we saw some forcibly removed from player inventories.

They removed BPOs of items that they were removing from the game, specifically a few vehicle modules when the vehicle revamp came out. That's very different than "zomg CCP is taking our BPOs".

Oh not one of you people. The BPOs were easily replaceable with equivalents from the new content, and some people only bought aurum in the first place to get their hands on those very BPOs. Without them their refund was worthless. It was the single biggest middle finger to their customers I've ever seen CCP give.

Just make them into rare collectables.
if the game stays this small or keeps decreasing in numbers its a fail game anyways.
If it grows then these rare collectables can actually stimulate economic growth. Their prices will increase drastically over time.

Only the richest players will be able to afford them. Rich players who can afford to run proto all day. As they get bought and sold isk keeps changing hands. Large amounts of isk.

If this game grows a few players with bpo's will hardly hurt the economy. But the bpo's themselves can actually be used to stimulate the economy.

Oh not one of you people. The BPOs were easily replaceable with equivalents from the new content, and some people only bought aurum in the first place to get their hands on those very BPOs. Without them their refund was worthless. It was the single biggest middle finger to their customers I've ever seen CCP give.

There wasn't anything equivalent, that was the whole point of the removal.

Not to mention they refunded the AUR spent to make said purchase, with some receiving more aur then they spent.

If that's an issue for you, then your entire idea of giving back BPOs for AUR makes little sense.

Just make them into rare collectables.
if the game stays this small or keeps decreasing in numbers its a fail game anyways.
If it grows then these rare collectables can actually stimulate economic growth. Their prices will increase drastically over time.

Only the richest players will be able to afford them. Rich players who can afford to run proto all day. As they get bought and sold isk keeps changing hands. Large amounts of isk.

If this game grows a few players with bpo's will hardly hurt the economy. But the bpo's themselves can actually be used to stimulate the economy.

Oh not one of you people. The BPOs were easily replaceable with equivalents from the new content, and some people only bought aurum in the first place to get their hands on those very BPOs. Without them their refund was worthless. It was the single biggest middle finger to their customers I've ever seen CCP give.

I already addressed the refund issue. What value is aurum if the items you purchased it for no longer exist.

My idea makes sense because this one is optional. Nobody's taking these BPOs. We get to decide which option is most appealing.

they will have to pry my Templar BPOs from my cold dead fingers...

Yeahhhhhhh my Templar set is worth over 1.5 billion isk in EVE and 300M isk in dust. I aint given that up for nothing

CCP doesn't like BPOs. They're viewed as a threat and/or imbalancing factor to the Dust economy.

First we saw them removed from sale, then we saw some forcibly removed from player inventories.

There's a conflict between CCP's distaste for these items, and our eagerness to trade them in the upcoming player market.

I think there's an option to appease both parties:
Similar to weapon, and other contraband amnesties sometimes enacted by authorities, CCP could offer rewards to players who turn in their BPOs for destruction.
These rewards could be lump sums of aurum or isk, or they could be bundles of FW boosters or disposable equivalents of the BPOs themselves.

The details are beside the point. What is important is that with such an act, CCP would get to minimise the effects of BPOs on Dust's economy, and we players would get to cash in on all those duplicates & unuseds that have sat in our merc cupboards for months and months.

What do you think? Is this an idea that appeals to you? I really think it'd be a great way to bridge the gap between our interests, and if it gets much support, maybe it could come to fruition.

no. just leave them alone.

and CCP, DONT TOUCH THEM!

givng the option, or even suggesting the option, could result in CCP taking them from us altogether. an that could end up killing their game. a majority of Dust 514's playerbase has BPO's. getting rid of them could result in community backlash and veterans quitting (and veterans are a majority of the playerbase).

The value of 100 aur is 100 aur regardless of personal opinions of worth changing your perspective.

They completely were not replaceable with equivalents, that's why they were removed. The following items were removed:

AUR 4800 Militia 180mm Reinforced Steel Plates Blueprint
AUR 4800 Militia Shield Regenerator Blueprint
AUR 4800 Militia Shield Resistance Amplifier
AUR 4800 Militia Power Diagnostic System Blueprint

The first is a size of plate that does not exist any more, the second and third are passive shield modules, which don't exist any more, and the last provides a small PG and shield bonus, which is another niche which doesn't exist any more. I think you're blowing this way out of proportion. I doubt anyone bought AUR specifically for those four modules which, let's face it, didn't see much use anyway, which is why CCP didn't include them in the vehicle revamp.

As for BPO removal in general, I'm not worried- the really nice blueprints were all from PSN store packs, which makes it much harder for CCP to mess with them (or so I've heard).

no way i'm giving up my bpo's for any reward. just because you have a few hundred or even thousands of them doesn't mean you should be rewarded and the others who didn't abuse the system punished by having their single set removed for a reward they don't want

there is only one thing in dust that is going to destroy the player market and that is PC farmed isk. it generates hundreds of millions more isk than bpo's save

If CCP cared about the economy they would have done something about PC corps.