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Economic reasons for Alexandrite collection
# Oct 26 2008 at 4:56 PM Rating: Good
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Something that occurred to me concerning the Alexandrite situation:

When Alexandrite was first introduced, I figured SE's major reason was economic. There's a pool of elite players out there with so much money they're economically disjunct from the rest of us. The things the general playerbase can provide to them won't ever put a dent into their pocketbook. The few items expensive enough to matter are non-consumable, and so end up just being bought and sold among a small circle of them, serving as stores of value the way paintings and art do for the real-life rich.

I've always felt that the targets for Mythic and Relic upgrades were these players -- the rest of "us" were supposed to realize they were out of reach and give up. The system for Relic currency seems to work pretty well, but Alexandrite availability became a problem for two reasons: Weapons for mages that aren't just toys; and too few people conceding to economic reality.

To sum up, Dynamis currency and Alexandrite serve as a way to re-distribute the gil from the hyper-wealthy back among the general player base. Unlike the occasional HNM lucky-drop loot, the flow is one-way with the currency being (mostly) consumed during the upgrade quest, and is spread-out over a large portion of the playerbase.
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# Oct 24 2008 at 6:33 PM Rating: Default
i have picture of this and some more information about it
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# Oct 24 2008 at 6:55 PM Rating: Decent
I hope you turned some of the information in. @.@ I'm curious as to it's purpose.

edit: last word changed.

Edited, Oct 24th 2008 10:59pm by SummonerFenrir
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# Oct 25 2008 at 9:38 AM Rating: Default
it is used to upgrade your myistc weapons from nysul assault its used in the second upgrade i have emailed the website with the picture and information so just have to wait for them to update it
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# Oct 25 2008 at 1:02 PM Rating: Decent
Cool beans! :) ty
droprate?
# Aug 08 2008 at 10:15 AM Rating: Decent
how often does this drop???
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