Aq'sa
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Posted - 2012.09.06 14:16:00 -
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CCP Nothin wrote:crazy space wrote:CCP Nothin wrote:Sees an economy thread, drops into the economy thread!
Yes, militia items will become consumable in the next patch. They'll also be very inexpensive and should be easily affordable even if you happen to go 0/10 multiple matches in a row. Starter fits will never become consumable and will always be there for you to fall back on.
I question the point of not making them free if they are so cheap though. The economist in me gets queasy with too many free, permanent items in what is eventually supposed to be a player-driven economy :)
On a philosophical level I agree about the FREE ITEM- problem of being a huge ISK faucet with no sink.
I am quite confused by Wang's terminology by the way - BPO in Eve is an 'Original blueprint' = own this plan and make as many as you like- or make BPCs- with the materials. BPC in Eve is a multiple run blueprint, & typically multiple units per run- meaning I can get a BPC for a gun and make 10 of them 3 times- I have 30 guns.
In Dust and Eve- single units that you attach to ships or dropsuits are neither BPC or BPO- they are actual things. A BPC/BPO in Eve is a plan that requires inputs and time to create these actual things. I'm confused how this has changed terminology wise. The militia BPOs in Dust (the blue unlimited items) don't yet require time, material inputs or 'runs' of items, understandably with everything else for CCP to handle for release. With this added into Dust the items will no loger be economically defiant 'freebies' and will have tangible, but low, costs in time and materials.
If we want Dust to have a place in Eve economy (and since CCP has seemed to move away from BPOs in Eve) - give Dust players the only drops of Dust BPCs- that Eve players, and eventually Dust players, will then buy and manufacture. This gives them intrinsic control in one of the vital inputs to create their own goods- Eve players have materials, MFG & capital- Dust players have the BPC drops.
See thread here for more details on PI/BPO/BPC/DUST - EVE Market interaction. (Section 2 & 3) |