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  1. 09-11-2019 03:24 AM #1
    Makeda
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    This worked in WoW and Guild Wars 2.

    WoW you can buy a 1 month sub token on the cash shop and sell it in game for game gold. That lets players buy gold, and it also lets other players buy their sub with in game currency. The paired nature of these two keeps RMT sellers from being able to easily undercut it.

    Guild Wars sells “gems” on its cash shop. In game you either buy gem only items with the gems (mounts, glamours, boosts)... or you sell the gems for gold. And other people can buy gems with gold...
    - again the paired nature keeps the price constantly in flux with an automated algorithm that keeps RMT sellers from being able to easily undercut it...
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  2. 09-11-2019 03:29 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Makeda View Post
    This worked in WoW and Guild Wars 2.

    WoW you can buy a 1 month sub token on the cash shop and sell it in game for game gold. That lets players buy gold, and it also lets other players buy their sub with in game currency. The paired nature of these two keeps RMT sellers from being able to easily undercut it.

    Guild Wars sells “gems” on its cash shop. In game you either buy gem only items with the gems (mounts, glamours, boosts)... or you sell the gems for gold. And other people can buy gems with gold...
    - again the paired nature keeps the price constantly in flux with an automated algorithm that keeps RMT sellers from being able to easily undercut it...
    The problem with gw2 was they also modified drop rates to encourage gem buying to get mats for things because they had such an absurdly low drop rate
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  3. 09-11-2019 03:56 AM #3
    Makeda
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth View Post
    The problem with gw2 was they also modified drop rates to encourage gem buying to get mats for things because they had such an absurdly low drop rate
    Any idea can end up abused if done wrong...

    The benefit of doing it last os seeing how competitors managed to turn success into failure and avoiding that misstep.
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