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Oxskull Duncarino
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Posted - 2014.02.20 23:55:00 -
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Cat Merc wrote:The amount of ISK saved by BPO's is more than what is generated by Planetary Conquest.  Edit: The data comes from CCP, through CPM. Edit 2: It makes sense people. PC affects a small portion of the players, while BPO's are very very widely used.
Right, I've scanned through the whole thread and I don't see any response that gives a rough breakdown of what percentage are starter suit BPOs, and what percentage is due to the Aurum bought BPOs. CCP would needs to be able to differentiate between them to actually have a statistic they can effectively use, rather than some blanket figure of more than 50%.
As well, are they comparing the gross or net profit of PC to ISK saved through BPOs. If ye told me that Aurum BPOs saved people that much I'd be very surprised, but combining the two is just lie a cheap parlor trick that looks great until you scratch the surface.
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Oxskull Duncarino
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Posted - 2014.02.21 00:08:00 -
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JP Acuna wrote:So... who is harmed by this?
Why players are so concerned about BPOs?
Our economy is standing still anyway, all ISK prices are fixed, all items in the market are infinite, we have no player market to even mention such "economy".
Corps that run PC and hold districts make lots of ISK, have huge wallets and can afford expensive fits all the time and still have millions to spare. BPOs don't make a wallet that big for players who don't fight PC battles or own a district(s). They still profit much less.
It's just statistical, it doesn't have an important effect on anything really. There's no economy to "break".
Yes, it actually is an issue. At present it isn't an issue, except for potential loss of Aurum sales for CCP, but for a dust player market and then the integration into the EvE market to happen, issues with BPOs have to be resolved. |
Oxskull Duncarino
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Posted - 2014.02.21 12:45:00 -
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Skihids wrote:The world of difference is that BPOs don't generate passive ISK as PC farming does.
A player has to get in match and play to earn the match reward. He is investing his time and is providing CCP with targets for their paying customers to shoot at. The low level of the gear means new players have a good chance of getting a fair fight.
PC farming is a passive ISK fountain that directly funds proto stomping gear that is more likely to drive off new players.
I'll take CCP's BPO concern seriously once they deal with the easy problem that is actually having a damaging effect on the game as it stands.
I'm with you on that. What really gets me with PC locking is that CCP knew this was a potential exploit from the beginning when FoxFour stated that they knew about it but were just going to wait and see, yet they didn't have a fix ready to go in case it went wrong, as it did, and after all this time still haven't put together a fix. As you said, fix PC and then have a look at BPOs. |
Oxskull Duncarino
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Posted - 2014.02.21 14:48:00 -
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Spectral Clone wrote:I-¦d trade in my BPOs for a years worth of passive and active boosters.
Just sayin!
I'd trade all mine in for new maps and game modes |
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