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Screwy Rabbit ULC
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Posted - 2014.01.31 19:33:00 -
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No, since it seems beside the point to me. Instead, I'd like the option to procure each race's BPOs from the marketplace.
The reason this is in no way a threat to the alleged "economy" is that there is not economy, since that implies transactions between agents and the only transactions currently happening are between the payout algorithm and individual players and then, between individual players and the payin algorithm (aka, the Marketplace). Inflation could be circumvented if BPOs were only acquired from CCP, ie, non-tradable. Then, everyone would be on the same playing field.
These BPOs could cost Aurum or have a ridiculously inflated ISK price--say, 100x the cost of the non-BPO gear they match (this assuages the feelings of those that only want an F2P experience). Sure, it pays for itself after 100 uses, but that's sort of the point and besides, if a player is losing gear so fast that this actually benefits their Dust finances, then by all means, please run BPOs. I'd rather have these players on the field to shoot at versus them getting butt-hurt and rage quitting because they just lost their 50th piece of some sort of standard level (or less) equipment. Anything that encourages unskilled/new players to keep playing, get better, and (eventually) try to outcompete each other in expensive gear, is a good thing.
"Offering [players] the chance to trade" BPOs is a bad idea--where do you think all the feared inflation would come from? CCP jacking prices? Or veteran Dust (and, often as not EvE) players with caches from beta? Exactly.
I think the BPO problem is solved by returning them to their former glory, possibly making more (racial variants?) of them, available to all, non-tradable, and never better than standard (except for the top-tier recruiting reward, because if you can pull that off, you deserve something extra special, you charismatic b@stard, you). This won't negatively impact the "economy" because there's pressure from the player base to run adv+ level gear (ie, other players are doing it and if they're as good as or better than you, they're likely to come out on top if they have better equipment too).
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