Gabriel's Economic Plan Part A

LoneAngelIbesu · #1 07-31-2008, 08:24 PM

Those are good ideas, Dusty.

Taxing players "just because" could add a sense of realism to the server, if nothing else. It's up to whoever Era's NAT is. Another idea is to just raise all the prices of items.

For instance, if the average player wealth is 1000g, and you want it to be 500g, you just multiply all the item prices by 2 (avg player wealth / desired player wealth). Zurkiba taught me this.

Crow · #2 07-31-2008, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

It's up to whoever Era's NAT is.

NAT's arent there to decide things. Even I as a NAT say that.

DustyPorViva · #3 07-31-2008, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

Those are good ideas, Dusty.

Taxing players "just because" could add a sense of realism to the server

You don't just get taxed in real life though. Your checks get taxed. Like I said, if you're receiving your money from a business... perhaps. But lets face it, to tax your income would not really have a point as you may as well just lower the amount of money you receive from jobs.

Tax in real life has a purpose -- to give money to the government. In Era, where there is no government, and the taxed money just disappears... well, why not just lower income? The outcome would be the same.

LoneAngelIbesu · #4 08-01-2008, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Tax in real life has a purpose -- to give money to the government. In Era, where there is no government, and the taxed money just disappears... well, why not just lower income? The outcome would be the same.

Good point. I know that in Valikorlia taxes would actually go somewhere, as there are multiple player-run governments. But, on any other server? Yeah, you might as well just lower incomes or raise prices.

xXziroXx · #5 08-02-2008, 02:47 AM

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well, why not just lower income? The outcome would be the same.

No, it wouldn't. Sure, it'd "remove" money at the same pace as taxes from wealthy players, but it'd stop newbies from earning anything.

DustyPorViva · #6 08-02-2008, 07:12 AM

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No, it wouldn't. Sure, it'd "remove" money at the same pace as taxes from wealthy players, but it'd stop newbies from earning anything.

No, I was talking about taxing payments(AKA real life).
No matter how rich you are, you're still getting the same income as everyone else for jobs.