OOO is providing a product--the entertainment and satisfaction that comes from playing their game. It is absolutely 'on them' to try to make that product as good as they can make it. If the system they have established generates a substantial amount of frustration among their customers, then they really should put some effort into making it less frustrating. The players don't run the economy--that's an obvious error in reasoning. Players have some input, but the economic pressures acting on us are ones that are established and controlled by OOO.

The amount of crowns and materials you receive in the dungeons; the amount of real money it costs to purchase CE; the amount of CE it costs to do things like crafting and dungeoning; the amount of crowns it costs to do things like buy recipes, utilize gates, and utilize the auction house; the frequency with which UVs are obtained--these are the factors that control the Energy market, and they are firmly under OOO's control.

It is incumbent on OOO to attempt to provide a good game--a fun and rewarding experience. How they manage the factors that influence the CE market is part of that responsibility.

That said, it doesn't seem at all clear that the current behavior of the CE market is actually a substantial problem in the game, right now. Lots of whining on the forums suggests a problem, but not necessarily one that is substantial enough to require immediate attention.

So, Effrul, you are definitely wrong: placing the responsibility for the CE market on the players is obviously silly--even Monkeyman, who you note as being "absolutely correct" has apparently identified this ("what do you expect will happen to the price of CE? it would skyrocket because of the increased amount of Crowns being pumped into the economy?")--but it may still be the case that the CE market is essentially in acceptable shape and doesn't need to be corrected despite the complaints that continue to crop up.

Listen to monkeyman, he illustrates some good point's, and recognizes fom good flaws. He isn't trolling, it's just his point of veiw.

Converting ME to CE SEEMS like a fair idea, but in reality thet would keep players from wanting to buy CE with real money, making it extremely rare, driving the cost up. Why not try to have a mist amplifier, for a COSIDERABLE PRICE (unlike the heat amp) that doubled mist respawn rate? That would allow players to play more, making the game more fun, and as long as it dosen't cost CE, It won't deplete anyones reserves of energy.
(correct me if that thought seems to have a problem, i made it up in a bit of an "on the spot" fasihon <_<)

Then there's unbinding things. Then all the filthy rich players who keep shooting the price up will craft 5 star items and sell them to pump up their crowns, and then they will be able to buy and sell CE for even higher amounts.

A crown converter sound's nice, but they'd jack up the price just like the heat amp.

The Economy isn't bad, CE is around 4k. That being said, it rose to there from 3k, so it is rising. Since the new steam players caused it to drop, the best thing OOO can doo is to just get more people to play the game. If CE is abundant, the price will drop. They should do more things like the steam group, and add more ingame content to make the game generaly more appealing, like the snarbolax, the starter pack, or another arsenel expansion. Things like the heat amp, or as you suggested, crown amp, would suck in CE (that is, if anyone is foolish enough to buy a heat amp) and make the price jump up.

It's also wrong to say we NEED to stabilize it. We don't, I've gotten buy all the way to teir 3 through all this maddness, and i still play happily. A CE price of 4k is perfectly fine. I'm not trolling, your sort of right on how the eco could be better, but it's irrational to say it's broken or anything.

MeSako, then multiply that by ten accounts, after buying a few dollars worth of crystal energy on each so that they can all gain mist energy, and you've got all the energy you'll ever need--which is why Three Rings can't do that.