11-11-2011 at 4:49 PM

i haven't seen an autobuy, and you can't dictate the maximum one of your bones will auction for.. it sort of defeats the purpose of an auction. there's nothing guaranteeing these bones won't all go for high amounts of alacash. a bit of a flaw in your theory, don't you think? honestly, i don't think the problem has to do with bones. the problem has to do with an overabundance of alacash. the more cash a person has, the more they can pay for things. and as long as someone will pay it, there's nothing to stop someone to raising their price. might as well see what the limit is.

11-11-2011 at 4:00 PM

I bought one of the bones :3

11-7-2011 at 7:07 PM

I like the idea, but in reality it will most likely not work the way you want it to.<br /> <br /> Also, when less players start donating, from my experience, the site owners tend to up the price of the credits/bones/etc. to cover the cost of hosting/running the site. Hopefully this will not happen - but if it does then bone prices will drastically change again. Sometimes this is a good thing as items being sold for bones will be more valuable because of the bone price and rarity of the item (assuming less are purchased because of bone price).<br /> <br /> Not really sure what my point was with that - I like the idea, but I don't think it's practical.

11-7-2011 at 7:00 PM

hhmmm... this has brought up a point...<br /> <br /> if people can't afford bones with Ala $$, that will force them to buy bones with real USD/CAD and therefore supporting Alacrity.

11-7-2011 at 6:08 PM

"Derp, bones used to cost $15,000 way back when I was a beginning player, so yeah $70K is extremely overpriced in my opinion,"<br /> <br /> Way back when you were a beginning player. I was here when they were 10k. But our economy has grown bad, and bone prices has upped.<br /> <br /> Giest said what I think extremely well, and Xylax just proved a very good point.<br /> <br /> I understand what you said, Thy, but I couldn't afford bones when I was a new player. I never got close.

11-7-2011 at 6:07 PM

If/when this happens i'll be sure to stop by. :P

11-7-2011 at 6:01 PM

hi idea: what are bones<br /> 2: wow! thats higher then cheap! i wish i had sme money! they must be rare or somthing!

11-7-2011 at 5:57 PM

Sadly, Xylax brings up a good point.

11-7-2011 at 5:46 PM

if this happens, it will be amazing! Awhile ago, the amont of money I have right now could have gotten me 85 bones. now, I am having trouble finding 17. Even paying 30k would be a HUGE improvement!

11-7-2011 at 5:41 PM

Bone prices are very bad i agree. But due to the economy, money is harder to come by offline and like someone said before, unless you keep this up for MONTHS to outvalue those who auction it higher, the price will continue to skyrocket.<br /> <br /> As much as I'd love this to happen, you could never keep it up for the months it would take to keep it that low.

11-7-2011 at 5:05 PM

*Accidentally posted*

11-7-2011 at 4:55 PM

in every sim game I've played, the payed for currency has gone up and up in price. It causes a wide range of problems for the site, including a snowball effect, of sorts. The price of the currency goes up, and in relation, the free currency goes down in value. The players who aren't already rich get frustrated with the game, and leave. New players just starting out don't stand a chance, to get ahead, or in some cases, to get by, which means they are more likely not to stick with the game. which means less people are playing to donate USD, which means the payed for currency is in less supply, specially when the player that leaves donated USD, so they could sell the payed for currency in game. This throws the supply/demand ratio further out of whack, which drives the prices up, which frustrates even more players. in the end the result is a smaller user base, and less money being donated to the site.

11-7-2011 at 4:11 PM

This is great, especially for the new members!

11-7-2011 at 3:20 PM

This will only hurt the site. Cash price for bones was increased for a reason, and people are profiting very well off of it, making obtaining bones much more rewarding. Urging people to devalue their bones is very likely to mess up Ala's economy all over again, and.. why would we want that?<br /> <br /> People should be able to price their bones however they see fit - many of them are paying for the bones with their own real money, after all. And if it sells, then why on earth should they be told to lower prices? <br /> <br /> Real world shop owners buy their stock and mark it up to make a profit. Alacrity bone-buyers are buying bones for USD, and marking them to around 70K to make a profit they find worthwhile. If you ask them to knock it down to 30K, they're not really making a worthwhile profit due to the current cash to bone price ratio. You wouldn't walk into a store and tell the owner to lower the prices on their items because you view them to be unfairly expensive to you, would you?

11-7-2011 at 3:14 PM

If I can make some more bones through my shop by then, then I'll be sure to contribute. And yeah 70k is hilariously over priced O_O This is a great idea! We need to do something about this before bones get out of hand like on Wajas, where the equivalent tends to sell for 3 or 4 MILLION.

11-7-2011 at 3:06 PM

Derp, bones used to cost $15,000 way back when I was a beginning player, so yeah $70K is extremely overpriced in my opinion, seeing as though Robyn herself prices bones at $25K and everybody thought that price change in the monthly shop was insane.

11-7-2011 at 2:43 PM

I think this is a great idea! I shall work on selling items to get bones to sell some!

11-7-2011 at 1:36 PM

Are you to say the way I price my bones is over-priced? I price them at 70k and they sell quickly within two days. I'm not really seeing the whole point of this, in all honesty.

11-7-2011 at 1:32 PM

Kit, it will take more bones to get items if the bones are worth less

11-7-2011 at 1:30 PM

Devaluing bones helps the site stay in existence.... how? <br /> <br /> If you make it easier to cash in something that costs nothing for something you otherwise have to pay to get will further inhibit site funding.<br /> <br /> This seems like something that is going to hurt Alacrity.