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Enter message:	[quote][i]Quote from: Cuer[/i] [quote][i]Quote from: Ichthyos[/i] It does seem like S-E is doing the same thing with these items that they did with Astral Rings. However, their intent (to the best of my knowledge) is not to reduce the price of these highly desirable items. By making NM drops Ex and moving sellables to BCNM/ENM etc, I think S-E is mainly trying to reduce griefing, rather than affect the server economy.[/quote] To my mind, this is entirely correct. The changes they're making are designed to allow a wider range of characters to have a shot at getting these items; they aren't necessarily designed to reduce the price of the regular (non-Exclusive) copy of the items. To do that, there would need to be more alternative items added. The item changes mentioned in the patch notes are certainly a step in the right direction, and hopefully just one of many that will be coming (or that is already in this patch, and just wasn't mentioned directly in the patch.) The top 20 highly-camped over-powered items like the ones mentioned in the patch notes should all be given [i]higher level options[/i] so that there isn't the massive demand for a specific item. It's insane that players end up using the same item for 50+ levels; that type of demand is what causes both the high prices and the monopolization of resources. Thankfully, Square-Enix does realize this, as can be seen with the alternatives added to the Archer/Sniper Rings. Since the start of the CoP patches, we have seen [url=/itemdb/advanced-search.php?slot=Finger&job=war&affect_pos=1&level_max=60&affect_exact=1&affect=Accuracy]5 new Accuracy rings[/url] that provide an alternative, to one degree or another. (The overall desperate need for +Accuracy items was also ameliorated by the addition of sushi food.) These same sort of additions need to be made with alternative items for the other highly sought items, specifically higher level versions that are more powerful. Giving players a real choice when it comes to equipment is the best way of fixing the intense demand for those specific items.[/quote]

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