Ozone71
Caldari
Kamikaze Fleet Command
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Posted - 2009.08.28 10:13:00 -
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 Originally by: Chana Kor
Saying it's awful doesn't make it so. What's wrong with it?
I am aware that CCP makes a distinction between the wreck's contents (loot) and the wrecks themselves (salvage). That's a fact. I am not disputing facts.
My argument is that they should not make this distinction, because when you put in the effort to create value (a wreck) then you should have the (sole) right to extract that value. Both the loot and the salvage have value, and you should have the right to both. Stealing either should have the same consequence.
I have a vested interest in making ninja salvaging a crime, because I am a missioner.
Others have a vested interest in disagreeing with me, because they are ninja salvagers.
We're not going to convince each other.
You have failed to grasp why CCP added Salvage to the game. It was not added for your benefit.
Back in the dark ages you ran your mission, got ISK, status and LP, and piles of loot which you could use, sell or reprocess. All well and good since yes you bought the ship, trained the skills and put in the time to kill the enemy.
Then .. someone at CCP comes up with an idea.
"Hey .. loot falls out of cargo.. what about the actual wreck itself. We can make it so wrecks can be salvaged, and the salvaged parts put to use for making rigs...cool huh?"
And so salvaging was added to the game .. not for mission runners to get bonus ISK, but for other people to put in the time and effort to train a different set of skills - the salvage skills, the probing skills the manufacturing skills and put in the time and effort to hunt down wrecks, salvage them and then sell them, reprocess them or use them in manufacturing.
Salvage was not added for your (the mission runners) benefit - so it's not yours. Salvage just happens to accumulate where you do your missions, so expect to see salvagers out there doing their job.
Be more wary of the true "Ninjas" who turn up on your mission to steal the item you need for the mission. Feel free to open up on them... they go flashy red very quickly.
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