[Theorycraft Discussion] SR5 Economy, How should we begin to tame this beast? Options

[Titan]

There was some discussion in another thread about the crazy prices of some gear in SR5.

I figured I would start the thread where ideas could be bounced around to try and develop more "sane" prices.
Bear in mind: A lot of items have wonky prices (I am looking right at Rigger 5.0, here), actually deciding on the "right price" for every item is beyond the scope of this thread. This is more to spitball ideas to create the best plan of attack, so to speak.

I get the impression that several posters here would like to see gear prices in the range of 100K to 150K (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) for a "top shelf" starting character package (this is barring the Restrictive Gear quality).
I admit, I am guessing at this value, but I would like to see that - so it seems like a reasonable place to start. It can always be adjusted later.

This would include all archetype "required" gear, plus the following, if not a part of the archetype gear:
- a respectable fake SIN plus necessary licenses for everyday living
- a respectable commlink
- a quality vehicle (not top shelf, but not a Scoot either)
- respectable lifestyle rentals - if the player desires.

Here is the first hurdle:
A character can have North of half a million (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) at character creation. PLUS a character can not have more than 5000 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) unspent at the end of character creation.

I am betting that the starting values need to be adjusted. Otherwise, there can be a lot of property purchased. If not, characters can have more than 350K (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) to spend on "extras" after their starting package.

So what should the values be? Bear in mind, this will require going through all gear prices to ensure none of them are rediculous compared to the new starting nuyen ranges.




I will post the second hurdle after a few days.