The key to MMO economics, and the basic elements of fun gameplay boils down to the idea of resource scarcity causing necessary conflict, according to EVE Online's in-house Economist, Dr. Eyjólfur "Eyjo" Guđmundsson. As Edward Castronova wrote in his book Synthetic Worlds, "the very process of making choices under scarcity is enjoyable."

Edited by vel on 22-Feb-2008 at 09:40am: Minor edits