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It seems like inflation hasn't gone down since the Utopia was created. I was looking in the market and some of these players prices are higher than they should be. I thought the prices would drop once the Utopia slowed down but that isn't the case. Will the prices ever drop again?

Inflation in this game won't end until the BB Gods do away with this rule:

Players that are manually fired or released by teams that have been abandoned (gone bot) are put on the transfer list at ten times their salary, with the maximum possible listing price for all players being $1,000,000. If a player can't find a team interested in them at that price, they will begrudgingly accept retirement. However, point guards and shooting guards from botified teams will submit to this procedure only if their salary is higher than $25 000, small forwards $20 000, power forwards $30 000 and centers $35 000. Of course, players fired from active teams only need half of those values to qualify for this procedure. Any players that do not meet these criteria will just retire right away.

In manipulating the market by removing all lower-salaried free agents, the BB Gods have created the climate in which we now play. In the recent fireside chat, it was even stated that the creators want higher prices on the market, so don't expect things to change any time soon.

And quit making Utopia the scapegoat. This inflation existed before Utopia, which has contributed very little to the overall market climate. Upward stress on staff prices: yes. Upward stress on cheap 30-something players: yes. On the rest of the player market: no, because most Utopia teams haven't had the cash to buy high-priced, high-potential players in large numbers. After four seasons of Utopia, though, you might start to see that changing.

Ultimately, if you want to ease the inflation here, you have to match supply with demand and return all free agents to the market.

Bucfan, you are so right.

Unfortunately, you could also be right about the BB Gods still not understanding, as a result of which they actually like the higher prices. Very discouraging, very discouraging.

Right. High prices making the transfer list unusable for low- and mid-level teams shouldn't worry anyone in higher level teams. You're above all that.

As long as you have figured out training, the game doesn't need the transfer list and certainly doesn't need low- or mid-level teams or those managers. And once you're rid of all those pests the forums will be a lot quieter.

So there are a lot of benefits to outrageously high prices.

Just curious, Perpete, how old were those old forum messages you refer to in your post? You started playing in Season 4. Were those posts that old?