SXYGeeK
Gallente Interstellar Planetary KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2009.08.28 22:54:00 -
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the OP's suggestion would not increase the profitability of invention, It would perhaps net a reduction in the cost of T2 items as they would require slightly less resources. this is evidenced by the fact that there are plenty of T2 modules for which there exist no BPO's (items added after the conversion from lottery to invention) and invention on these modules does not yield more profitability than those modules that do have BPOs.
It may however reduce the difference in profit margin between a T2 BPO and an invented BPC, but this would simply serve to deteriorate the investment made into these BPOs. what people seem to neglect when stating these are a "license to print ISK" is that they are finite, they can only produce so many items in a given timeframe. currently as CCP reports they can only keep up with 1/3 of the market demand, that number will shrink as BPOs are lost or demand increases. If T2 BPOs really where a license to print isk they would be covering 100% of demand as they would simply undercut invention. (there are low demand modules where this is currently the case, inventors can simply make other modules)
To get into invention requires a relatively small investment that can be made up in a few sales, it is flexible and able to adjust to market changes. These BPO holders have invested billions, and it will take many years for them to recuperate their investment, some likely never will. Large investments always return slowly, the T2 BPOĘs are not abnormally profitable when compared to other large investment possibilities in the game. Look at Obelisk freighters for example, to produce at a good rate will take about 10 billion isk investment, a profit margin of perhaps 100 million a month (not including labor) means it will take about 8 years to pay back.
T2 BPOĘs are not unfair, they are not some evil monster that is gobbling up all your potential invention profits, in actuality it is the inventors who have destroyed the hope of many T2 BPO investments ever paying themselves back.
A little about me, I have dabbled in invention didnĘt stick, I have dabbled in manufacturing couldnĘt handle the spreadsheets, I do not own any T2 BPOs, I am an honest miner and sometimes do a little fighting to defend my own.
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