Merchant Guide 3.

The Nexus Economics-

Perhaps the most unusual thing in Nexus. It is confusing and ever changing; however, it can be learned from. Nexus's Economics are much like a tunnel, it contains many twists and turns, can be added onto, some can ride it with ease, others cannot step onto it.

Because of the human desire for popularity, we seek objects more rarer, we try to obtain, what others, have not. On this Train of Economics, there are many kinds of passengers. Some do not have the experience, or the knowledge, to even ride the train. Some have rode the train many times before, but never actually used it in a profitable way.
Few, very few, ride this train, and enjoy it, these few, are Merchants. Merchants struggle to keep the economics from going into absolute chaos. Their job is quite simple and very laid back. Keep the train, from taking any wild turns. They are like the Conductors.

The way these Merchants keep the train on it's tracks, is quite simple, silly even. Keep objects of value, if expected to rise, and sell them. By doing this, they make a fair profit, and help the economics. By selling their items to buyers, the price comes down.

Let's give an Example. Say I have 200 Golden Acorns. I keep them, because at this point in time, they do not have a value, I wish to sell them at. Later, the price for golden acorns increases substantially, say 3x. I sell those 200 Golden Acorns to the buyers. What would happen to the price of Golden Acorns? It would go down.

The Rule of Supply and Demand. The Supply of Seven-leaf swords is limited, that is why the demand for them is so high, in-turn people will pay a lot, to obtain one. The Merchants do their best to regulate this awesome power, but still some things happen, which cannot be balanced. Such as the surprise in Tk3, when a small patch of darkstones appeared. Everyone above a level (?) could obtain them. Now, there is no way to obtain them, except from the means of marketing (and such). If the gods do not regulate the availability in darkstones, in a few years, there may only be a few left, those few could be worth millions.

Some items, I believe, are worthless, in true value. Worthless items that have become relics (expensive). In the mean time, we should simply watch the train and hope it does not fall off it's tracks. Trains are hard to control, remember. =p

--AngelBurn
Minister of Economics