Q6 Economics - And YOU

Day 1,492, 20:08 • Published in USA Canada • by Emperor Rick
Looks like Admin is up to his old tricks to make money off the players of eRepublik. They've introduced Q6 items for a limited time only upgrade (for now.) The upgrade is an expensive one, 200 Gold from Q5 to Q6, and with the limited amount of time to attain the GOLD needed. Many, if not all, require to buy gold with IRL cash ($75 IRL for just 175 GOLD).

What does this mean to our economy?

1) Someone took a dump in the Q5 Sector - Most of the individuals who were able to accumulate the gold are now dumping their Q5 stock into the market. This excess in supply has caused prices to plummet world wide.

2) Q6 Monopoly - Because there is a new sector with few sellers the prices of Q6 items are through the roof. The price difference is likely to stay this way for a good amount of time.



3) The future's price of business - These prices will fluctuate for a few days, Q5 will go back up a bit but will never have the same demand as it once did. Consumers will now prefer Q6 guns and until more sellers shovel out these commodities, prices will remain high. We all know Admin will allow upgrades to Q6 again in the future, and possibly allow upgrades all the time. The question is when.

Some who will argue that this will forever ruin the economics modular of the game. However the fact is this game has been ruined multiple times in the past before.

We shouldn't be angry over these changes - or those who decide to upgrade to Q6... We should be angry that admin continues to disregard us as a community. It's obvious this game is a tool/scheme for admin and his cronies to make money. It's a great business ploy, but they aren't focusing on making this game more enjoyable/competitive.