Tallen Ellecon
KILL-EM-QUICK
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.01.22 00:08:00 -
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BPOs now give me 3 things
1. Gear I don't have to spec into
2. Gear I don't have to restock
3. Gear with unique skins
If they nerf aspect 1 I wouldn't mind if I could get a refund on militia BPOs, I'm specced into every module anyway I just use them to save abit of ISK. If something were done to suits in order to make them easier to spec into (basic suits.. da fuq) I wouldn't mind BPOs losing that functionality. This aspect is important to me, because I can focus all my SP on the suits and gear I use proffesionally.
I can live with them losing aspect 2 as well. Again as long I can get a refund on militia BPOs. I have plenty of ISK, and with the addition of player market I can stay profitable, especially since all the modules are standard or militia grade anyway. I don't mind paying for any of the gear, though the ability to build a free customized starter fit level suit allows more casual gameplay.
Aspect 3 is the one that is a bit trickier, especially for my Templar gear. I would feel cheated if I was just handed any limited number of the BPO gear I purchased. This is where the idea of having a BPO like in EVE would make sense for all the non militia level BPOs.
I think the idea already given for having BPOs create a limited number of items a week, but I could see it still creating an imbalance in the open market as there would be a flood of identical ARs lowering the prices making them far more widely used as the cheap alternative. Same goes for Caldari Assaults and LAVs. If a future manufacturing process used BPOs then either the new BPOs would have to be priced accordingly (with Aurum) and if not the old BPOs would have to have an advantage or major compensation (maybe max material level and production efficieny)
To be fair though as someone who has almost every BPO I don't see the harm in them existing. Assuming this game grows then the BPO owners will slowly become a smaller and smaller force on the market. If it weren't for the basic suits it would take less than 500,000 SP to access all the gear and only a couple thousand ISK to fit it. BPOs are just a step above starter fits, which have the same economic consequenses, but no one is talking about nerfing them.
Where is my Gallente sidearm? 1.8? When is that? SoonGäó514
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