Akita T
Caldari
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2010.04.17 22:11:00 -
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You have a point... but then again, meh, what's the practical difference between a NPC sell order and a sell order from a trader that gambled NPC orders would go away, stockpiling loads of essentials ? Other than a higher price, and restricted locations, not very much.
That is, if there were enough traders to stockpile enough of those for the upcoming needs before PI production volume could catch up with demand volume... because if they weren't, it won't just be a case of "insanely expensive", but downright a case of "have to shut down operations because we can't find it for sale".
I somehow have a feeling that the collective stockpiles of optimistic traders combined won't nearly be enough to fill the gap even if everything works perfectly and people flock to this new thing fast (because, let's face it, you will get "collisions" of people attempting to use too few planets at first, and then realizing they're not making a lot of revenue even at high prices, and so on), let alone if something doesn't go quite right with the PI delivery on TQ (and, let's face it, when was the last time CCP delivered everything without some glitches on TQ?) which could push the time when enough volume gets produced to fill the demand quite far... and very soon after, a surplus so big prices come crashing down, or god knows what other oddities.
I simply don't believe it's a wise choice to cut it all off from day one. Double or triple NPC sales prices if you want, heck, make them 10 times as high for all I care, or leave them where they are now, whatever... but only cut them off when you're sure things can keep working without a collapse brought on by sudden, acute scarcity.
Oh well :shrug: I know what I would do, but I don't know if even CCP knows what they'll do yet.
Either way, this is too much of a gamble for me, no matter which way they swing (and long-term swing is likely to be downwards, so profits would mostly be made by fast, early sales, which I hate fighting for)... and so I'm keeping my hands off of this one.
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