marshmallowcreampie
So I'm sure a lot of you are aware that the store prices for some of the H&R items have been increased while the shop is closed. I'm disappointed but not surprised; Gaia has been doing lots of things they said they wouldn't do. But what bugs me is that it's going to make things difficult for newbies. One of the things that kept me on Gaia was that it was very newbie-friendly. I could make a nice avatar and have lots and lots of gold shop options. Today, the inflation has gone crazy thanks to gold generators, but most free gold generating features on this site haven't been updated to catch up. If you're going to raise the GS prices, I suggest updating the gold generating features so the new users can purchase items without buying GC. You won't get many new users sticking around if they have to spend real money to buy stuff. Most people aren't gonna buy virtual items for a site they just joined.
In regards to H&R price updates, we don't know if these are legit or definite as the shop is not back in place and there has not been word from an admin about these changes as of yet (not from any threads i've seen)
At this point the price changes could still be a glitch. (until confirmed otherwise)
In regards to making money on gaia, that is easy to do without gold generators, sure you may not get into the billions straight away but it is still do-able.
With the introduction of charms and the fact that they are in DC, people can either sell these or gain them and redeem for items to then sell. Some chance items are even available through charms.
Ink/bugs/trash sell for quite a pretty penny and are available through towns or DC.
DC itself has had the gold increased in it.
We also have the dumpster dive where people can lurk and get free stuff from to either use or sell quite easily.
Even if its caches, these can still sell for 5-10k easily.
Getting gold isn't hard if you are actually trying. we don't need to blame the cash shop.
EDIT; I do however agree that the old games like word bump and the like should prolly have the gold increase cause 100G is not much.