I wont name names since it really is irrelevant, but a player who is marking up items on auction by 1000% declared, when asked, that they just started playing and that their strategy of overpricing auctions (and I really do mean 1000% markup) 'works' in that they've made 6 figures in currants already. After playing for a week. Yay - they are rich, so ripping people off is 'working'!
So.
I think that's shitty, but the game clearly allows it. My question is, does that work for the game? Is it good for Glitch?
We see that the devs just capped currant bonuses for leveling up after hitting level 20... in response to players having too many currants? Who knows. I think the market manipulation of auctions is a slow poison for Glitch and ought to be tweaked - I'm not sure how, but I like the idea of not being able to auction anything until you get to level N, where N is not too large, but not too small, either. Or maybe there is a better idea. Or maybe folks are fine with players manipulating the markets and (most likely) newbies are too green to realize they are being fleeced.
What are your thoughts?