For Sale: The services of one kick ass Elf. House trained and personable!
Yup seems I'm unemployed again in game
Nothing to do with SMA, of course those guys are still great but I no longer have my job in trading since, after conversations with Az, we've come to the conclusion that trading materials is getting a little pointless these days. To briefly explain, the ethos of SMA was to ride out short term fluctuations in market trends by fixing prices that seemed reasonable, based on long term realised and informed knowledge of demand and availablity, and more or less sticking to them inorder to attempt to provide stability to those who trade with us. In short, to make life easier for those who play the game with other intentions and don't want to get bogged down with the headache of a cut throat market place.
People want to have available supplies as and when required without having to hunt them down and to feel safe in the knowledge that they aren't being ripped off.... or at least that was the plan! I'm not sure whats going on with the economy at the moment but, for some reason, there's a flood of raw materials on the market and a complete absence of crafters willing to buy them!
"Your Amazing.... Have you tried crafting?" says the voice of Mind Ark. Ironic... very ironic...
Anyhow, to cut a long story short, Az bought up, as promised, the gigantic supply of lyst I had that every man and his dog had been happilly selling me at PA and took my remaining stocks of tailoring material for the shop suggesting I shift the rest on the street and get out of the trade as fast as possible.
OK I think,
"It's not that bad, trading was just a way of financing my other hobby of tailoring, I'll just do that more" Wrong! Y'know, despite the number of orange clad freelancers running about I can't shift a single garment! Its not even the like the price is too high either its just that, as far as I can tell, New Arrivals simply arn't interested in clothes anymore
So yes, strange things are a foot and this more or less brings me down to my point, or rather my question, which is, Why on earth do people play Project Entropia at all?
To answer this, it strikes me there are two types of players really. Those who are in it for the money and those who want to play, essentially, what is the only form of pay-as-you-go online gaming currenly on the market. For myself, if you've been following this diary you'd probably realise that I fall very much into the latter group whereas Az, for example, probably the former. The problem, I feel, is that what all games need is an objective or goal and with Entropia, unless your playing to make money, finding a goal on Calypso is harder than looking for dung!
For myself, I like this game I really do and I want to play it in way that, by my own standards, leaves me feeling as if I have progressed. Life on Calypso is fairly open ended and that, in itself, is a good thing. Take away someones reason for playing though, be it trading, skilling, crafting whatever, and MindArk are suddenly left without a game, but instead what is little more than a very expensive and pretty looking IRC channel.
I guess many people would consider this a bit of a winge and for that I apologise for dissent really isn't my intention. I guess what I'm voicing here is more note of concern than complaint. In SMA we've been discussing things quite a bit and have a few theories on whats going on and why. I'm not leaving or anything and nor is anyone else but I spose you could say I've got out my old harmonica and gone back to sleeping under a bridge for a while.
