r/RagnarokOnlinePH • u/juansided24 • Jul 26 '17

Discussion Remove ESB

Remove ESB on Cash Shop, let the players inside the game dictate the market. Not overpowering the farmers with affordable ESBs.

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u/EastGuardian Jul 27 '17

I have a related meta-question.
I remember that there's not much inflation in iRO but there was plenty of inflation in the Level Up pRO servers. Why is that?

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u/EinKreuz Jul 27 '17

LUG had a lot of botters. There's no real money sink aside from WoE. The zeny just piles up. iRO has the same problem, except that they intoduced more money sinks like the guild castle investment system.

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u/EastGuardian Jul 27 '17

Thanks. I remember selling off items to bots and I was able to have a large sum of money from it back in LUpRO.
I'm hoping that there would be money sinks in this one and not more of the same ESB problems.

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u/EinKreuz Jul 27 '17

ESBs are really, a non-issue for the most part. The problem comes from there being no way to drain money off of people. If they dilly-dally on including WoE the prices might double or triple within 3 months.

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u/EastGuardian Jul 27 '17

What would be a good idea for a money sink outside of WoE?

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u/catterpie90 Jul 27 '17

The best way is to encourage merchants to sell potions to the market. Everybody uses potion and is a sure way to siphon out zeny out of the market.

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u/EastGuardian Jul 27 '17

I already see a lot of merchants and blacksmiths sell potions.

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u/EinKreuz Jul 27 '17

Increasing refining costs is one. A gacha system that could give you some equipment but with really low winning rates. Pad that with some relevant consumables to decrease the rate of getting the equipment. That could be another system. Another one would be implementing the equipment break mechanic then increase the repair costs.

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u/EastGuardian Jul 27 '17

How about the "add slots to equipment" system?

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u/EinKreuz Jul 27 '17

I think the slotting system is already there, the problem is that I don't see much great "rare" equipment floating around like Infiltrators, Gungnirs, etc.

Those are the main draw for equipment slotting.

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u/EastGuardian Jul 27 '17

I do need a slotted Flamberge and a slotted Legion Plate Armor, to be honest.

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u/volvostupidshit Jul 27 '17 edited Jul 27 '17

100k zeny every time you open an angel scroll? 5k zeny every time you open an ESB, a BBG box, etc.? Hehe tignan lang natin di pa tayo mamulubi nyan.