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Ask MeFi on balancing MMO economies
Just like WoW Insider's Adam Holisky, I too am a big Mythbusters fan, and it's pretty common knowledge that 'buster Adam Savage is a big Ask Metafilter fan and user. So I am also a big Metafilter fan, and when they do a thread about MMO economies, it just intrigues me in all the right ways. (See what I did with that intro? That's why I get paid the big blogging bucks, which, trust me, aren't that big in the first place).But my interests aside, the Ask MeFi thread is a great read for anyone who's thought about balancing an MMO economy. Not only are there a lot of great links (see that? True MeFi style equals big blogging bucks!) to other resources on the subject, but there's some good commentary in there, too: What specific things can you do to balance out the huge earnings of hardcore players and keep casual players competitive? And how exactly do you organize your items -- if items are too rare, they'll never be useful enough to be sold, but items that are too common won't get their prices off the ground.Fascinating stuff, touched on by a fascinating community.
