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Tallen Ellecon
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Posted - 2013.11.02 17:15:00 -
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Let's have a reasonable discussion on the future of BPOs in a player driven Economy.
So here are some of the problems with BPOs. They stop demand. How easy will it be to "manufacture" and sell standard assault rifles or assault suits when half of the current player base will never need them? They are items that excluding the MAG tribute suits require no SP investment so despite despite only being standard they can save players a lot of SP by not having to grind all the basic suits to level 3.
Now these are things that made them such a great deal. I personally have almost all the BPOs and at least have one of each type (no skinweaves or MAG tributes). BPOs were a large driving force in actually throwing money into this game and I used the Aurum to buy most of the militia BPOs (post super discount). The Templar gear was also a large driving factor in getting the second decade collectors box, along all the other EVE shwagg.
I love running in completely 0 ISK suits because I can keep the matches a challenge, relatively fair for noobs, and if I get stomped I lose nothing but some stats. So them leaving the game would hurt not just my confidence in real life purchases but also my playstyle and a large source of my income.
All that said we need to find a balance where we can get an unlimited item out of the marketplace and people's inventory without destroying the uniqueness or worth of BPOs. The key is that all BPO gear except militia has a unique paint scheme, so as items they still have the potential to exist.
Myself personally I would think that making the BPO gear we have now remain and used in manufacturing similar to EVE would be a good compromise. The BPO itself would be unusable but through some manufacturing costs it could be used to make more gear. Those with BPOs gain nothing more than the potential to sell rarer items with different skins.
As for those who stocked up on BPOs to prepare for the coming player market, this is something I have no real opinion on because I was neither here when they had cheap militia BPOs or have I bought multiples of any packs.
We can't have a player driven market and economy with BPOs having their current mechanic, but we can't make them lose their worth as they will drive down confidence in CCP.
TL;DR
I'm all for a player driven market CPP, but if you make me regret getting BPOs it will effect my willingness to spend more money on this game. Let's discuss.
The Ellecon's come from a long line of Gallente. Tarn chose Peace. Tallen chose war.
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Tallen Ellecon
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Posted - 2013.11.02 17:28:00 -
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Ulysses Knapse wrote:BPOs as they currently are need to be completely removed from Dust 514. I don't care about the rage it will cause, they need to go in order to have a functional economy. CCP can refund them, or they can replace them, but they need to go.
If they completely remove them there will be a shitstorm unlike anything they've ever seen.
The Ellecon's come from a long line of Gallente. Tarn chose Peace. Tallen chose war.
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Tallen Ellecon
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Posted - 2013.11.03 08:16:00 -
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That's a dev response to a misquote. I want everyone including BPO owners to discuss what would be reasonable for the future of BPOs.
The Ellecon's come from a long line of Gallente. Tarn chose Peace. Tallen chose war.
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Tallen Ellecon
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Posted - 2013.11.03 08:32:00 -
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I love this idea, CCP can tweak the amount given per day in order to keep it from breaking the market. As long as they go no lower than 5 per day I could get onboard with that idea.
The Ellecon's come from a long line of Gallente. Tarn chose Peace. Tallen chose war.
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Tallen Ellecon
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Posted - 2013.11.26 13:20:00 -
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I have read it.
The Ellecon's come from a long line of Gallente. Tarn chose Peace. Tallen chose war.
SoonGäó514
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Tallen Ellecon
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Posted - 2013.11.27 22:43:00 -
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I can deal with them taking and refunding anything I bought on the market, but if they take my Templar gear I will go batshit.
The Ellecon's come from a long line of Gallente. Tarn chose Peace. Tallen chose war.
SoonGäó514
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