AL Economy in Recession??

[Energizeric]

1) You're asking STS to prop up the economy so sellers make a profit? What happens when STS stops propping up the economy, this isn't the real world. We'd be back in the same place. What difference if STS buys up these crap pinks, they are only 500 gold or even less in most cases. What will this do for anyone who spent 15 plat + cost of the crate if they get 500 gold?

2) What difference if its a crappy pink or an epic. Its the same thing. So if they take out crap pinks, its till the same rate of getting a good pink. You substitute one crap item for another. You're asking for the drop rate to be increased because its probably not even 1 in 10. So this is contradictory to what you are even saying.

3) People aren't buying because its near the end of the season. People already have equipment and don't need anything else. The problem is demand and it probably means its taking people longer to get to level 30/31 then it did for people to get to 16/21/26. So new people arent getting to the level cap as fast. And those who have gotten to 30/31 have already bought their stuff. If you want to prop up the economy make it easier people to gain levels faster. The guild I am in has over 4000 members, and right now there are 28 members online, and of those people online only 4 of us are level 31. And I am sure next season the problem will get worse because it will take new people even longer to get to the next level cap and so on. You should ask STS how many new sign ups they get every day. Because these people are your new buyers. And if people struggle to get to level 31 and never make it. Then you'll never be able to sell your stuff to them. I don't agree with any of your suggestions.

1) they would not only buy up these pinks, they would make sure the drop rate from crates is lowered, so they don't repopulate.

2) there currently are no "good" pinks which come from the crates. They are all worthless crap (in terms of value, not stats). My solution would make it so that they would regain their value and you would have a chance at a decent pink.

3) You don't have to reach cap. All the legendary items that come in level 31 also come in level 30 and nobody is buying the level 30 items either. Why buy items for 50k when you can get cheap crate pinks for 500 gold. As long as the crate pinks are so cheap and have decent stats, this economy will be ruined. It doesn't matter what else happens.

Also, this was never an issue in Pocket Legends at Level 66/71/76 cap where you needed 100k XP to cap. Players kept buying end game pink gear right up until the next expansion. Even then when the price dropped because an abundance of old gear being sold, the items were easy to sell for the lowered price. The reason is these items were still relatively rare. There were not so many of them that nobody needed them. They were scarce enough so that there were still players who needed them.