Can we get more news like this?

#1 - Nov. 7, 2013, 8 a.m.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/john-smith-on-the-guild-wars-2-virtual-economy/

Great stuff that I think the community would love to see more of.

EDIT:
It doesn’t have to be a fancy PhotoShop crafted image. Something simpler but covering all the same details would be sufficient. Graphs are always great so I guess some image construction still required.

Sans data, I think the community would enjoy reports like that. It’s also something you don’t see from other MMO developers (maybe because their economies aren’t as open as GW2’s).

John Smith

#16 - Nov. 7, 2013, 1:26 p.m.

Pandemoniac.4739:
Vol.5241:
John Smith mentioned this awhile back, and he said that constructing an infographic like that takes a lot of time and translation (not sure why that is so tough though)

Taking a snapshot of complex economy data and translating it into a visualization that will enlighten rather than mislead is actually way more work than it sounds like. There is a lot of expertise and thought required even for things that seem simple like whether to use a bar chart or a pie graph.

And then there’s the part where John probably has other work responsibilities that take up his time. If he really loved us though, he stop wasting all that time sleeping and interacting with his friends and family and give us some brightly colored charts to pick apart

This.