We’re speaking with our developers to get more information about this system and the way it works. For instance, we want to check on the time frame during which the price fluctuation happens, and the actual degree to which it will fluctuate. If we feel that there are some issues with the way it runs, we will request changes.
How the heck do you test something if you don’t know how it’s exactly supposed to work? Can’t you jokers up at Aeria’s office drop the pretense of knowing anything remotely technical about the game?
Months of testing and you didn’t realize that price fluctuation wasn’t active when CoC2 went live, and even now it’s partially borked?
Months of testing and you neither know how often prices change, nor the degree of change?
I’m very interested to know what kind of QA methodology you guys adopt.
OTOH though, it’s good to see a GM that actually knows what he’s saying, and actually went forth to do real tests.
Greywulf’s numbers on Cell Gold are accurate, though getting the 105 pearls/120 opals required to hit 300k+ takes a good amount of time.
However, Cell Gold’s pearls/opals isn’t a recent change.
Anna and I farmed Cell Gold for Makka during the short period between channel unification and Shiva/Vishnu. For that period of time, we were actually considered rich in-game and could afford stuff.
Of course, the inflation brought about by Shiva/Vishnu killed off any further interest we have for the game…