Economy balance discussion

[Zephyr]

(08-17-2017, 02:43 AM)Overfiend Wrote: Cath, Johnsins & Zephr - thanks for sharing.  I'll patiently look forward to the Dev's solution
Zephr - your stats are very intriguing.  If it is true, more participation would command more attention. 
    I'm also curious if the number of players includes the number of avatars that were farmed just for money, when it was possible. Nevertheless the disparity between the number of members in the forum and the number of members in the game is still large. So you make a valid point.
    The counter-argument could be that the members that actually invest the most time & money into the game are most likely also members in the forum.  Also theoretically, it may be reasonable that a large number of members may not be committed to the forum because they are just as loosely committed to the game.  Kinda like Paredo's Law often quoted in John Maxwell's leadership books - 80 percent of your results will usually come from your top 20 percent of performers.  Maybe the members of the forum already represent the  most committed members of the game.  Which would mean that the Devs should accept the number of users in the forum as the most valuable and committed users.  Thus the Devs should keep their ears sharp for the forum members now.

My stats are taken from site:  31 users active in the past 15 minutes, 2 members, and 25 guests is current.

Of course, the total number of players must include farmed AVs but I have no way of telling that number but I am also 1 on forum but have many more active AVs playing.   I think that we can agree that the percentage of active players is far above the number on forum even allowing for farmed AVs.
 
Your counter-argument that the members that actually invest the most time & money into the game are most likely also members in the forum is fine in theory but I don’t think that it will stand up to scrutiny.   I know many players that spend a lot of time playing that I have never seen on forum.