Gavyn the Mighty
The marketplace is scheduled to be out in 3 months. In terms of the game's probably lifetime (and in terms of that prior mentioned 600 days) that is imminent and will have an effect.
With regards to the gaian marketplace and over inflation... keep in mind... the normal marketplace... there are thousands and thousands of items... and a ton of ways to make a ton of gold... hence a ton of inflation with all of the gold going to a ton of things... that is what makes the items unreachable.
In HoC, there is one method of essence gain, by playing the game... there is also very limited possible cards to gain (87 currently), as opposed to those thousands of items; i.e. the 4* and 5* are going to be much more common than the 'unattainable' items in the main marketplace. Inflation will not be nearly as bad in Hoc because of the lack of a large in flux of currency and a limited card set (meaning a lot of people will have what you are looking for. it is simple supply and demand with a structured (comparatively speaking) currency influx.
So yes, by ignoring the fact that the marketplace will have a reducing impact on the overall cost of 4* and 5* as well as allowing for ease of accessibility... it has to be accounted for when saying it will take 'such and such amount of days to possibly get a card'.
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This is yet another excellent example of our different, almost diametrically opposed, perspectives on identical issues.
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The way I see it, the only thing that keeps prices to even a minimal level of insanity on the main site MP is the fact that there's thousands and thousands of Items for people to want.
In the HoC MP, there will be a very limited number of "in-demand" Items, and a very small supply of each of those.
Supply and Demand will, from my perspective, virtually
guarantee that the prices for those "in-demand" Items will be well beyond the reach of the average player.
As I've always said, there are always going to be people who, for whatever reason can, and do play for hours and hours every day, and their impact on any MP scenario cannot be underestimated or overstated.
While the average player may make 5,000 Essence on an average day, there are those who easily haul in 10 times that amount, and their numbers are not inconsiderable.
As soon as you introduce a small, but influential element into a Supply and Demand scenario, the price of that limited supply will be dictated by those who can afford to pay what the market will bear.
Like I keep saying, I'm a Jones, you're a Mighty, and our world views are polar opposites.
Also as I've said, only time will tell which of our world views proves accurate.
I can hardly wait!
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***EDIT*** In the interest of establishing what the predominant personality type is here (and because I thought it was funny
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