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Final supporters
John Smith's Official position at ArenaNet:
- Senior Data Scientist at ArenaNet
- November 2012 - present
- Head of Analytics at ArenaNet
- July 2015 - present
TLDR: This is a petition to show ArenaNet that we, the community, are tired of having someone like this driving our loved game's economy to the ground. The ultimate goal of this petition is to have someone else make economical decisions, and for that someone to have radically different views on economics.
While we are in the dark as to how exactly Mr. Smith controls the game's economy, two main possibilities present themselves:
1- John Smith has a say in every single recipe in the game as they come out, having absolute control over the game's markets.
2- John Smith only takes sporadic, arbitrary actions from time to time (IE: Dungeon rewards, Daily rewards) and lets everything run amok and be controlled by financial whales.
Both of these options are in no way acceptable considering the state of our game.
Why you should sign:
There has been many ongoing issues with multiple markets in GW2, but the most notable one is that of Mystic Coins.
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/19976
As most of you will know, their prices have been inflating rapidly for about a year now, creating what is commonly known as a market bubble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_bubble
What it means is that Mystic Coins are no longer priced at their face, actual value, but instead they are priced at the value of what the people give them. In turn, this drives people to invest, hoard, and flip said item. A (hypothetical, as is most of economics) trait of a bubble market is that prices will always inflate over time, without fail; until the Bubble "pops". At that point, the people "remember" the actual, face value of the item, and sell their investments at the same time to cut their losses as fast as possible. A very well known real world example of this is the Housing Market collapse of 2008.
The key factor of a Bubble Market popping is for the people to suddenly feel that their investment are unsafe. However, John Smith has, over the years, repeatedly reassured everyone that no action shall be taken, instead choosing for the market to "regulate itself". I'm sure you can see how that is absolutely counter-productive.
The final point I want to make on Mystic Coins is concerning Wintersday. The first noticeable spike in their prices relates to last years' implementation of Winter's Presence, which created a very high demand of Mystic Coins compared to their well known, short supply. Given the recent actions taken against insider trading with last minute recipe changes, it doesn't take a PHD in Rocket Engineering to have thunk that this years' Winter's Presence recipe would at least require LESS Mystic coins to lower their demand, and maybe make investors feel a bit unsafe. Which didn't happen.
Of course, Mystic coins aren't the only problem. Many smaller markets have been going haywire. Most notably:
Leather, since the ascended crafting overhaul.
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/19729
And before that, Pre-Cursors with the 1%ers inflating the prices by flipping them over the years.
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/29180
These irregularities are calling for unhealthy, normally illogical practices in Guild Wars 2. In what world would opening bags on lower lever characters should be normal?
For the sake of being Clear, Concise and to the Point, I won't bore you with smaller market problems. But they are there, and they are very real. Controlling how YOU play DRASTICALLY. Driving for unhealthy farming practices like Auric Basin's Multimap Looting.
Over time, their has been many calls for action, for changes in his philosophies. There has been no such thing.
Enough is enough. Let's get someone else to take the reins, someone with different economical views because whatever is being done right now has obviously not been working not for weeks, nor months, but now years.
Let's get Guild Wars 2 to be economically healthy again, as healthy as an MMO can be anyway. We love this game too much for this to go on.
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Get this guy out
Don't worry with this kind of success record, the Trump administration will hire him as a top aide to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin in minutes.
Get rid of this dungeon-hating loser He's a failed economist who thinks he understands the game
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Final supporters
John Smith's Official position at ArenaNet:
- Senior Data Scientist at ArenaNet
- November 2012 - present
- Head of Analytics at ArenaNet
- July 2015 - present
TLDR: This is a petition to show ArenaNet that we, the community, are tired of having someone like this driving our loved game's economy to the ground. The ultimate goal of this petition is to have someone else make economical decisions, and for that someone to have radically different views on economics.
While we are in the dark as to how exactly Mr. Smith controls the game's economy, two main possibilities present themselves:
1- John Smith has a say in every single recipe in the game as they come out, having absolute control over the game's markets.
2- John Smith only takes sporadic, arbitrary actions from time to time (IE: Dungeon rewards, Daily rewards) and lets everything run amok and be controlled by financial whales.
Both of these options are in no way acceptable considering the state of our game.
Why you should sign:
There has been many ongoing issues with multiple markets in GW2, but the most notable one is that of Mystic Coins.
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/19976
As most of you will know, their prices have been inflating rapidly for about a year now, creating what is commonly known as a market bubble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_bubble
What it means is that Mystic Coins are no longer priced at their face, actual value, but instead they are priced at the value of what the people give them. In turn, this drives people to invest, hoard, and flip said item. A (hypothetical, as is most of economics) trait of a bubble market is that prices will always inflate over time, without fail; until the Bubble "pops". At that point, the people "remember" the actual, face value of the item, and sell their investments at the same time to cut their losses as fast as possible. A very well known real world example of this is the Housing Market collapse of 2008.
The key factor of a Bubble Market popping is for the people to suddenly feel that their investment are unsafe. However, John Smith has, over the years, repeatedly reassured everyone that no action shall be taken, instead choosing for the market to "regulate itself". I'm sure you can see how that is absolutely counter-productive.
The final point I want to make on Mystic Coins is concerning Wintersday. The first noticeable spike in their prices relates to last years' implementation of Winter's Presence, which created a very high demand of Mystic Coins compared to their well known, short supply. Given the recent actions taken against insider trading with last minute recipe changes, it doesn't take a PHD in Rocket Engineering to have thunk that this years' Winter's Presence recipe would at least require LESS Mystic coins to lower their demand, and maybe make investors feel a bit unsafe. Which didn't happen.
Of course, Mystic coins aren't the only problem. Many smaller markets have been going haywire. Most notably:
Leather, since the ascended crafting overhaul.
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/19729
And before that, Pre-Cursors with the 1%ers inflating the prices by flipping them over the years.
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/29180
These irregularities are calling for unhealthy, normally illogical practices in Guild Wars 2. In what world would opening bags on lower lever characters should be normal?
For the sake of being Clear, Concise and to the Point, I won't bore you with smaller market problems. But they are there, and they are very real. Controlling how YOU play DRASTICALLY. Driving for unhealthy farming practices like Auric Basin's Multimap Looting.
Over time, their has been many calls for action, for changes in his philosophies. There has been no such thing.
Enough is enough. Let's get someone else to take the reins, someone with different economical views because whatever is being done right now has obviously not been working not for weeks, nor months, but now years.
Let's get Guild Wars 2 to be economically healthy again, as healthy as an MMO can be anyway. We love this game too much for this to go on.
10 Comments
Been waiting for mystic coin dilemma to be dealt with....I think I've waited long enough!
Everything is getting out of control, leather is completly broken, crafting exotic armor is waaaay to expensive than it needs to be.
Manila single men and women by purchasing a strengthen furthermore customized boasts offerings, It will help you to be with reputable usually genuine locating a person exactly like you! them helpful and impeccable online dating service is just the perfect switch for every songs who would like to satisfy the fall in love with associated with situation they own been searching for years therefore. whether you refrain from your alternatives simply to what your colleagues would say, You remove your body out of what you should truly want. keep in contact to the person that seen your prized proper care by - giving laughs combined with [url=https://russianwomendate.weebly.com/]hot russian[/url] messages. state interest fee to build likelihood of having a romance relationship together. you might not be mr brad pitt, should not have debt Gate's abundance as folk's sexiest man or woman lively. so what on earth? This is easy, appears might bring too much elements but the majority teenagers wish to have other guys [url=https://russiangirldating.wordpress.com/]russian girls dating[/url] who experience reasonable spirit.
How can you date much young women Why would a middle aged man be only drawn to dating women who are a lot older or younger than him and who do not take care of themselves? A middle aged man may only be thinking about older women because he feels more secure with them. However if they do not attend to themselves, Either he's a fetish (Which is unlikely) Or he wants to manipulate them. these would be behaviors of a codependent person. A codependent person seeks [url=https://www.bitchute.com/channel/asiame-review/]asiaME[/url] out people to include in their lives who are always falling apart. The codependent years of like a savior, And anyone falling apart feels a need for them and the codependent feels needed. Since an individual always falling apart is, very well, Always plunging apart, They are a renewable source of consent for the codependent. Sounds like this guy is that kind of person and the age range doesn't seem to be of as much significance knowing that. ( Full reason ) Sometimes men like young women because women of their age group don't seen appeling. Much of this is biology but some of enthusiastic about cultural. Its not just men who like younger women most women like older men. Of course there are exclusions to this rule. my pal in law likes older women, My sibling is 5 years older then him. My theory is that its biology, Pure and straightforward. In the old says when only 1 in 5 babies grew old enough to have babies and many people didn't live more then 45 50 it was needed for the survival of the human race. Younger women tend to bring a child to term and can have more children then older women. and so, Men are biologically attracted to younger females. The males who lived to be 45 50 just were, As a rule much better, Stronger and smarter then those who didn't. So I believe women are attracted to them while they have the best DNA to pass down to there children. Of course in today's world this isn't so true anymore but the instincts survive. at
Get this guy out
Don't worry with this kind of success record, the Trump administration will hire him as a top aide to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin in minutes.
Get rid of this dungeon-hating loser He's a failed economist who thinks he understands the game
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Been waiting for mystic coin dilemma to be dealt with....I think I've waited long enough!