Under Review [All Main Servers Suggestion] Increase blockshop prices

In Game Name:

Jdawger​

What part of EcoCityCraft is this suggestion for:

All Main Servers​

Short title for your suggestion:

Increase blockshop prices​

What are you suggesting:

Increase blockshop prices to a much higher price, but not too unreasonable. For sake of a number, I would suggest making all common-type blocks 2-3x more expensive (so the $5 per block becomes $10-$15 per block)
[Should note this does not apply for blocks such as the light block, reinforced deepslate, and other unobtainable/super hard to get blocks]​

Why is this a good addition for EcoCityCraft?:

@Mission001 brought up valid point that blockshop, as it stands, kills player markets & grinding for the sake of selling. I get that our player-base is much smaller than it used to be. While he is for removing it, I disagree and think increasing the prices would be much more beneficial.

For starters, removing it creates unregulated markets. I for one HATE unregulated markets, both in ECC and irl. This is how we gotten insane prices such as features for 300k+/USD, singular jobs apparel for a couple million, etc. I understand some items shouldn't be regulated and both of those examples are ones that shouldn't, but we are talking about hundreds of common-type blocks.

At an unregulated market, it means that people can sell at whatever price they want and you either have to take it, leave it, or grind yourself. This will 100% kill the building community. I personally do not have time to grind for hours upon end just for a small dent in my building materials.

And the problem if I buy them for those high player-market prices: it gives incentive for people to sell at that price continuously, with the inevitable option that the price will naturally keep increasing over time if unchecked.

Clar lowered the prices of blockshop to encourage building, and I still want something like that, but again, I see Mission's points of removing it.

I like blockshop from a builder perspective. I personally have bought out every single glass/sand player-shop, and will continue to do so until my build is complete.

If we increase blockshop prices, it will still give the people who build (and don't have time to grind) an option (albeit an expensive one). Something like 10x increase ($50 per block for the ones that are currently $5) gives a fair ceiling to make sure common-block price don't go unchecked, but also gives a fairly decent ECD sink for those too lazy and/or too busy irl to have building materials.

Plus, we can go back to an era where people are attempting to buy a diversity of block & not just the valuable ones. ​

Other information:

For reference, this is just in alteration to the “remove Blockshop” suggestion. I just want to keep Blockshop in some way, and if that means increasing the prices, then so be it​

Plugin or custom addition:

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I Understand.​