I'm not sure I get all these real life comparisons but heck I'll throw mine in.
FS Servers in America, we pay by the dollar.
Isn't it illigal in America to have a monopoly of something ?
So let's just take FFS and the 1/3 of the Titans out of the picture.
Some of you are saying there will either be no competition on getting those kills and getting the item handed to us, the next your saying that other guilds will dominate, so which is it ?
If you like to work hard and have that nice feeling of getting nothing but competing for the thrill of it, go against FFS for their 1/3 of the Titans :/
Everyone is throwing around the world "monopoly" like it is a bad thing. A monopoly per se is not bad. FFS does have a monopoly, sort of. All the existing Oggy Gloves, Skally Boots, Fuv Runes, and Tsucki Helms that other players own can be sold and therefore do not give FFS a complete monopoly. But more importantly, FFS does not control the price of the epics, the Market does. If epics were necessary in this game, then FFS could set the price, but instead they are a luxury and it is the players that decide what they are willing to pay for them.
"According to professor Milton Friedman, laws against monopolies cause more harm than good, but unnecessary monopolies should be countered by removing tariffs and other regulation that upholds monopolies."
So please, everyone that thinks all monopolies are bad, go brush up on your economics before making this claim again.
(EJames, this post is not directed at you, but rather all people that have made this claim. Having a monopoly is not illegal, there are then additional factors that make it illegal.)
My economics is just fine, and I think the current situation is quite bad. FFS is not under any market pressure to sell, because there is no penalty for simply holding the items in your store until someone pays your price.
The only thing that would remove this restriction is if your guild hunting titans were totally contingent on profits from sales - since you assure us FFS hunts titans because they enjoy them and simply want to win, this can't be true, and therefore the monopoly will endure perpetually.
I think my proposal above is far better than preventing you guys from doing what you do best on 2/3 of titans, whilst providing an alternative mechanism for items to enter the game.

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