RydogV
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Posted - 2013.05.08 15:33:00 -
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I understand why they did not to a general refund on all AUR items. Closed Beta players had the opportunity to purchase a significant number of Militia BPOs at pre-Open Beta prices (30-50 AUR each). When the Open Beta hit these items went up significantly in price.
So if a forward thinking investment minded Merc bought say 100 Militia BPOs at say...30 AUR each...and then those items were raised in price to 4800 AUR once the Open Beta kicked in, then they would have stood to make a significant AUR profit if the items were all refunded at the new price. 3000 AUR turns into 480,000 AUR just because of a respec. That is a liittle out of control. So I think it is reasonable they shifted gears at the last minute...unfortunate for those who stood to profit but reasonable.
However, in the matter of the MAG dropsuits, these items were never inexpensive. I think the pre-Open Beta price was about half of what it is now. I doubt many people invested a lot of money into these. So they should have been refunded as any profit would have been limited to just a few thousand AUR. Then players could have decided if they wanted to repurchase them based on their choices for skill development under the reworked skill tree.
The other alternative is to make the suits non-skill based, similar to the 'Dragonfly' Type-1 Scout that comes in the original Merc Pack and just take away the bonuses they get now. This seems fairly reasonable and would probably provide more purchase incentive since it would give players the opportunity to have some fitting options without having to invest a significant amount of SP. I mean the suits are pretty limited in capability and are really only good for public matches and such anyway.
That being said, since a lot of folks probably already some skill point allocation, a decision that may have been influence by the possession of the suit itself, it is probably easier to just take them back and refund players. Then they can buy back what they want or need. If nothing is done, we will just have to wait until the secondary player market opens up, which is probably several months away. |