Northstar
The only solution I would have to offer was to reinforce the bartering aspect of the economy in Ryzom, which is actually the only kind which is interesting to most players/long time crafters, diggers; and it could make our efforts worthwhile. Trading boosted stuffs for boosted stuffs, trading good loot for good loot, sup for sup etc; but then again, the whole faction RP comes into play; and kinda makes that impossible as well. So bartering cannot exist in a large scale because of that.
I've always been of the opinion that the only real uses for dappers were to replace used TPs and broken tools, and making a few one-time investments (apartments, some Mektoubs, alt/armory GHs..), and that the real economy of Atys was one of barter. That isn't something that took me long to figure out either; maybe about a week (if that!) after I first left Silan.
The problem is, I can't really barter. Not any more. It seems increasingly rare that anyone is willing to cross faction lines. Some get outright uncivilized about it too. A few times, I've tried to trade for personal use (as opposed to for my guild) and was met with vulgar refusals simply because they hate the faction that my guild belongs to.
There are some exceptions, but my personal experience and observations have shown those exceptions becoming fewer as time goes on. And it has an effect on newer players as well since there is a bit more pressure to choose sides than there was when I first got here. With that sort of hyper-factionalism, I agree that any sort of global Atysian barter economy is not even possible. I don't think it's doing any good for our new arrivals either. It's one thing to have a healthy rivalry, but the current situation is unsustainable for a variety of reasons.
Northstar
Also; and I want to stress this: Aside from the known to us all who do these things, many little guilds/individuals, don't have access to any of the good sups, loots etc, mainly because we invest more time into that, or we know when to go for them etc.
A move like that imo, would totally diminish the already little chance of the newer peoples to find a good boss, get some good loot, dig a somewhat decent sup mat, and not the sup kachine or buo that we all leave behind.
It's nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks that :)
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