Survey: CO3 Economy

Economy System

System #1 (New economy type)

System #2 (Current CO economy)

Item Trades

No items can be traded.

Some items are tradable, while the others are not.

Silver (In-game currency)

Silver can be obtained from monster hunting, quests or in-game events.

Silver can be obtained from monster hunting, quests or in-game events.

CPs (Special in-game currency)

In addition to hunting monsters, completing quests or participating in some events, CPs will also be given away on a daily basis.

CPs can only be gained from PK tournaments or by crediting.

Equipment

Players can get some advanced equipment by hunting monsters, completing quests, or participating in some events.

Low grade equipment can be gained by hunting monsters, while advanced equipment is purchased from the Shopping Mall.

Combined Items

Players will have a chance to get all kinds of combined items for free.

Combined items are obtained mainly from the Shopping Mall.

Shopping Mall

There will be fewer items sold in the Shopping Mall, since most items can be obtained from monster hunting, quests or events.

There are various items sold in the Shopping Mall. Most items are bought with unbound CPs.

Advantages

The gap between premium players and free players will be shortened. CPs will be given away on a daily basis, and some advanced items can be obtained by hunting monsters.

The market is very active, since players can trade items with others.

Disadvantages

Since all items are untradeable, there is no longer a need for merchants in the game.

It is harder to find good items, and it is difficult for free players to compete with premium ones.