Admin has ruined the game... again - No such thing as economics anymore.
Day 1,569, 23:37
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by Emperor Rick
Herp derp, admin changed the economic module of eRepublik
Evry's detais: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/econ-changes-day-1568-1982402/1/20
Granted admin has done some stupid things in the past, this takes the cake.
(don't get me started on the war mod, let's stick with economics on this one)
First admin gave us the ability to work in our own companies, which was popular among most citizens (abet for the wrong reasons). Along with this we also received three farms and a q1 food shop which greatly increased the supply of goods. The unattended consequences from this resulted in a flood of goods on the market and prices plummeted dirt cheap.
I wrote about this a while back: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/sneaky-admin-is-sneaky-gold-scam-1637127/1/20
Here also: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/we-re-all-socialists-now-time-to-work-in-our-north-korean-farms-1783293/1/20
To counter balance this crash, admin then implemented a bot that purchased these excess goods once the quantity reached a certain level.
Then admin manipulated our markets further to make gold as expensive as possible. (To encourage us to purchase gold with IRL money.)
Now admin turned his attention to the various currencies, and the monetary marketplace. Before I talk more about this, let me share with you the price differences between the various markets now
US Q5 GUNS: 31.75USD -
CANADA Q5 GUNS: 32.00USD -
MEXICO Q5 GUNS: 33.00USD -
JAPAN Q5 GUNS: 33.00USD -
POLAND Q5 GUNS: 30.99USD -
Do you see an issue here? Everything costs about the same (within 5USD). Previously before this change, the difference between the USD and JPY was obvious, and the exchange rate between the currencies showed that the JPY was inferior (especially since Taiwan started occupying Japan) Most major powers in the past, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, US, etc had strong currencies vs Estonia, Egypt, Germany, North Korea, etc now everything is equal.Where is the competitiveness going to come from? The war mod has been dumbed down. It's too easy to start a RW now. Our enemies economy is tied to our own. We all share a common currency and buy gold from the same place... oh wait that's the point.
THIS IS ANOTHER GOLD SCHEME BY ADMIN
Gold before the change was a lot cheaper because it was being purchased in our American market for USD. Since we all share a common market now, the market equilibrium has been moved up because of the unified demand and so gold is now more expensive.
To hell with admin, and this artificial manipulation of our currency. Let us decide the value of our money. This game is ridiculous.
Good night sweet prince
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/monetary-market-tips-and-tricks--1802218/1/20
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inB4...well, you know.
Beautiful rant that will be removed.
Comments? Agreed.
I know it doesn't really matter anymore but what about region bonuses? If you lost your weapons bonuses, because you lost all 5 regions, your ability to get q5 or q6 tanks was cut in half. Unless you had an ally with a market licence this was a real problem for smaller countries.
Not now! Running short of tanks? Buy them from your enemy for about the same price, WITHOUT CONVERTING CURRENCY! Did you ever get stuck in an enemy country because you didn't have a MT and couldn't buy one because you couldn't buy the colored confetti they called currency? Sitting there shouting to your friends to donate you a q4 MT?
Ever get bored and speculate a little on the MM currency rates? How about guessing whether gold is going up or down and putting up a buy or sell order? FORGET IT!
It pisses me off that they have the balls to call this a strategy game.
but one thing i think this does do is prevent one country or group of countries from maintaining a market price advantage over others through resources (the point of the game more or less?).
also you have to consider that the admins' endgame is to make money. no money = no game
as up goes the purchase power of gold, so does eRepublik labs' bottom line (in theory anyway)
Truth! JC Approved.
Correct sir....you are correct.
only region bonuses matter as anything we can do to have an affect on the economy. The rest is on auto-plato.
how absolutely exciting
I have heard the sound of the admins not caring, it sounds like this.
@Rick, think marketing. Now think customer satisfaction. Finally think return customer that brings his/her friends.
I worked in retail for 15 years. Despite what places like Wally World would lead you to believe, stores that cater to their customers, that have relationship with their customers and take into consideration their customers best interest tend to do very well, even in a down economy. Forcing a product down someones throat and telling them to like it is not providing the customer with something they desire or need. If it were not for friends here I would be sooooooooooooo gone. The admins did one thing right to fix the econ mod (that they screwed up a year ago) and now they wish to destroy what little we gained back in game strategy.
^ truth, it's only a matter of time before this game becomes unprofitable and closes down. if the status quo remains the same.
This is not eRepublik...........is eR.I.P.ublik
Late V+S