Hmmm... Like stocks? Perhaps the different minerals are all different markets.

 

I think that with the proposed system, it wouldn't work. If things are changing weekly then you hoard one week and sell next week. All you have to do is /worth and find out that the item is at a good price or not, then you wait. Unlike stocks you aren't buying them and then getting stuck with them. There isn't a limited amount of 'stocks' in this case. There is a completely unlimited option.

To be honest, the 'investing' is in nether stars. Those prices ARE fixed by the server, but, the players fluctuate them like mad. Just like a stock market there is no way of knowing if the price is going up or down, or even when it will drop. The fact of the matter is, these prices go all over the place. Thats where the excitement is, nether stars. That is a true stock market, one run on the randomization of the players, not on the consistent changes that the server would be providing in this particular suggestion.

 

+1! Would Make It More Like RL!

 

Diamonds

 

I was thinking using the name emeralds, not the resource them self. So it could indeed be a quantifiable limited resource. I think your jumping the gun a bit there revanrose6. She's hardly described anything and it could follow many different adjustable systems.

Also to imply investing and losing money would likely entail buying something. One does not simply pick up a share off the ground or while looking around. It's quantifiable and purchasable.

You could just simply disagree, or state that a system that used actual resources as a share would not be good for the economy because of the "infinite nature". Which technically speaking isn't all that true, iron is a finite resource and the map size is capped so after it's mined out it is gone till the next map comes 'round.

I do agree on nether stars though, it seems like a rather fun market. Instead of just cash though it has the added benefit of being used to exchange for other goods.

 

I have wanted something on ecc like this for a long time. +1

 

I would just like to point out iron is infinite, as iron will NEVER be mined out of the mining world before a new map is added. We will never run out of iron.

I do agree with revan, player controlled markets are a lot more like the stock market. A fixed price on the server would just cause hoarding and then people selling when it is profitable. The idea is that a single block would consistently fluctuate in price. For a game like this, the best option is a constantly changing market. Netherstars may not increase, they may go down 100/200 ecd and they may never go back up. They may never raise. Theres more risk to a user controlled market then the server controlled BASE price.