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"OP, I don't want any of these people to have a say in how valuable crystals should be."
 That's why I mentioned a fixed price with a backlog of sell orders. In that case, they would not have any say in the price, and no control over who buys them ;)

 All else you said above is valid, and as a returning player I am enjoying the changes and the freebies to the max <3

The demographic I'm referring to covers 50% of the population, and the changes would ensure every new player will be a player for life. There's great power in numbers, and all big platforms incentivize: tik-tok, facebook, youtube, etc. You name it, they monetize it  because they know it's the best way to attract and retain users, and it's all about the users. You take a billion worthless individuals, bring them all on a single platform and instantly, that platform is worth billions. It's pretty funny how that works and how few people acknowledge it. 

EDIT: I might have been too lenient with  my 50% estimation
"While there's no single statistic for the percentage of people in global debt, nearly everyone in the world carries some form of debt, with global debt exceeding $330 trillion (over 300% of world GDP), impacting governments, corporations, and households, with significant disparities between developed and developing nations. It's safe to say the vast majority of the 8+ billion people owe something, even if it's small, but the amount and burden vary drastically. "

How would you know?

bexvix​ 

You are proposing handing off control of the game's economy to a playerbase that has been doomsaying and complaining about every aspect of the anniversary update without stopping for a second to have an original thought, because it's more important to join the angry chorus. 

There are problems with this update, but I disagree with most of the complaints I've seen. 

I think Relic Delta is a actually proving itself to be a good idea. The gremlins complaining that their R5 BKM can't beat LV anymore don't understand the point of RD. CG want upgrading characters to feel good and be beneficial. If you kept your Jabba team at R5, you were disengaged from much of the late game progression.

In hindsight, I also think that lowering datacron relic requirements was a mistake. Originally, if you wanted the cool lvl9 ability, you needed to bring that character to R7. Teamwide lvl6 abilities required R5 minimum. 

Lowering relic requirements punished me, a player who has engaged with datacrons since the beginning. You know what? I don't like that players who never bothered with higher relics outside of requirements have access to the same datacron power I do. Building higher relics should be a benefit, and I don't care about the whiners crying foul that they can't punch up with their R3 rosters anymore. Good. Build better relics, or get knocked down to lower GAC leagues. 

OP, I don't want any of these people to have a say in how valuable crystals should be.

you could not do that, as all transfers go through the internal market. no direct transactions or transfers. And I'm not confusing anything, just showing that there's a lot worse happening, just in case you didn't know. 

 It's been going on for many years, and the game is fine, but people are freaking off that some player might make some money selling crystals instead of CG, and that's gonna break the game :D

In store, 16500 crystals go fo 100$. might take a beginner up to 1 year to farm that, at current crystal drop rates. It's not gonna break the game, I'm pretty certain.

There's always a "friend" who will transfer crystals at a discount higher than what's offered in the in-game store.

Don't confuse transferring an account to another person for a reward with transferring crystals from one account to another.

Is funny that you mention that anyway :D

 The black market exists, it always has, and it's exactly because these companies which everybody defend so fiercely, won't or can't add these options as features.  It's happening whether we like it or not, I'd just like it to happen in-house, in a regulated and safe manner.

  Below is just one of many, many dodgy sites that sell any accounts, in any game. We'll never stop this, so why not try to figure out a way to do it properly?

if the market price is 0.01 usd/crystal and there's liquidity, who would sell 1mil for 1 cent?
Also, in the original post i mentioned a fixed price with a backlog of orders. 
The market would be proprietary to CG, you can't withdraw crystals to an outside black market and undercut. Your scenario is highly unlikely.

This will create a Black Market that will be beyond the developers' control, allowing many to buy 1,000,000 crystals for 1 cent.

Honestly, is pretty disappointing that this community welcomes ideas with direct insults.
Zero constructive criticism or civilized discussion, just logical fallacies and 4th grade insults :/

Really?