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	== Disclaimer ==		== Disclaimer ==

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Talad: /* Disclaimer */

2012-02-21T10:05:27Z

Disclaimer

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	== Disclaimer ==		== Disclaimer ==

	This idea ~~has been already~~ selected by ~~some~~ people. You are welcome to pick it up anyway, but in this case we suggest you to also submit another proposal for a second PlaneShift idea. You can submit as many proposals as you want for one organization.		This idea is going to be pretty popular, and most likely selected by many people. You are welcome to pick it up anyway, but in this case we suggest you to also submit another proposal for a second PlaneShift idea. You can submit as many proposals as you want for one organization.

	== Skills needed ==		== Skills needed ==

Talad: /* How does the economy work in PS today */

2011-03-29T21:34:00Z

How does the economy work in PS today

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	All items sold by NPCs have a quality of 50, while player crafted items go from 0-300, but usually if you get a quality 30 means you made something wrong. So a player made item is generally better than an NPC one. This is made to avoid having NPCs competing with the player crafted items.		All items sold by NPCs have a quality of 50, while player crafted items go from 0-300, but usually if you get a quality 30 means you made something wrong. So a player made item is generally better than an NPC one. This is made to avoid having NPCs competing with the player crafted items.

			== Where is the data stored today ==

			item_stats.base_price is the cost of each item

			merchant_item_categories lists the categories each merchant is selling

			item_instances contains the inventory of the merchants, from which they determine what to sell. all they have in their inventory they sell it, excluding worn equipment.

	== Item Types ==		== Item Types ==

Talad at 21:25, 29 March 2011

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			== Disclaimer ==

			This idea has been already selected by some people. You are welcome to pick it up anyway, but in this case we suggest you to also submit another proposal for a second PlaneShift idea. You can submit as many proposals as you want for one organization.

	== Skills needed ==		== Skills needed ==

Talad: /* Player Behaviors – Supply Side */

2011-03-23T11:56:54Z

Player Behaviors – Supply Side

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			== Cities Demand ==

			I think the merchants, like Harnquist the blacksmith, should be both consumers and suppliers.
			As consumers they should represent the need of a city or a subset of it, which we assume is populated by other NPCs, not just the ones you see.
			So the first thing we will define are the domains which describe the demand in an area.

			Example domain
			* Name: Blacksmith-Hydlaa
			* NPCs associated: Harnquist
			* Type: Evolute city
			* Number of people served: 500

			In the example above we say that Harnquist the blacksmith serves the whole hydlaa city and 500 people.

			Then we need to define how much each item is needed. My suggestion here to simplify the model is just to define this % on the item stat itself. So for example we have:

			Knife:
			* need_per_month: 0.5

			0.5 means that there is a need of 1 knife every two persons per month. Or 0.5 knives per each person per month.

			So now we easily know that Harnquist needs 250 knives per month (500 people served * 0.5).

			When the player goes to sell a knife to Harnquist, he will check how many he bought already and if he needs it and based on that he establishes a price for it. If too many players try to sell knives to him, the price will float down and maybe at a certain point he will not buy anymore. Then after some days the city demand grows again and he buys that again at increase price.


	== Player Behaviors – Supply Side ==		== Player Behaviors – Supply Side ==

Talad: /* Economy Manager Purpose */

2011-03-23T10:44:46Z

Economy Manager Purpose

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	The Economy manager should be able to create a variance in prices based on the following factors:		The Economy manager should be able to create a variance in prices based on the following factors:
	* number of items present on the market and sold (supply/demand factor)		* number of items present on the market and sold (supply/demand factor)
	* affinity of the player to the merchants. We have a concept of 'factions' in game, which represents how the player is "friend" or "affiliate" of a specific race or social group. The 'faction' rating should be used to determine the price.		* affinity of the player to the merchants. We have a concept of 'factions' in game, which represents how the player is "friend" or "affiliate" of a specific race or social group. The 'faction' rating should be used to determine the price as well. We don't want to have the 'faction' changing based on the amount of items sold, but we want this to change with the quests completed.
	* city/location. We would like to ~~incentivate~~ trading between cities, ~~and so~~ setting certain items as lower price in certain areas and higher in others. For example we want one city to have more gold, and so it will be exported, or more iron. We should decide if this has to be done only on raw material or also on items (like swords).		* domain. The domain is nothing else than a list of merchants, which can identify a city or a location. We would like to foster trading between cities, by setting certain items as lower price in certain areas and higher in others. For example we want one city to have more gold, and so it will be exported, or more iron. We should decide if this has to be done only on raw material or also on items (like swords).

	This will put a lot more variety into the economy, will allow trading and exchanges, and will motivate people to increase their skills in a certain faction to get items at a special prices. Also considering different players will have different faction standings, they could collaborate to get certain items at good price and then exchange between them.		This will put a lot more variety into the economy, will allow trading and exchanges, and will motivate people to increase their skills in a certain faction to get items at a special prices. Also considering different players will have different faction standings, they could collaborate to get certain items at good price and then exchange between them.