Vilar Solamnus
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Posted - 2003.09.24 10:35:00 -
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The only problem here is the sheer scope of the profit they (Techell) are able to make for doing pretty much nothing. The profits in ship sales are nothing compared to the profits from the miner II sales. Nothing ever released thus far in the game has such profit potential. They worked hard, yada yada yada. They participated in the story line, yada yada yada. A lot of other people have worked harder, and participated in the story line as well. That isnt the point. I agree completely that the ones who participated and worked hard should have some amount of reward. The only thing I disagree with is the massive scope of their reward. They are easily making 10-20 times more money than any other group in the game, from something that they have to do very little work for. CCP has shown time and time again that they know jack about how to operate a sensible economic system. It's little wonder the isk is the most worthless money on Ebay, compared to other MMORPG currency. The ability to produce and sell copies has got to be one of the dumbest ideas ever. Absolutely killed the economy. This whole thing with the miner II's has little direct effect on the economy, except that it gives one or two individual corporations a tremendous economic edge over any and all competitors, which is a bit rediculous. This is the only example i've ever heard of where a company makes a product for public consumption with no competition. In my opinion, Eve needs some anti-trust laws. Some sort of sa***uard, where an item can be sold for a maximum 100% profit or something. If anyone wants to ***** about being restricted to only a 100% profit, there is something wrong with them. REally, there shouldn't be any situation like this to begin with, as we shouldnt just 'find' blueprints...we should be able to research and develop our own products. That would have prevented all of this hype, if Techell had legitimately developed the miner II bp themselves. But, then again Eve should have stayed in another year of beta, and CCP should have hired some sort of business consultants before producing such a market-intensive game. But now it will be hard to balance, as Techell undoubtedly has more starting capital than any other corporation, so they will be the first to afford everything in the future, which they will make more money from, etc etc. Bottom line, a single item with that much of an economic impact should not have been given away in the manner in which it was, be it to Techell or anyone else.
Vilar
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