Originally Posted by
BananaBandit
When you look at EM you are seeing nothing but the greed of other players. That has nothing to do with PlayWith and had everything to do with the players selling that stuff. Any other game that has auction houses show even worse greed (Take a look at Aion's or Tera's auction houses to see how much you pay for end gear and good pots). There really is no difference in the player economy between Rohan and other games except for the fact that you can actually buy/sell CHARACTERS and not just gear/pets/consumables. A level 99 cap won't change that in the slightest. Instead of selling lvl 110 upgrades for 30k you will have people selling lvl 99 steadman, lewis, manos and fenattis for 20k. Greed is greed.
There is a difference between Rohan and other games in what the game publisher sells in its item shops. Rohan will happily sell you overpriced and overpowering goods while others are strategic enough not to destroy their game dynamics in that way. Those other games know that keeping the game skill based will draw more customers and keep the game earning steady money. It is not easy to get there, but once you are you protect that golden formula and leave the 'special VIP gear' out of it. Putting out a lvl 99 capped server won't change PWI from pushing overpowered gerar on you even there. They want MONEY and they know they can get it from you by selling that crap.
New players coming in here and paying 2 grand to gear up? No that does NOT happen, ever. They don't start off with end game chars and gear in any game unless they are rich. They start at level 1 and work their way up to endgame spending 10 bucks here, 20 bucks there until they get to end game. Once there (after about a year of grinding) they eiother jump into the economy or move on to an other game.