In my opinion the only reason the gold is nerfed is because it was a balanced economy and people didnt need to buy gemstones to change in gold but now the game is changed in “pay to win” strategy which is disappointed
What do you think?
gold nerf in order to buy more gemstones ?
I think that prices were getting out of hand. Nerf on gold farming should decrease the amount of gold in the market, which should decrease the cost of items in the TP. However, if people do not want for the system to flatten out and use the credit card route, then everyone will suffer since prices will remind sky high while our in game wallets cry.
I dont think you know what pay-to-win means. JoeVmt is correct prices on the AH will react accordingly.
Don’t forget the supply of crafting materials, weapons, armor etc will go down without people farming them.
Any gold that you buy with gems comes from other players buying gems with gold. So I don’t see how altering the gold drop rate necessarily means more gem money for Anet.
This was just an attempt (far too late IMO) to resolve the issue of massive trading post inflation (caused by people champ training) making basic items prohibitively expensive for people who play the game ‘normally’ (in Anet’s view at least). Put it this way: if you don’t regularly champ train then this nerf doesn’t directly affect you at all.