I wanted to revisit this topic that was mentioned in another post and give more detailed feedback.
Firstly, I am very pleased with the responsiveness of the VF team. Both the marketplace and gold pricing have been tweaked in a patch shortly after concerns had been voiced - I am impressed and encouraged by this.
Let's look at the new gold pricing structure:
Total Gold, Gem Cost, Gold Per Gem
20000, 5, 4000
42500, 10, 4250
100000, 20, 5000
225000, 50, 4500
475000, 100, 4750
1000000, 200, 5000
You can see a pretty obvious flaw in the way the prices are set... you get a worse deal in some of the higher tiers.
I'd like to propose a different structure:
Total Gold, Gem Cost, Gold Per Gem
20000, 5, 4000
42500, 10, 4250
90000, 20, 4500
237500, 50, 4750
500000, 100, 5000
1100000, 200, 5500