currency exchange Trading post?
it is game wide, not just server. All the servers share the same tp
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that include the currency exchange? If the demand for buying gems with gold is higher then the supply of gems being sold that makes the value of selling gems more and the price of buying more. the opposite is a larger supply of gems being sold then then buying gems for gold the price for buying goes down and the value of selling goes down.
why is it that you get less gold to sell 100 gems then it cost to buy 100 gems with gold. why are they separate values and not one vale based on supply and demand.
One TP to rule them all including the gem exchange. At least for NA and EU.
As for the exchange rate differences, that’s by design. The Gem to Gold rate is 0.7225 of the Gold to Gem rate. The gap is to discourage players from playing the exchange market like they do with the TP as well as to make sure the exchange has plenty of gold on hand for players willing to sell gems.
As for what sets the rate, the exchange was established when the game went live with a little gold and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of gems. Gold and gems sold to the exchange aren’t destroyed or the ones you get aren’t created but are deposited or drawn from the exchange’s inventory. The ratio between gems and gold in the exchange sets the rate where the Gems to Gold is 85% of that rate while the Gold to Gems is 1/0.85 of that rate.
Why they choose this method rather than letting it float on the open market? Again, playing the market. This way they are going it eliminates any possibility of player manipulation. The rate is artificially set based on player purchases with the gap between rates large enough to prevent any profit from short term transactions.
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One TP to rule them all including the gem exchange. At least for NA and EU.
As for the exchange rate differences, that’s by design. The Gem to Gold rate is 0.7225 of the Gold to Gem rate. The gap is to discourage players from playing the exchange market like they do with the TP as well as to make sure the exchange has plenty of gold on hand for players willing to sell gems.
As for what sets the rate, the exchange was established when the game went live with a little gold and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of gems. Gold and gems sold to the exchange aren’t destroyed or the ones you get aren’t created but are deposited or drawn from the exchange’s inventory. The ratio between gems and gold in the exchange sets the rate where the Gems to Gold is 85% of that rate while the Gold to Gems is 1/0.85 of that rate.
Why they choose this method rather than letting it float on the open market? Again, playing the market. This way they are going it eliminates any possibility of player manipulation. The rate is artificially set based on player purchases with the gap between rates large enough to prevent any profit from short term transactions.
thank you that makes sence