Abandoning this thread as it is far too much work trying to teach people how an economy works and people with a lack of understanding are causing even more confusion as well as a flame war.
Lesson learned today:
Do not try to teach people about complex economic principles on the spiral knights forums.
Thank you to the people who were able to post here without bias:
Xairathan
Tl;dr He's right. You may not like Chris, you may not agree with him, you may hate his guts- but he's right this time around.
The-Rawrcake
Thank you Chris for your logic.
"Tl;dr He's right. You may not like Chris, you may not agree with him, you may hate his guts- but he's right this time around."
Exactly. Though it isn't just "this time around" that Chris is right.
Rangerwill
/Clap Chris.
I agree with Chris on this one.
JMSA
Very few things I agree with you, but this is one.
+1 support
Stelli
+1 +1 +1 +1 i agree!
Perronius
The resale of high value items DO create additional profit for OOO, however I'm not certain on how much it would be. All that said, +1 to Chris' point of having one time only auctions, because i like that idea.
And a big personal thanks to these people:
Perronius
"I don't particularly care about Chris' motives, whether it be to protect his investments, or help OOO make money, or if he wants to take over Haven. I really don't care. I don't know Chris, have never exchanged more than a few words to him, and frankly I am not likely to do so. Nothing personal, just not my style. However, the hate that he takes in this forum is ridiculous. Reread the initial posting, and pretend that someone else wrote it. Many of you would do as you have done, which is to agree, or offer thoughtful debate. I would like people to avoid letting personal feelings get involved."
Strudul
"I wonder what would happen if
I wonder what would happen if Chris explained all this to someone else to then post, or posted on an alt account....."
You are the 1%! but seriously though... you fail to take into account the flow of CE in your example. Sure a player may buy 80K CE to purchase a black hat. but then they pay it to another player who actually has the 80K CE (therefore making it so that the seller does not need to purchase CE). It makes the best sense for OOO to make as many as they can sell directly... if someone is willing to spend $50 on a black hat and pay it directly to OOO in this manner it is better for them. The problem here is that it is worse for the rich players who intend to capitalize on their investments in black hats... and players like me who intend to hold on to a few sets of dragon wings to sell at a later date once the price rises.
In my opinion they seems to have a good slow release of stuff to keep prices of angelic wings and prismatic halos firmly out of my grasp, and to keep rich people from whining too much
now put away your wallet before occupy Chris' lawn occurs