JohnCapital
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ok, and how do traders fit into it? there are players who make 100's of peds per day trading (no joke) and withdraw heavily. i know that trade is based mainly on added value and tt is left unaffected but let's think about a situation when 50% of players start trading only? what do you think happens then?
Quite simply, traders and resellers (yes, there is a difference) don't affect the loot at all.
If you notice my calculations, they are based on TT value only. MA doesn't worry about the market value of items, other then to make sure some items are powerful enough and rare enough to ensure folks have something to dream of having. (Who doesn't want that uber gun/fap/BP,ore finder, etc.?)
In fact, the concept of selling things for a profit was built right into the game and encouraged (via the rarity of certain key items.) While MA doesn't set market prices, they are always happy to watch things get a high markup, because this markup requires deposits.
When you realize this, you are close to realizing that the TT value of everything in game doesn't come anywhere close to the amount deposited. This is why someone like Pham can withdrawl so much and loot isn't tickled that much. Most of his money was made buy looting and selling high markup items. The TT value of all his loot was much, much, much lower.
So folks deposited to buy Pham's loot. (BlackHawk for example, depo'd big to buy his Mod Merc.) MA takes their cut, via eventual usage(decay) of the bought items, 10% skill and ESI nerfing, and withdraw fees. Pham withdraws what's left.
Everyone happy.