http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/GB/US
Americans make 32% more money than the British.
Its even worse for me (Portugal). We make 2.1 times less money and still have to pay more.
yeah but you all have those nifty “free” socialist programs… don’t worry we’ll be there soon in the US…
A fair exchange rate has absolutely NOTHING to do with politics. US$10 is US$10. GBP 8.50 is US$13.
ANet isn’t paying additional employees to process the gem transactions in the EU, so I don’t know why minimum wage has ANYTHING to do with the discussion.
The ONLY fact presented so far that is germane is VAT, and assuming VAT AFTER a fair exchange rate means that gems should, in the UK, be ~GBP7.50.
How about assigning currency to player-kills in WvW. Why in the nine hells does anyone think collectibles that are account-bound are a better idea than an account-wide currency?
I’ve read that John Smith will be making some changes to help correct the low TP prices. How much needs changing? Many people are still just starting the game so the bulge hasn’t worked its way to the higher levels yet. Won’t this just correct itself when gold is easier to come by?
I also read that Anet is looking at changing the game to get more people to get upgrades more often. I’m not certain how they will accomplish this since it is so easy to level. Right now I’ve been averaging buying upgrades to my gear every 20 levels. That means there is a pile of stuff not in demand by me for many levels.
Lastly, I’m still leveling and don’t have really any spare cash. Between the upgrades which nearly set me back to zero, buying training books and all the map traveling I do there isn’t much to spare.
The majority of us are stuck with kitten-all because nothing other than buying gems and trading them in seems to be a decent source of income, while EVERYTHING sucks money out of you like a tick the size of a dump truck.
Meanwhile, as is the status-quo for an MMO, the gold-farmers, speed-clearers, and exploiters are sitting on mountains of gold, allowing them to snap up high-level equipment and pricing it FAR out of the reach of most of us.
This would result in spamming. So much spamming. Constant spamming.
It would eventually have to be locked down to the point where it would be useless.
This has been suggested repeatedly. It seems as though no one actually gives a crap about fixing broken DEs and SPs.
Which is sad.
Would be nice to see a little more rare items, I’ve farmed a lot of dragons (claw of jormag, Shatterer, Tequatl, Megadestroyer) @80 and the only drops I’m getting are pure blues / greens in the 74 – 80 range.
If you’re doing the same DEs over and over again, that’s exactly why you’re getting nothing.
How to deal with Diminishing return in Karma, Loot and Experience gains when chaining Dynamic Events?
Posted by: RvLeshrac.2673
When you start farming, anything, expect to see a rapid reduction in rewards and loot.
Honestly, it doesn’t kick in fast enough. No one ever touches anything outside of the listed events in the zone.
There are dozens of events all over the place, why do people grind?
This hasn’t changed from the first GW. ANet doesn’t care if you’re a bot or a real player, farming is frowned upon.