Can we PLEASE go away with MARKETPLACE TAX?

[Salvick 248]

34 minutes ago, Zolerox said:

Anyone can vote if you know why it's needed or not.

 

I stopped caring about money years ago.

 

Irony is if you remove market tax to "save money" your money has less value because everyone has more money so the price of everything goes up the whole "it would be cheaper if we dident have to factor in market tax" won't last very long. Do you really except people to sell cars cheaper then they were before?

And that's basically how it works. If there are no money sinks the amount of wealthy people would make prices go to the sky instead of lowering them, which results in cars, legendary weapons and valuable stuff becoming totally inaccessible for anyone else than group of players who could easily monopolize all the prices and the entire marketplace completely controlling it.

[Excalibur! 207]

1 hour ago, NotZombieBiscuit said:

Yeah cause the game's economy isn't inflated enough as it is, let's remove a money sink and make it worse.

 

APB needs more money sinks, not less.

Remember free armas stuff to please everyone.

[Basih 115]

I'm fine with a tax but it shouldn't be very noticeable. 5-7 % Would be enough.

[CookiePuss 5378]

Where are the economists when you need em amirite?

[Chinook 144]

The marketplace tax is currently the only noticable money sink to most people. I think the whole approach on how to ensure economics don't get mudflated should be re-thinked, the ammo costs for example only hurt those who are just learning the game and don't have a lot of time to play it in the first place - all their mission rewards get sucked in renting guns, buying ammo and respawning cars, while some people sit with hundreds of millions on several of their characters with nothing to blow that on and no danger of ever losing any of it at the moment.

 

I think some form of wealth tax could be a thing to think about.

 

(If we had infinite dev power, I'd turn breakwater gallery into a casino. That would surely suck some of the loose dough from rotation.)

 

Edited June 6, 2018 by Chinook

[iPlumbum 80]

No

[magik 184]

6 hours ago, ScarecrowXIII said:

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Sorry for being off topic.

 

I voted to keep it, game needs a money sink, it's what keeps the inflation down, and prevents our game from having any legendary cost 500 million +, or any symbol costing 1 billion

[Rumple 35]

We need the tax, especially if the game is about to rebound. The tax rate that's debatable, but it's been so high for so long... I would wait to mess with the in-game economy to way later.

[vsb 6171]

i guess id be okay with lowering it on goods that need to be purchased, but i think it should def stay on "free" items like symbols and themes

[Poperon 141]

This feature MUST NOT be taken off. This feature exists for a reason, that serves as a countermeasure against Real Cash Sellers. We don't need APB:R to become an AION or Lineage or whatever, with multiple fake cash sellers accounts all over the chat with: \/\/ \/\/ \/\/  .  G E T U R D A M N C H E A P C A S H H E R E  .  C  0  M  .  R  U  S

We already have more than enough toxicity and non-sense around in-game chats.

[Bukvic 0]

Dont take it away, but make it some sense in to it. What about all that money go to Clan who was excellent in missions or something like that ?  You know, point in that tax. There is just tax what only "eat" money . What about tax where money sink better way ? 

[NotZombieBiscuit 3146]

19 minutes ago, Poperon said:

This feature MUST NOT be taken off. This feature exists for a reason, that serves as a countermeasure against Real Cash Sellers. We don't need APB:R to become an AION or Lineage or whatever, with multiple fake cash sellers accounts all over the chat with: \/\/ \/\/ \/\/  .  G E T U R D A M N C H E A P C A S H H E R E  .  C  0  M  .  R  U  S

We already have more than enough toxicity and non-sense around in-game chats.

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[Progeekzy 8]

Most games that have a in game market/auction have a tax. But 20 percent seems really steep. Maybe half it, and maybe subdue it for a new players first 10 or so postings or something. 

[Dopefish 248]

Market tax is an important function for the health of the economy in the game. Without it, pretty much no money would ever be lost from the game, and the economy just gets more inflated over time. Anyone asking for it to be removed are only thinking about making some extra bucks from each transaction, and don't consider what the long term consequences would be for the game.

 

I rather think the opposite, that the game requires more money sinks. However, the economy in the game needs to be tweaked either way, so that free-to-play players are able to play the game and actually afford weapons to rent.

[Queen of Love 452]

If you dont feed the system ,it will die and begin to eat you.

Tax are a need for keep system existence.

 

If i have to explain, you will never understand.

[Tobii 346]

56 minutes ago, Dopefish said:

Market tax is an important function for the health of the economy in the game. Without it, pretty much no money would ever be lost from the game, and the economy just gets more inflated over time. Anyone asking for it to be removed are only thinking about making some extra bucks from each transaction, and don't consider what the long term consequences would be for the game.

 

I rather think the opposite, that the game requires more money sinks. However, the economy in the game needs to be tweaked either way, so that free-to-play players are able to play the game and actually afford weapons to rent.

This.

37 minutes ago, Queen of Love said:

If you dont feed the system ,it will die and begin to eat you.

Tax are a need for keep system existence.

 

If i have to explain, you will never understand.

Well, how did Dopefish just explain it then?

Though you are correct, I struggle to understand what you said just now.

[WitchQueen 316]

Weapon renting is a real shame and the main reason I bought all those Armas weapons years ago. Not to save game money but to just stop having to constantly rent and also to be able to play a mission or fightclub in a way I feel like on a whim. I get it though as G1 must have made loads of money from lazy chumps like me.

 

As for the tax, it doesn't really effect me much since I sell clothes which have a really cheap base price. So whoever said tax is there to stop symbol sellers is way off since it really has zero effect on them.

 

Due to the tax I no longer sell cars as you have to make them so much more expensive than their base price just to get your money back. I feel the tax can be a bit unfair to those people who enjoy designing and selling cars.

 

And yeah don't even think about trying to make money by buying and selling legendaries. I got out of that game pretty quick lol.

Edited June 6, 2018 by WitchQueen
Damn samsung auto correct forum issue.

[Intake 27]

Remove it.

 

There is a cap on the total cost of sales anyway.

 

It might be necessary on game with upwards of 1 million players, but on APB? Not at all.

[T0asty 4]

First things first, get a new anti cheat in, and fix the lag.
THEN they can tackle things like the marketplace, content, etc.

 

Easy way to solve it right now, don't buy anything on Armas and wait for them to fix it.

I just want a playable game at the moment.

[Kommaranda 44]

12 hours ago, Zolerox said:

Anyone can vote if you know why it's needed or not.

 

I stopped caring about money years ago.

 

Irony is if you remove market tax to "save money" your money has less value because everyone has more money so the price of everything goes up the whole "it would be cheaper if we dident have to factor in market tax" won't last very long. Do you really except people to sell cars cheaper then they were before?

Haha you have no idea for noobs a tax cut would be awesome cuz they could buy rank three mods for 20k less just the jmb weapons could go up in the future but everything else would go straight down.

[Gro 104]

No.

[DiBBz 38]

16 hours ago, BXNNXD said:

keep it in

 

it’s especially needed for stuff like symbols and themes that can be duped and resold infinitely 

this should be the obvious thing however it discourages people selling stuff at higher prices etc. i think the tax does need to be tweaked maybe 12% seems like a more reasonable tax rate

 

afterall if there was no tax then there would be no system in place to take money out of the economy. hence the reason a tax exists.

[Lord Cashpoint 269]

APB needs more large scale money sinks (Legendaries don't really fufill that purpose in my mind). Perhaps there needs to be more expensive items that could be purchasable in game? Maybe weapon skins and titles that cost a lot of in-game cash. Or even paying through the nose to trial Armas weapons.

 

There could also be a need to introduce more tradable commodities with finite quantities. Perhaps Little Orbit could run competitions for designing items, and then release those items as limited edition fashion items which can be traded.

 

Whatever they do I hope they at least reduce the ridiculous cost of refurbishing vehicles.

[LilyV3 323]

No, its the onyl money sink the game has.

 

however cars could indeed need some adjustment in their tax as opposed to symbols and music they aren't free to get and put in marketplace.

 

If g1 would remove the tax we all woudl just see prices skyrocketing due to inflation of money.

 

17 minutes ago, Lord Cashpoint said:

APB needs more large scale money sinks (Legendaries don't really fufill that purpose in my mind). Perhaps there needs to be more expensive items that could be purchasable in game? Maybe weapon skins and titles that cost a lot of in-game cash. Or even paying through the nose to trial Armas weapons.

 

There could also be a need to introduce more tradable commodities with finite quantities. Perhaps Little Orbit could run competitions for designing items, and then release those items as limited edition fashion items which can be traded.

 

Whatever they do I hope they at least reduce the ridiculous cost of refurbishing vehicles.

 

If statues would be like symbol boards people would buy them to place their avatars in districts, unfortunately they disappear and are only active in the one district you activate them. But they could be another money sink.

Edited June 6, 2018 by LilyV3

[M4Ni4C 18]

For sure it isn’t pleasant when I have to I have to pay $ 7,500 in taxes on a weapon mod sold for $ 37,500.

I rather see that $ 7,500 as a commission to the marketplace for getting advertising, distribution and a secure trade.

You could easily sell your stuff via your mailbox but have to advertise and distribute your goods to sell on your own and you won’t have the security to receive your earned ingame money.

 

The marketplace taxes should be lowered, especially for higher priced goods.