The Hoarder - My Divination Card for 1 Exalted Orb

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Antnee wrote:

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majesw wrote:

There are a couple of misconceptions being spread around in this thread...

1. Divination cards will double the amount of an item/currency on the market. This is something we don't know (since we don't know the rates) and it is something highly unlikely. Since cards will only drop in one specific area the only ways they could come close to doubling the supply of an item/currency is if botting is way out of control or GGG messes up the drop rate.

Are you entirely sure about that?

Something to think about: This is a new feature; Touted as a part of the expansion, paid for by high-level supporters, the cards themselves aren't going to play small part in the game. That would be foolish marketing and a waste of resources. Consider that I've counted 4 approved cards in the past few days that are currency alone.

Unless GGG also reduces the drop rate of orbs across the board, you're going to see a very noticeable increase in supply. When you're farming for a 5-chaos card, there is also a chance to drop a chaos orb.

I take no issue with cards that provide items. And, I'm not taking a shot at the OP when I say this, as it's not my money to spend, nor would I fault anyone for doing what GGG clearly allows. But mark my words, currency cards are a mistake. A big one.

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bhavv wrote:

In order to double the amount of a currency, in the case that drop rates on a full set of cards = the drop rate of the item, every single player in the community would have to be farming the specific area where those cards drop.

So no, they wouldn't come close to doubling the amount of the currency in the economy.

And who the fuck cares about the economy? Why are people so opposed to allowing self found players a chance to actually farm their currency?

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bhavv wrote:

And who the fuck cares about the economy? Why are people so opposed to allowing self found players a chance to actually farm their currency?

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And who the fuck cares about the economy? Why are people so opposed to allowing self found players a chance to actually farm their currency?

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Antnee wrote:

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bhavv wrote:

And who the fuck cares about the economy? Why are people so opposed to allowing self found players a chance to actually farm their currency?

GGG does. And, to a much lesser degree, so do I, and so should you.

Lets get this out of the way: I hate trading, and I despise that my generally single-player experience is hampered by the economy. On the other hand, I'm glad that I can't just pick up the rarest, most powerful gear for a pittance.

No, I don't think doubling is what's going to happen. But you're being willfully ignorant of the game's history if you think for one second that the addition of targeted currency farming isn't going to blow the fuck up. We live in a world of extreme min/maxing. As soon as it's discovered which zone to farm for the greatest efficacy (and it won't be long), then whatever item that zone provides is going to be saturated throughout the market.

Remember City of Sarn midnight farming?

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Antnee wrote:

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bhavv wrote:

No, I don't think doubling is what's going to happen. But you're being willfully ignorant of the game's history if you think for one second that the addition of targeted currency farming isn't going to blow the fuck up. We live in a world of extreme min/maxing. As soon as it's discovered which zone to farm for the greatest efficacy (and it won't be long), then whatever item that zone provides is going to be saturated throughout the market.

Remember City of Sarn midnight farming?

I'm somewhat worried about this too. The best solution is to give many places that all have the same efficiency but target different things. The game does a pretty good job of this right now. Players can map for experience, farm Piety/Dom for items, Kill Atziri for items, and they all seem somewhat balanced. Hopefully these cards open up other areas of the game. But I do worry that GGG will screw things up and we will end up all mindlessly romping through Sarn again.

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Tryss wrote:

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And who the fuck cares about the economy? Why are people so opposed to allowing self found players a chance to actually farm their currency?

So what you're saying is "fuck the 90% of people that trade (even occasionnaloy), I want to roll in currency"

This would be more accurate : "who the fuck cares about self found players?"

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bhavv wrote:

Yes, fuck the 90% of flippers and scammers that ruin this game and make everything too expensive for players who don't flip and scam.