The PL Wealth Gap

[Estate]

The PL Wealth Gap
The reason new players quit so fast

First let me start off by saying that I don't care that this exists. It will in no way affect how I play the game if it is dealt with, or left alone. The wealth gap in this game is massive. I don't want those who play the game religiously to think I am advocating they get punished for doing so. The reality of the situation is that people who play year round, and have experienced the instability of our game's economy, should be able to understand what I am about to say.

Anyone who plays the game daily, especially lately, has seen the influx of begging and beggars in town. Here is your reason why.

The wealth gap is created by a multitude of things. Anyone that is currently playing has no doubt seen the massive increase in prices during this winter's event. Price inflation is astronomical. Prices of items change by the hour. That is the nature of a gold event as big as grotto. However, only the dedicated players played through the grotto 1000+ times during the event. Even though the place is accessible to lower levels, it is almost impossible to drop anything good because you can't adequately destroy killjoy, and you have no luck or re-roll multipliers. Whereas people who already have the gear, the luck, the GL, the GOLD, to do so, profit handsomely.

The issue with this is that during these events, the rich get richer, and the poor, well, they get negligibly richer comparatively. The gap grows.

I am in no way telling people how to play the game, but to those that PvE and/or Merch exclusively, you are somewhat part of the problem.

You see, if we are to experience any economic stability, the people making money, have to be spending money. However, they aren't.

At this point in writing this, I'm not EXACTLY sure where I am going with this.

However, what I do know is that there HAS to be something done in the realm of these particular issues:

• CS Pricing
• Gold Cap (and it's affects)
• Incredibly rare items and their prices/demand
• Seasonal players
• Veteran Players
• Poor players
• Finally, why in God's name am I being ask for 10k every three seconds of gametime in pm's

I just wonder what the community has to say about this, it should at least be a more popular topic of discussion. I am in no way socialist, blah blah blah, I just wonder if people think it's a bad thing, a good thing, something that doesn't matter, etc. Drop your opinions.