Reese X
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Posted - 2009.09.20 04:53:00 -
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Interesting to speculate about. I'm actually a datacore consumer since I use more datacores per month than I can generate on my own under the current methods of getting them.
"Nerfing" it in the way I think you mean would probably drive prices up for me, not down, as more people would be competing over a reduced supply (If they simply just paid you less passive RP than they do now.) But, If you mean "nerfing" it in a way that anyone can mission as many RP's as they want--prices would plumet considerably, as there would be less buyers. And I'd probably not be a "consumer" of datacores anymore.
I've personally got no problem with the current system, and think tinkering with it could break an important system in the overall economy. Besides 6mil a day if that's all one toon makes in a day is very poor. A lvl4 mission grinder can make 50mil every couple of hours, a person ratting in lowsec can make the same with the chance of getting faction drops. I sell one t1 cruiser while I sleep at night, and I've made 6mill. But, I suppose if you took skill time away from your main, and used your alts for research as well, then you'd really be on to something. But, I think time/effort required to do all that sort of makes you deserving of the ability to buy a plex card for your account every month :-). After all it's a valuable service which requires the participation of many ppl just to keep t2 production going.
Right now, and in the future, as more opportunities for t3 expand, and more verteran players move into dedicated production capacities in those roles, players who are coming up now are going to have opportunties they maybe haven't had before to become competitive in the t2 market, and the t2 market just devours datacores, so the only practical way CCP could really nerf the datacore thing I think is to just require less datacores per invention attempt.
But really where is this on CCP's list of things to tweak? Probably like WAY DOWN ON THE Bottom! Hell, it honestly may not even be considered an issue.
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