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Posted - 2009.10.22 18:34:00 -
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 Originally by: Venkul Mul
Originally by: Donatien de'Sade
Originally by: SXYGeeK
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NOT RELEVANT!!
T2 BPOs were originally given out free (effectively), their 'value' has no bearing on this arguement.
Pleas, this is the stupidest argument you can use.
They were not free.
- They required an investment of several millions SP in the relevant skills (and I can assure you that having 3 millions of SP locked in science skills in a character with 6 millions SP impact on everything you do);
- they required the standing with the relevant R&D corporations, so running missions for them instead of other more immediately rewarding corporations;
- they required RP. Points that you can now trade for datacores;
- tho get more RP you had to do missions and till late 2006 those missions weren't "give my tritanium" or "move this packet with a shuttle", they were "get me 1.000 holoreels", "get me enriched uranium", "move those 8.000 m3 of containers to station x", or the never done as the scientists were sold at 900K for units "get me 20 science graduates".
You can say it was low maintenance work after getting the initial standing and skills, but you still ad to keep the account active paying the sub as the mail offering the BPO had a expiration date and losing a interesting BPO because your account was not subbed and you weren't there to read it would have been a hard blow.
They weren't never "free" unless you are one of the guys that think that the minerals you get mining are "free" or the isk you get doing a mission are "free".
This is probably the worst argument I've heard for T2 BPO holders. Ever. You realise that all those skills and whatnot are actually required for invention yes? That if people want ANY hope of making invention profitable, they need R&D agents for their own datacores, yes? Which requires the same standings, yes? You seem to be a relatively bright guy, so why you'd come out with this drivel has me stumped.
There is only one difference between BPO holders and inventors. We weren't around 2 or 3 years ago. Why are we being penalized for that?
The whole point of EVE is that it's a place of opportunity. Where you can choose your path and do your best to excel at it. With invention, you always have one hand tied behind your back cause you know that there are people out there that can produce the same item you are for MUCH less.
Your other arguements, about how many years it takes to recover the cost of a T2 BPO. Well if you were stupid enough to buy one for billions of ISK then yeah, a long time. But for the people that had one just drop in their lap.......how many years of ISK printing do they deserve?
T2 BPO's need to be removed. "oh but T2 BPO's make the baseline and invention just fills in the gaps". If T2 BPO's were removed, supply would drop significantly and prices would skyrocket. People see "oooo T2 production is actually profitable now!". Hordes of people move to T2 production. Supply increases. Price normalises. Everyone lives happily ever after.
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