SW:TOR will experience the first ever overnight ecomonic crash of an MMO.

That's cool, though I think the vast majority of players doesn't even have 10 million to begin with.

All in all though I think people are overestimating what this expansion will do to the economy. Any deflation of currency will be temporary. I do wonder what will happen with the prices for crafting materials though....

So, I see you guys learn nothing but neoclassical economics.


Well, valid point, there will be a major credit sink going to set down the level. HOWEVER, many goodies for GS are mats or crafted stuff (not sure if BoP, if so, disregard crafters), so it'll be also a moment that some will thrive.

I think it will balance the game and give wealthy players somewhere to spend on, thus calming the inflationary pressure on the GTN. Won't be a recession, only a deflationary process. There is no thing as a recession when you don't have jobs or capital.

Is it wrong that hear Ben Stein in my head when I read your posts?

My GM informed the guild that they would never get a silver key if they only put in 500k toward the ship..and this is a huge guild hehe. Needless to say I already dumped a mil in their bank like a fool and decided to bail while I can for that and other reasons.

Really? It always amazes me when I hear Guildmaster horror stories... Good for you. We have quite a few lower level players who haven't been able to contribute much... but then again, we didn't contribute to being able to unlock a ship for the few that could... we did it for the guild in general.

Sorry to hear that. Another perfect example of why I won't contribute to guilds with credits.

Sounds like you need a better guild then with people you can actually trust.

It's more my hang-up than anything. My guild has given me no reason not to trust them.

My guild is a benchmark for how guild business should be conducted. Our GM asked if you want to contribute, do what you can. There were no set amount requested. In a week's time, we raised 150 million combined from both sides. I personally gave 10% of what I made just through grinding dailies, FPs, OPs, and whatever else I could do. On 5 of my 11 55 lvl toons, I made nearly 5.5 million. I'm not rich in game by any means. What I gave was praised as much as one of our members giving 4 million.

Personally, I'd like to see BW institute a system that automatically credits money made by a toon to the guild in a similar manner that CoH/CoV did. IIRC this was a % (2% to 5%?) of money given to the guild based on what they toon made, but not from the toon directly. A large guild could generate massive funds if their players are active.

Hahahaha, as an economist, I don't think it could be different