I think reintroducing BPOs should only be done if their treatment and transition into Project Legion has been fully decided upon by Game Design. The original reason for BPO removal was because of long term damage to the economy, but if the Dust economy isn't going to be transferred over to Project Legion then the economic impact wouldn't be as significant.

Using Dust as a testbed for the idea of BPO suits with the cost shifted to modules might actually be something to consider as well.

Yup, let's ride the Beta testers some more.

My brain broke a little hearing someone from CCP say this....

Can I ask very innocently and honestly, why? Is it just about making ISK? I never considered buying one myself and never use them even if I have them from multiple packs I have bought.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Which items would be the most sought after? I don't remember what BPO's used to be out there. Did we ever have BPO's for all the racial rifles etc?

Is there demand for higher level BPO's, maybe the Basic Heavy and Mediums, with no skill requirement, to get new players through the initial pain threshold?

Agreed. There's been such a long, drawn-out, repetitious discourse on this topic, it's not even funny. It's just been a while since it's made it to the top of the forums. Here's a list of some of my in-depth commentary:

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2053988#post2053988
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1862610#post1862610
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1856178#post1856178
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1822337#post1822337
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1748852#post1748852
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1787115#post1787115

Hope you find my rants enlightening.

EDIT: I really just want to emphasize how much I disagree with the argument of BPOs having anything to do with making money, except for the worst/newest players, who could use the all the help they can get anyway. It's like saying food stamps damage the market for filet mignon. C'MON!

I want shiny stuff.

If the end result is a better experience in Dust 514 and then as a result Project Legion then I don't see the issue.

Probably one of the greatest tragedies is that Dust 514 never got to have a player market. It would have truly made it unique and would have made many half finished mechanics like Faction Warfare LP and salvage actually have worked.

It is also a factor of low hanging fruits versus the "recook" issue. Basically, some content like textures requires a recook of assets, which leads to everyone needing to download the whole client again, sometimes partially but sometimes the whole X GB the client is.

We can do it, but there are many things I would like to tweak/fix before we bother the playerbase with a full client re-download.

If the content gets created, by either the DUST 514 or Legion team, we can push it out.

^^ right here ccp you can squeeze some money out of dust with vanity ..

i would pay 50 usd for a paint function so i could paint my suits and vehicles any color i want

and if u ever do this i will be rolling ina bright pink maddy :)

Schwing or no schwing?.

In context and no edits at all.

Wicked!.

lets be honest how many of us would buy a paint function...


morte raises her hand high this gal would :)

my amarr assault would be purple instead of black dark dark purple and then instead of red i would has brilliant pink

Can I ask very innocently and honestly, why? Is it just about making ISK? I never considered buying one myself and never use them even if I have them from multiple packs I have bought.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Which items would be the most sought after? I don't remember what BPO's used to be out there. Did we ever have BPO's for all the racial rifles etc?

Is there demand for higher level BPO's, maybe the Basic Heavy and Mediums, with no skill requirement, to get new players through the initial pain threshold?

I would certainly like to sell an NPC vendor my 12 dragonfly's and toxin's....for ISK

Can I ask very innocently and honestly, why? Is it just about making ISK? I never considered buying one myself and never use them even if I have them from multiple packs I have bought.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Which items would be the most sought after? I don't remember what BPO's used to be out there. Did we ever have BPO's for all the racial rifles etc?

Is there demand for higher level BPO's, maybe the Basic Heavy and Mediums, with no skill requirement, to get new players through the initial pain threshold?

I'm not sure how many people feel this way, but I would buy a BPO just for the color scheme. 5-10 dollars for a permanent caldari scout suit that looks different than the blue version seems like a lot better deal then spending money over and over again for "neo" suits that eventually run out.

Also, imo, I don't think there should be BPO's of anything past "standard" level. anyways, that's my opinion.

All i want is MORE SKINSZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Put that lotion on then lest you get the hose again.

I think reintroducing BPOs should only be done if their treatment and transition into Project Legion has been fully decided upon by Game Design. The original reason for BPO removal was because of long term damage to the economy, but if the Dust economy isn't going to be transferred over to Project Legion then the economic impact wouldn't be as significant.

Using Dust as a testbed for the idea of BPO suits with the cost shifted to modules might actually be something to consider as well.

omg i love you hugsss

I thought the same when you mentioned darth vader lol.

He is my favourite 'bad' guy.

There were no racial rifle bpo's except the PR(AR) but we have lots of suit and modual bpo's hell I still have the yellow bottle bpo (stamina thingy)

Put that lotion on then lest you get the hose again.

Can I ask very innocently and honestly, why? Is it just about making ISK? I never considered buying one myself and never use them even if I have them from multiple packs I have bought.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Which items would be the most sought after? I don't remember what BPO's used to be out there. Did we ever have BPO's for all the racial rifles etc?

Is there demand for higher level BPO's, maybe the Basic Heavy and Mediums, with no skill requirement, to get new players through the initial pain threshold?