If BPOs are currently not functioning as intended, what is the intended function of BPOs.

I also saw a post in which a CCP representative stated they were considering not allowing the trade/sale of BPOs on the player controlled market.

Not allowing the trade of BPOs is a very bad Idea.

There should never be Items purchased by some, but not available to all. This rallies against the Free to Play model. It sends a very bad message to new players, and disproportionately rewards veteran players with the unrestricted ability to earn ISK which they mostly do not need anyway.

Most veteran players are in PC, where they make millions of ISK per match. Those corporations which own districts also make millions perhaps billions of ISK by the sale of clones. Then they are able to turn around and play Pub matches using full BPO fittings and risk absolutely no loss.

The players that could benefit the most from BPOs - the new players - will then only further fatten the wallets of the veteran players, while at the same time depleting their own because they would always be forced to risk something to play.

In a game where risk vs reward is supposed to be the driving factor, not allowing the trade of BPOs after removing the ability to otherwise obtain them completely destroys this philosophy.

Actually, BPOs present a few complications when it comes to balancing the incoming secondary market. For starters they don't have any material requirements like other BPOs in Eve Online do. Which means they are independent from industry and therefore present a problem for players on the Eve side of the Eve-Dust connection. If Eve players are going to handle most of the initial industry functions of Dust such as manufacturing, how are they going to compete with AURUM BPOs that don't have material requirements and therefore undercut the profits the manufacturers?

Then there is the fact that if Eve players get impacted negatively by AURUM BPOs then proportionally the players that provide the materials for dropsuit production (most likely to be Dust-side district owners in the future) will be equally affected.



Please read CCP's original post. If you already purchased a BPO, it's staying in your hangar despite the fact that CCP is removing them from the market. Think of them as your novelty collection and be glad you get to keep them.

BPO's not working as intended ? CCP , What the hell ? What were they supposed to do ?

The reason why BPOs aren't working as intended is they are having a large negative impact on the ingame economy. For the economy to function properly, items need to be consumed in battle. With BPOs, no items are consumed, which breaks this fundamental requirement.

As far as trading of BPOs, that's not decided yet. I will be taking your feedback though. We'll let you know when we come to a decision.

Ok whats a BPO?

Dragonfly scout
Mtl sg bpo
Toxin smg bpo
Cardiac bpo
Arm rep bpo
Shield bpo
Remotes an m1 grenades
Total cost
2700 isk

Average isk per match 200 000
Deaths under ten but let's do the math at 10

Ten deaths of 2700 = 27000
200000 match payout -27 000 equals 173,000 profit or more per match.
That's roughly 289 matches or less to make 50 million isk.
5 million isk a day at 200000 a day is 25 matches a day.
5 million isk divided by a profit of 173000 isk per patch after ten deaths equals 28. 9 matches a day
At that rate in one month of grinding like a zombie at five million a day that's 150,000,000 a month if your disciplined.
So selling bpos for 50 000 isk is cheap in my opinion.

I'm with MAKEN on this, people should charge what they want in market cuz once you have bpo making money won't be a problem an they will fund all the proto you like

ahhh ok thank you