. You could also invest in values.

Because videogames!

Khyron.8735:

I’m not sure where this should go, but since this is the money making section, I’ll stick it here. We have an interesting economy in the game, a simulation of a real economy. Fake value influenced by real people and factors.

Digital property is not fake. This isn’t a game like Monopoly where, at the end, everything goes back in the box and none of it has any actual value beyond what the game cost. Part of the reason why bans in games like this receive an intense reaction is because it’s not just the $60 for the box that was taken away, but all the digital property that person earned as well.

What I propose is to take a step further and implement buying and selling futures. A stock market. How do we do this without major corporations? We already have facsimiles in the game. Asura Krewes. Buy some stock and you are investing in a potential future return plus profit if the krewe is successful on their project. Perhaps they will fail, perhaps they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams or perhaps the Inquest will steal everything and make their stock worthless. Or you could invest in the Inquest itself, the organization some say is too big to fail. You could also invest in values.

And how do you propose that projects succeed or fail? Unless there is an actual thought process involved, what you describe is gambling.

I’d be against this. It would just be another place for conspiracy theorists to scream “manipulator” should their futures tank.

If I could I’d start a bank.

I’d like to see a lottery added. It’d be a moneysink but it’d be something people could goof around with.

Have an npc that lets you buy tickets for 5 silver each. You can buy as many as you want.

Every hour, there’s a drawing for first second and third place. Winner gets 50% of the ticket money. Second place gets 25%, Third place gets 15%, the last 10% goes poof (money sink). Maybe have it span all servers so there’s a hefty pot regardless of time of day.

I know John Smith likes money sinks so here’s one people with side cash can throw money away on and have some fun with.