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Edited by Absent: 3/19/2013 7:46:29 PM
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Bungie hiring for economy designer's for Destiny?

[quote]It’s the economy, stupid! Drive players to invest in our game economy by analyzing the subtleties of behavioral economics and pondering the pitfalls of specialization and free trade. Theorize why people make irrational economic choices and use the tricks you’ve learned to ensure players only make the irrational choices you want them to. Create an economic system that will fulfill a player’s needs just as much as shooting an alien in the face. The Economy Designer at Bungie will develop a robust and rewarding game economy that drives player behavior toward intended goals and validate those systems through intense simulation, testing and iteration. You’ll design the systems and mechanics which drive in-game trade, satisfy the players’ need for possessions and wealth whilst ensuring rewards retain their intended value despite attempts to exploit or grief the system. You will determine what data is necessary to mine, ensure we have all of the hooks necessary to gather that data, and come up with all of the interesting metrics and questions we should ask of that data. You will run simulations of these mechanics based on expected player behavior and test these simulated results against actual player behavior; tuning the live system accordingly.[/quote]This is from the careers page under the economy designer section, so do you guys think they are hiring economy designer's for Destiny and if so do you think Destiny will have an economy like MMO's, specifically like Runescape's economy?

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  • REVAN! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!

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  • Wow who da ever think that. Goes to university --> gets an economics degree -> works on video games?

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  • I'm glad that they've got a spot for an economist. That should help their marketplace run more smoothly (provided they hire a talented person or great folks). It's very hard to implement the right sort of marketplace and incentives.

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  • There's a lovely thread somewhere, where an in game economy and its type was discussed... I just can't remember where :'(

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  • Edited by Funkbrotha10: 3/19/2013 10:21:49 PM
    [quote] and if so do you think Destiny will have an economy like MMO's,[/quote] """"The Economy Designer at Bungie will develop a robust and rewarding game economy"""" Yes. Do I think we will have an Eve Online Economy 2.0 Not even close.

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  • If they plan on releasing this in the next year, I would bet that a lot of this has been done already, and that they are looking for someone to help design the economy for the next game and possibly updates and things like that. It is interesting though that they mention the word trade in there, indicating that this game will have some form of trading or swapping system. Good find.

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  • [quote]so do you guys think they are hiring economy designer's for Destiny [/quote]Uhhhh... I'd say that's pretty obvious, isn't it? I mean, it's not April Fool's yet, so I have no reason to believe the ad is a fake.

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    • That posting has been there for months, I think. Certainly it predates Bungie.next. I wonder if hiring game economists is that difficult, or if they're looking to fill multiple positions and haven't' found them all yet? Also why'd you post this in #OffTopic? It's totally Destiny-related and could have gone there. Though I doubt it matters much.

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