So lets talk about the FusionFall Economy shall we?
Yes, everybody MMO has it. Every MMO will have it. The FusionFall economy is very interesting, and very simple to understand too. Today however, i wanna talk about the state of it currently, after the massive Racing and Email update that dropped a few weeks ago.
Lets begin with some prior story: Back in the OG, the economy was very set, and didnt change much.
Remember the Blindfold? Back in the OG, after the Academy Update, it skyrocketed to 1 million to even 5 million taros! In Retro however, this item is practically worthless. Here are a few more examples, and the comparison to Retro:
Open Circuit Parts
OG: 4 mil - 8 mil
Retro: Practically worthless.
Coco Set
OG: 2 mil - 10 mil
Retro: 100k - 200k
Gang Green Gang Jackets
OG: From 1 mil to even 5 mil
Retro: Practically worthless, with Ace Jacket being the exception, at 100k - 150k
The biggest example is the Mock 5 Helmet.
This item was so weird. In the OG the devs forgot to add it onto the egger system, thus it was really hard to get. As a result the item went from being worthless to 10 million taros.
So as you can see, the OG´s economy was super weird, mainly because of a ton of bugs which made items hard or impossible to get, thus increasing its value. Something like this happened to the pinnacle of the Retro economy: Sapphire Angel Shoes.
These little fellas, alongside other shoes like Eduardo Zapatos and Tech Camo Shoes, were the most expensive items in Retro when the game was released. This was because the Fusionflies at Huntor´s Crest were bugged, making these shoes undropable from them. You could only get them from the boss, Hyper Fusionfly.
As a result, people would just stay on all day long grinding the Hyper Fusionfly just to get the extremely valuable shoes, with their price being 1 million to 1.5 million. This created the extremely controversial pratice of AFK Grinding, where players would leave their PC´s or do something else while playing, but not getting kicked.
On March 10th 2019, the Fusionfly drops were fixed, thus making these shoes drop from them. This was the 1st major crash in the economy, as many players had stocked up on the shoes to trade them. Their value became practically 0, and it remains like that to this day.
However, in the midst of shoes, jackets and more, something very interesting happened in the economy: Event Items.
Yes, the items that are only available for a limited time. Get them while you can.
The 1st of these was way back during the Future Sneak Peek days, with the 2010 Hat, 2010 Glasses and the Disco Ball head.
On August 29th, 2018, the Time Squad event began, and with it new items began to be added. The 1st 2 were the 2010 glasses and hat. To get them you would need to find the Time Squad member in the Future and trade with him. This would result in tons of players waiting to get their items.
After this, Time Squad members would ocassionally come online and run around the future, and if you found them they would give you both items! It was a fun event.
The hat and glasses became really valuable, with them going from 25k to 50k taros each, and this price will increase as time goes on.
The event ended with the release of the Past, where a time squad vendor was hiding in pokey oaks, and you could buy the hat, glasses and the new Disco Ball hat from him. The Disco Ball hat isnt as wanted as the 2010 items, but it still has some value to it. The items have not been seen since then.
With the past of course came all the brand new Ultra Rare items, which had some pretty big value as well. The already mentioned Fusion Fly shoes, the dynamo sets, some weapons and more. For the Past, the most valuable item is the Fusebreaker Hurricane, at 1 million+ taros. This is because its a mission only item, and you have to be lvl 36 to get it by beating Fuse. It is by far the most expensive item.
The 2nd most expensive item in the Past is the Devil´s Temptation´s wings. It can go for 500k+ taros, making it quite a valuable item too. You can get it by completing all the Thronambular missions, which requires you to be at least lvl 34. It cant be grinded, and while you also get a nice set from it, that one is basically worthless as it can be grinded.
Simply put, all the Big Chill items were the valuable stuff here. The problem? None of the Halloween items were tradable. This would make many players sell their items and never keeping them.
2 weeks of the game being down later, and Knishmas came around. Knishmas made all items tradable, as a result of this many of the halloween items became valuable, with the Big Chill Wings currently standing as some of the most valuable items in the game, at around 500k+ taros.
Like Halloween, Knishmas had quite a few items, but most of them didnt get that much value and/or were undesired. Some of the valuable items from knishmas include the Fiskerton Bubblehead, Santa Hat, Reindeer Antlers, Fusion Chowder Hat, Chef Hat and the Ice Armor from the Knishmas exclusive Ice Titan boss.
The valuable items from Bday Bash 2019 include the Bday Suit, Nergal suit, Clockwork Rewound set, Way Bad set, Fallen Angel Prayer´s, Albedo Jacket, Jersey Devil Wings, Signed Ace Jacket and the Grabble, alongside the bubbleheads.
This update was a game changer, as it declared that Event items would be the new thing you´d want when trading. Most of the in game grindable Ultra Rares were losing value slowly, and event items took their spot.
Rolling into February we got the Valentines Update. This one brought back event missions and all the event items can be obtained from doing them. The only valuable items were the Blood Gnat accesories.
Squeezed between this and the Easter update, the Fusion fly drops lost all their value too, making the Event Items the true valuable items in the game.
Easter came around, and we got more items to nab our hands on. This time thru an event egger, named the Easter Egger. Buy an egg and good luck! Most items here arent super valuable, but the Val Hallen´s Might guitar and the bunny bags and accesories are the most valuable here.
Between this also came the small April Fools event, where we had to find an April Fool vendor. He sold 3 April Fools hats, which are fairly valuable now, and a popular item too.
This update was massive. Races were super popular in the OG, and now with them back and better than ever the game regained life after 2 slow months of nothing. The devs changed the drops for the race crates, now having a ton of old and new items in them. This also includes some re-releases of old event items that were already in Retro, mainly Bday Bash items.
It added 160 NEW items. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY. This is the most items that have been added so far in Retro. 100 more than Bday Bash. To get a race crate you had to get 4 stars in a race, but this was changed to 3 stars in the most recent update.
A ton of these included old sets from the OG like Bubbleheads, code items, and even unreleased items! A whole ton of items from the harder IZ races are really valuable, like the Wraith, Goop, NRG and Firebreather sets, and all of the bubbleheads.
This update has once again changed the economy, whether for the best or the worst. Now the economy spins around what you get from Racing, and Racing items as a whole. Event items, at least for now, arent that valuable anymore due to this, but like any item that has not been released in some time, their value increases over time, so unless something else happens, Event items will eventually catch up or even out value the race items.
Overall the economy for Fusionfall is pretty stable so far. Race items are all everyone wants. Event items still have some value, and most of the grindable Ultra Rares are slowly losing value thanks to this. Its pretty good. Just make sure not to get scammed!
Extra for my viewers
Hey everyone. Sorry for not posting anything so far. I got busy finishing school and youtube. Im on vacations now so expect more blog posts soon. Thanks for reading! If you want more of me, make sure to check my youtube channel, as im more active there.
~Plants10000
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