2011-10-06, 11:31 AM
modular Wrote:actually, merchanting is a source of "pay" for the merchanters to improve their own characters... look around for mispriced or cheap items, take advantage. they arent causing inflation. theyre just trying to take advantage of the situation. theyre fine. the real problem is people who havent worked for what they have, the botters. theyll buy whatever the merchanter sells because its the first one they came across and they dont care about how much something costs, even if its slightly overpriced. thats what causes inflation. if no one were willing to buy an overpriced item, the merchanter would be forced to lower his price in order to make back his investment.
Except for the fact that the merchanter knowing over prices the item to make money. I know its how they get their pay but that doesn't mean they arent degrading the system/ Inflating everything to do so. I myself am not a botter (though i like them) but if i see i item i really want. Even if its over priced I will buy it just because I want it. Am i causing inflation? Probably but the seller who over priced it is more at fault for doing so in the first place. And besides that even botters do cause inflation they also contrubite (greatly) to the overall quality of the free market. Which is something that cannot in anyway be said about merchants.