DUST Search - Omega boosters too expensive. Here is why. Warning: spreadsheets

Wombat in combat wrote:

Tl;dr: The Omega boosters are comparatively very cost-inefficient and not worth it unless you got fat stacks. Most cost-efficient option is still normal active booster or active+passive by buying Mercenary Packs. Do you think a prototype infantry suit lvl 5 is worth $111? Go for the Omegas.

The spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnHcQCMUHxsddHVWelZZcmZsWk5Idll2VWFreVhSbnc&usp=sharing

I was very excited to hear that the Omega boosters were making a return. However that excitement got crushed when I logged on this morning to find out the staggering prices on them. The main results in the spreadsheet are under the 'Monthly cap reached' and 'No playing at all' sections. Please note that the calculations don't take into account daily bonuses and only running booster for a full month is considered, not using 1 or 3 day actives to cap out in a marathon. If you can do that then that is your best bet.

If you buy normal boosters the most cost efficient way to do it is to buy Mercenary packs and use the AUR to buy more boosters. If you don't spend the leftover AUR you will be able to buy an extra month of boosters every four months.

Here below are the main results of the spreadsheet:

$0 no boosters = 1,481,600 SP/month, best if you do not want to spend money
$8 active booster = 1,862,400 SP/month, best if you are okay with spending a little money
$16 active + passive = 2,222,400 SP/month, here you get the most for your money
$31 Omega passive = 2,201,600 SP/month, best if you play little or nothing
$60 Omega active + passive = 2,963,200 SP/month, best if you got fat stacks

So to put this into perspective. Dust players have a wide variety of choices when it comes to boosters, this is good. The main options are $8 or $15 per month. $15 per month is currently pretty much the standard monthly rate for a MMO (for example Eve). Running Omega active + passive runs you for $60 per month. That's 4 subscriptions in most other games. I would be okay with it being $30 a month so you would get as much for what you pay for but at $60 it is just not worth it in my opinion.

Now players will have to ask themselves the question: is it worth it for me? To give some concrete examples what you can get extra for your money when using the Omega boosters:

$88 = Light weapon Operations & Proficiency level 5
$111 = Prototype infantry suit

It's a bit unrelated but I'm aware that the Mercenary Pack is going away. I however urge CCP to make another pack available that enables players to obtain the normal boosters for the same cost, that is $8 and $15 per month for active and active+passive respectively.

My proposed solution

Scrap the Omega boosters. Make the normal boosters do 100% instead. More incentive for everyone to run boosters.
If #1 is not doable. Reduce the price of the Omegas such that active + passive set can be obtained for $30.

I thank you for your time if. If you see any errors in the spreadsheet please let me know.

Edit 1: Updated active + passive booster cost from $15 to $16. Thanx to Ryme Intrinseca for pointing it out.


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Mavado V Noriega SyNergy Gaming EoN. 4307	Posted - 2013.10.02 12:36:00 - [1] - Quote Wombat in combat wrote: Tl;dr: The Omega boosters are comparatively very cost-inefficient and not worth it unless you got fat stacks. Most cost-efficient option is still normal active booster or active+passive by buying Mercenary Packs. Do you think a prototype infantry suit lvl 5 is worth $111? Go for the Omegas. The spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnHcQCMUHxsddHVWelZZcmZsWk5Idll2VWFreVhSbnc&usp=sharing I was very excited to hear that the Omega boosters were making a return. However that excitement got crushed when I logged on this morning to find out the staggering prices on them. The main results in the spreadsheet are under the 'Monthly cap reached' and 'No playing at all' sections. Please note that the calculations don't take into account daily bonuses and only running booster for a full month is considered, not using 1 or 3 day actives to cap out in a marathon. If you can do that then that is your best bet. If you buy normal boosters the most cost efficient way to do it is to buy Mercenary packs and use the AUR to buy more boosters. If you don't spend the leftover AUR you will be able to buy an extra month of boosters every four months. Here below are the main results of the spreadsheet: $0 no boosters = 1,481,600 SP/month, best if you do not want to spend money $8 active booster = 1,862,400 SP/month, best if you are okay with spending a little money $16 active + passive = 2,222,400 SP/month, here you get the most for your money $31 Omega passive = 2,201,600 SP/month, best if you play little or nothing $60 Omega active + passive = 2,963,200 SP/month, best if you got fat stacks So to put this into perspective. Dust players have a wide variety of choices when it comes to boosters, this is good. The main options are $8 or $15 per month. $15 per month is currently pretty much the standard monthly rate for a MMO (for example Eve). Running Omega active + passive runs you for $60 per month. That's 4 subscriptions in most other games. I would be okay with it being $30 a month so you would get as much for what you pay for but at $60 it is just not worth it in my opinion. Now players will have to ask themselves the question: is it worth it for me? To give some concrete examples what you can get extra for your money when using the Omega boosters: $88 = Light weapon Operations & Proficiency level 5 $111 = Prototype infantry suit It's a bit unrelated but I'm aware that the Mercenary Pack is going away. I however urge CCP to make another pack available that enables players to obtain the normal boosters for the same cost, that is $8 and $15 per month for active and active+passive respectively. My proposed solution Scrap the Omega boosters. Make the normal boosters do 100% instead. More incentive for everyone to run boosters. If #1 is not doable. Reduce the price of the Omegas such that active + passive set can be obtained for $30. I thank you for your time if. If you see any errors in the spreadsheet please let me know. Edit 1: Updated active + passive booster cost from $15 to $16. Thanx to Ryme Intrinseca for pointing it out. CCP knows its too expensive. they want ur money tho. The cap pretty much makes 30 day actives worthless as well but hey $$$