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Priceps Gaius
Holdfast Syndicate
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:44:00 -
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Using any Aur at all seems a bit excessive when perfectly suitable (and excessively cheap) regular militia gear are available too. I mean, hell, a militia nanohive costs 480 isk a pop when its Aurum blueprint is 4000! |
Government CheeseBurger
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
232
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:47:00 -
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You can save a lot of isk. I would recommend buying the BPO equivalent of all the standard item's you use in your fittings.
It also shows CCP some love.
PS buy the merc pack its well worth it. |
Forlorn Destrier
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
914
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:47:00 -
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Priceps Gaius wrote:Using any Aur at all seems a bit excessive when perfectly suitable (and excessively cheap) regular militia gear are available too. I mean, hell, a militia nanohive costs 480 isk a pop when its Aurum blueprint is 4000!
Yes it is worth it - they never go away so you never have to pay ISK for it. |
rebecca watson
Universal Allies Inc.
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:48:00 -
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All the more reason to be happy I bought them before the Aurum increase/changes *smug*  |
Icy Tiger
Universal Allies Inc.
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:49:00 -
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Honestly? No.
With the current standard pricing and militia pricing, it's easy to stock up on items for a while using ISK. I recommend buying Type-1 suits however, those are useful. And weapons. And boosters. And buy some UVT as well. |
crazy space 1
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
879
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:56:00 -
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they used to only be 400 AUR in which case I would of said yes. Oh but us closed beta testers got to buy all of the militia BPOs for a total of 14,000 AUR, they increased the prices by x50, sorry you missed it.
Don't buy the AUR suits. if anything save up and buy a stanard AUR suit, at least that will be useful in the future |
Priceps Gaius
Holdfast Syndicate
Amarr Empire
17
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Posted - 2013.02.05 23:59:00 -
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Icy Tiger wrote:Honestly? No.
With the current standard pricing and militia pricing, it's easy to stock up on items for a while using ISK. I recommend buying Type-1 suits however, those are useful. And weapons. And boosters. And buy some UVT as well.
This is what I thought. I mean, I can literally buy 100 of a 690 isk (that's 690'000, fellows) priced item after playing three good matches of anything. And I agree on the subject of type-1 suits -- there's a noticeable difference, especially as a logi, between having two and three equipment slots.
Yeah, the boosters are the only Aurum items I'm buying right now -- I'm giving CCP my love, but I'm not giving myself a bad deal. I hope. |
Pyrielone
Reaper Galactic
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Posted - 2013.02.06 04:25:00 -
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I picked up the assault suit and all the equipment bpo's thats all I would recommend. If u ever find a way to get the exile ar its a well balanced ar and the toxin from the merc pack is still my go to side arm this far after open beta |
Patoman Radiant
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
53
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Posted - 2013.02.06 04:30:00 -
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the blueprints for modules are definarly worth it.
One good suit is worth it too, the standard level BPO suit has extra slot compared to the starter mlllita.
Though I got them when everything was cheep :P
But eventually you reach a point where you change your play-style to use them less, and use things that are better than BPO, so its not like you will die if you don't get the BPO. |
Ten-Sidhe
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
414
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Posted - 2013.02.06 04:45:00 -
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Items you use a lot are worth it, especially ones that may not be worth upgrading. Sidearms and equipment may not be used every time you use fit, but they cost when you die still. So it may be best to have unlimited item in slot, so it's there when needed but not costing isk when you die without using it.
Bpo standard suits are worth it. I grabbed the primordial militia since I liked the colour, even though I had raven already with better stats.
We may have meat grinder type modes in future, free fits could save a lot of isk when corp needs to throw bodies at a problem.
Standard nanohive is only 2k isk, but using militia bpo has saved me about 3 million isk since start of open beta, so they will save a lot of isk in long term. Short term they aren't needed. But I play for a year, that bpo nanohive and toxin smg would add up, saving me about 108 million isk. Raven suit not as much, since I find type-ii worth it for my go-to fit, but all my sniper/av/cheap suits are based on the raven so still worth it.
At old price I would say get complete set, at new I would say get ones you will use frequently. CPU and pg upgrade ones are nice too, they save a few thousand isk if they make suit valid and other doesn't, and not having to go to market when playing with fits is nice. |
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Maken Tosch
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
1593
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Posted - 2013.02.06 05:44:00 -
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The AUR BPOs are worth it as backup and for saving ISK. However, don't rely on them too much when it comes to corp battles and other forms of serious conflict when your opponents are highly-experienced mercs fitted with Prototype gear. But they are still great for pub matches like ambush. |
Breakin Stuff
Immobile Infantry
680
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Posted - 2013.02.06 05:55:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:The AUR BPOs are worth it as backup and for saving ISK. However, don't rely on them too much when it comes to corp battles and other forms of serious conflict when your opponents are highly-experienced mercs fitted with Prototype gear. But they are still great for pub matches like ambush.
More or less this.
BPOs are most useful for public matches when you don't feel like blowing 100k or more per fit on random newbs and trashtalkers.
Or having Sleepy find ways to gank you even though you're on his team. |
crazy space 1
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
879
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Posted - 2013.02.06 06:01:00 -
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Priceps Gaius wrote:Icy Tiger wrote:Honestly? No.
With the current standard pricing and militia pricing, it's easy to stock up on items for a while using ISK. I recommend buying Type-1 suits however, those are useful. And weapons. And boosters. And buy some UVT as well. This is what I thought. I mean, I can literally buy 100 of a 690 isk (that's 690'000, fellows) .
no that's 96,000 isk |
Breakin Stuff
Immobile Infantry
680
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Posted - 2013.02.06 06:06:00 -
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crazy space 1 wrote:Priceps Gaius wrote:Icy Tiger wrote:Honestly? No.
With the current standard pricing and militia pricing, it's easy to stock up on items for a while using ISK. I recommend buying Type-1 suits however, those are useful. And weapons. And boosters. And buy some UVT as well. This is what I thought. I mean, I can literally buy 100 of a 690 isk (that's 690'000, fellows) . no that's 96,000 isk
you both fail at math, next time use a calculator. The number is 69,000 |
TiMeSpLiT--TeR
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
326
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Posted - 2013.02.06 06:11:00 -
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Yes for me. |
RydogV
Shadow Company HQ
101
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Posted - 2013.02.06 07:43:00 -
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Under current prices I am not so sure. Prior to the Open Beta the prices were much more reasonable. Now I would not be so sure. If you are going to spend AUR on anything then I would recommend getting the Merc Pack as it is best bang for your buck. You get a Type-1 Scout BPO in the 'Dragonfly' suit and the 'Toxin' SMG BPO plus some other goodies and 40000 AUR.
I would use that AUR to get at least one of the other Type-1 BPO suits...either the 'Raven' Assault or the 'Sever' Logistics based on your preference. The BPO Militia suits and gear is no longer worth the AUR in my opinion and you would probably be better off using whatever AUR you have left on passive Boosters.
Wasting AUR on perishable gear is definitely not worth it. There is very little advantage to it and it adds up pretty fast even though you are only spending 30-90 AUR per item.
I am not saying this because I do not think folks should support the developer in what is essentially a Free game. Actually, I encourage folks to invest what they can afford...but just be smart about it. I have spent about $50 so far and that will probably be about the average I spend per year provided there is incentive to do so and not just the same items again and again.
I would love to see some Killzone inspired BPO dropsuits introduced...maybe as Type-2's....in the near future. Pair them with a BPO Laser or maybe a BPO Swarm Launcher and it would be a great Merc Pack II  |
A'Real Fury
The Silver Falcon Federation
4
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Posted - 2013.02.06 20:26:00 -
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I think it depends on your survival rate. I die a lot !!! So I have a BPO set up and I just buy new AR's and grenades for it. This way I still make Isk regardless of the number of times I die. By die a lot I average 3/4 deaths a game with my worst being 0-9, yesterday, and my best being 7-4, today, not sure how that happened. In a 2 hour period I died 29 times.
Admittedly I am a logi and a rubbish shot with a k/d of 0.4 but at least it is going in the right direction as 3 days ago it was 0.29.
So for me a BPO suit, with BPO equipment, BPO high and low modules really cuts down on the Isk suit. It has allowed me to save Isk so I can spend it on buying skill books etc. |
Phoenix Archer 128
Better Hide R Die
89
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Posted - 2013.02.06 20:30:00 -
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rebecca watson wrote:All the more reason to be happy I bought them before the Aurum increase/changes *smug*
Yep. They are definitely worth the <50 AUR I spent on all the mods
At their current price...it really depends. Make a fitting with the militia parts you're considering, and see how well it works. If you feel its too weak, don't buy the BPOs. If you don't see a difference or think you'll get a ton of use out of the BPOs, go ahead and buy what you need (and just buy what you will use, not everything just in case) |
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