Aurum is just another way to play with regular modules/ suits.
Officer weapons will still be worth massive amounts in trade.
If it isnt officer, leave it in your corp hanger or sell it - once we have the option.

Officer weapons will be worth trading but selling event rewards for aurum sets a bad precedent not only does it devalue the rewards, but if it sells well CCP may well think "Well the only way to get this item was to do X challenge/event but its selling well for AURUM." which could lead to "Well the only way to get this item is to find it randomly as salvage, I wonder if it will sell well for AURUM."

That is my fear devaluing rewards could potentially lead to the sale of officer weapons and then when we do get a player market the people who have stockpiled certain items could discover that they aren't worth as much as they thought because people have bought AUR ones instead.

The only way I see the economy being borked, is from the various corporations who having already earned 150 billion + (through exploiting the unbalanced Planetary Conquest system). When the player economy is released those corps with that kind of ISK, could really mess with the market; let alone the AURUM market!

CCp never said the Black Eagle suit was rare. In fact they said it would be available in future events.

The only way I see the economy being borked, is from the various corporations who having already earned 150 billion + (through exploiting the unbalanced Planetary Conquest system). When the player economy is released those corps with that kind of ISK, could really mess with the market; let alone the AURUM market!

Thats sounds like the 2 guys who bought practically the entire grain market a few years back, they bought so much grain, th at they litterally couldn't sell it, they owned such a large stake, that if the sold any, it instantly lost value and they could only sell it a 2p a kg, even when the current price on the market was -ú2 a kg, they had to wait for the market to expand around them, and they lost tonnes of money in the end!!

You probs dont know what real "rare" is do you? Example:
"balacs modified Ck.0 dropsuit"
What makes it so worthfull? Well first off it has 4 high and 4 low slots which is unique in the assault category but to make it even more interesting is the fact that you have aswell 2 equipment slots avaible. Which turns it into probably the best suit in the whole game. And the only people who got a set off 25 suits where the 2 corperations which where in the final from the closed beta tourny.

Economic warfare is a huge part of PVP in EVE, or at least it can be.

Dust is a skeleton right now, CCP is still fleshing this stuff out. e.g. they just got hit detection in a good spot

Wow. Lots of posters here are missing the point.
Let's ignore that CCP is quite capable of building a robust economy and focus on the fact they are eroding the value of limited run event items by offering them up for purchase.

NOOOO that's my favorite scout suit!

NOBODY BUY THIS PACK!

...I'm totally gonna buy it...no self control...

What if I bought some and charged you 3mil isk a suit?

DEAL!

*transfers isk*

Players will determine their own economy.

If there is one thing CCP can do, it is build an economy.

Thats it? Oh, well that was worth the wait!!
Why? How do you think it will happen, what will drive the costs, if T3 weapon customization happens will players sell, prefabs, construcor kits, that kind of thing, will we be able to sell multiple items as a bundle or kit, or something, what do you think?

Players have always managed to figure out their own prices, they're pretty smart marketeers and tycoons involved in either game so the economy will balance itself out. Demand and Supply will be player wrought and wrung.

Players have always managed to figure out their own prices, they're pretty smart marketeers and tycoons involved in either game so the economy will balance itself out. Demand and Supply will be player wrought and wrung.

What if I bought some and charged you 3mil isk a suit?

If/when they should you would get 3m each. The point is that when they say you are getting a rare object you are getting a rare object. Someone may buy every one they can just to raise the price. So what, it is fun.

We have a way to transfer money next we need player trading. After that we need contracts and then the market. The next step is the bridging the gap to EVE and ISK transfer between them. EVE has the blueprints and will start production. The NPC market will stop making goods slowly and EVE side will ramp up accordingly. That is the process I would use.

If/when they should you would get 3m each. The point is that when they say you are getting a rare object you are getting a rare object. Someone may buy every one they can just to raise the price. So what, it is fun.

We have a way to transfer money next we need player trading. After that we need contracts and then the market. The next step is the bridging the gap to EVE and ISK transfer between them. EVE has the blueprints and will start production. The NPC market will stop making goods slowly and EVE side will ramp up accordingly. That is the process I would use.

You missed the other half of the question Iron? What about prefabs and kitcar items do you think they will be allowed?

Umm, dreadfully sorry pal but I'm having cash flow problems, :-P!!

But you get my earlier point with hm the grain!!

Well I have been very careful not to use up any of my suits that I got as event rewards in the hope that one day when we get player trading these cosmetic and rare items will fetch me a pretty price.

However my hopes have received a swift and terrible blow to a sensitive area.

#1Posted: 2013.09.10 05:58 | Report | Edited by: CCP Frame
In the period of September 12th - 17th, we will have the following items available for purchase:

GÇó Federal Defense Union Scout G-I Pack [New]: 4000 AUR

So as you can see the FDU scout suits we got from the caldari prime event will no longer be as rare. What next will the Caldari suit from that event also become an AUR item, how about the Blackeagle suit?

Does anyone else find it really annoying that you complete an event for a "rare" item and a few months down the line it is now an AUR item. The only plus side to this is the FDU is quite a crap suit so I cant imagine to many will buy them the blackeagle however is great so if that became an AUR item its value would drop dramatically. Please CCP I am all for adding cosmetic items into the game but selling ones that are meant to be rewards just makes you seem lazy.

This happens in other F2P games, and is always followed by a community uproar. Personally, I agree with you. Rare event rewards need to remain as such. If people want them, buy them from the people who earned them.

Indeed, I w I uld love for the NPC maarket to be taken down, also while you should be able to buy from a neocom, Id like to have c a grand b azzare like area filled with holo stalls, proximity chat and the like, make it feel like there is universe besides the battlefield!!

There's no reason we can't have the secondary market open ... not connected to Eve for a long time yet ... but open for us to buy and sell our salvage stuff and carefully balance salvage rates to maintain the economy within DUST.

Then you can start to consider how it will merge with Eve market and how manufacture will need to be implemented etc. knowing how the market has balanced out over time.

We all have plenty of unwanted salvage now so we could populate the market with sell orders ... problem is I'm not sure ALL items are seeded in the loot table, or that salvage is sufficient to maintain supply to meet demand, or that the community we have is intelligent enough not to completely screw it all up either intentionally or by incompetence seeing as the market spectrum is so small when compared to that in Eve (ie. we don't have many different things to sell and living with 5% of them screwed up at any one time while a minor hindrance in Eve could be game breaking to DUST)

Well I have been very careful not to use up any of my suits that I got as event rewards in the hope that one day when we get player trading these cosmetic and rare items will fetch me a pretty price.

However my hopes have received a swift and terrible blow to a sensitive area.

#1Posted: 2013.09.10 05:58 | Report | Edited by: CCP Frame
In the period of September 12th - 17th, we will have the following items available for purchase:

GÇó Federal Defense Union Scout G-I Pack [New]: 4000 AUR

So as you can see the FDU scout suits we got from the caldari prime event will no longer be as rare. What next will the Caldari suit from that event also become an AUR item, how about the Blackeagle suit?

Does anyone else find it really annoying that you complete an event for a "rare" item and a few months down the line it is now an AUR item. The only plus side to this is the FDU is quite a crap suit so I cant imagine to many will buy them the blackeagle however is great so if that became an AUR item its value would drop dramatically. Please CCP I am all for adding cosmetic items into the game but selling ones that are meant to be rewards just makes you seem lazy.

did plex ruin the eve economy? no.......

If anything, it boosted the economy. In fact, it boosted CCP's bottom line as well. Both players and CCP benefited from it.