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Posted - 2014.02.10 22:10:00 -
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It seems pointless to "fix" the BPO issue given the fact they're no longer flowing into the economy, they're only STD/MLT items, and Dust has no actual economy to speak of. People can generate millions through PC, and have. People have amassed millions/billions of ISK outside of that, and the BPOs weren't a significant factor (literally fractions of the value).
People don't have things to spend ISK on. The fact BPOs exist/don't-exist doesn't really change that.
Dren and Templar equipment stats, wrong since release.
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Posted - 2014.02.11 16:16:00 -
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Marc Rime wrote:Django Quik wrote:Marc Rime wrote:
EDIT (clarification): Where have they said BPOs were removed because they were breaking the economy?
Okay, so the specific words used were "not functioning as intended" - classic politician speak for we made something broken but we don't want to admit it outright. Thing about politician speak is it can mean all kinds of things. I've always interpreted that statement more along the lines of: "We've noticed people switch to BPO fits when they are low on ISK. They should buy AUR-gear instead, if we remove BPOs, maybe more people will burn AUR on consumable items."
Yes. A decision not to sell them anymore (e.g. - we think there's enough in the economy) is different from "we don't think any should be in the game and their very existence is a blight on the economy."
To put it more bluntly, I'd imagine at this point, given our lack of "economy", that the removal of BPOs had more to do with cannibalizing part of the expendable Aurum market than any real impact on the ISK market. If they seriously cared about the ISK market, the PC exploit would've been shut down a long time ago, and FAST. That's basically a dam-burst worth of isk.
BPOs would've been a problem if they were a limited item in the way that Tier 2 BPOs are in EVE (that is, both rare, secreted, and putting power somewhat permanently in the hands of older players). The BPOs in Dust are mostly vanity items in standard quality. They conflict with aurum vanity sales to some degree. I think that's all the removal ever was: removing a paid item that kept people from buying other paid items. Note that they they're taking an active role in brokering templar codes now. They don't hate BPOs, but they want people to buy the packs they release.
Dren and Templar equipment stats, wrong since release.
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