Disclaimer: Spoiler This article is intended for members of the MapleRoyals community. The information included below should be read at the discretion of the viewer and does not necessarily reflect the views of the staff of MapleRoyals. Shoutout: Spoiler (Shoutout to @JadenSmith for his post about AP Resets, which spurred my memory about this topic) Hey guys! I'm going to be going over some ideas I have regarding the current Royals currency system. This is an idea that had rolled around in my head a while back, but I was occupied with other interests at the time. Now that a new year has rolled around, I find myself completely sucked into the vortex of pre-Big Bang nostalgia. With all the hype for a new source and major patches to the server, I feel that this is a good time to present my thoughts about the Royals economy. MapleRoyals uses Mesos as the in-game method of commerce; however, the accumulation of Mesos largely relies on voting for the server and receiving NX rather than on hunting mobs and collecting Mesos manually. With that in mind, one could make the claim that Mesos are a commodity money, meaning that it is a type of currency backed by a valuable substance -- in this case, Mesos would be backed by NX. My nerdy thesis aside, my proposal is this: it would be prudent to create a standard by which NX can be accurately and irrevocably measured. An NPC will be generated that provides USE/ETC Cash Items like AP Resets, Teleport Rocks, Safety Charms, Super Megaphones, and more for their equivalent value in Mesos. These items may still be purchased from the Cash Shop, but cannot be traded to other players; however, these items can be sold to said NPC for half of their retail value. For the numbers people Spoiler NPC will sell: 1 TP Rock for 2m 1 AP Reset for 15m* 1 Safety Charm for 3m NPC will buy: 1 TP Rock for 1m 1 AP Reset for 7.5m 1 Safety Charm for 1.5m Keep in mind that this is just an example. *personally I've always felt that AP Resets were underprices, seeing as how TP Rocks currently sell for almost 1k:6m Below is a list of some major benefits: Players will no longer need to haggle, an activity that is both tedious and stressful Players will no longer sit around in the FM for hours trying to make a quick buck off of NX Players in need of these Cash Items will have instant access right then, right there Players can focus on other parts of the game that do not consist of "down arrow, enter, down arrow, enter" The NPC system will finally create a much needed Meso sink so that the economy can recover from inflation Obviously, I took into consideration the ramifications of such a drastic revamp of the Royals economy. Although this whole spiel may seem tedious at first glance, I strongly encourage all of you folks to take a moment and appraise the information before casting judgment. Additionally, if (and this is a big if) this system or a similar system ever gets implemented, the theory of a fixed NX currency can be applied to other areas as well, including but not limited to the Gachapon system. Thanks for taking the time to read my article. I hope to see some (positive :3 ) feedback or instructive critique.
