Karn Velora
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Posted - 2011.01.04 14:03:00 -
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 Originally by: Shai 'Hulud
Edited by: Shai ''Hulud on 03/01/2011 19:11:45
Originally by: Karn Velora
Here's a reason to remove the T2 BPOs:
After all these years, the topic is still ****ing people off to the degree that the current thread is up to 27 pages. Does anyone need more reasons?
This could also be seen as an answer to the whines. If CCP agreed, and thought that they were unfair and needed to be removed, it would have happened by now.
If you think that the frequency of a given complaint implies its correctness... perhaps we should reset everyone's SP, make high-sec. ganking impossible, reset everyone's assets, remove high end moons... hell lets just remove all means of making isk other than missions. Then it would be "fair", and no one would have anything to complain about.
You have to admit it's funny though, that the main defense argument for keeping the T2 BPOs comes down to "it doesn't matter, there's's no advantage, there's no extra profit". If in fact the BPOs have no real advantage, then just show some humanity and understanding and agree to have them removed - not because it will right a wrong, but because it'll calm so many people down - and it doesn't matter anyway.
That's rather the point, isn't it? resetting SP, banning gankings, resetting assets, all all those other silly ideas you offered to make a point... those would have an impact, and major impact at that. But, where the BPOs are concerned, you always hear "it's no advantage, invention can compete in profits". Sounds to me like the majority of the BPO owners are sticking to an argument that in itself is reason to have them removed.
Of course, I think most of the BPO holders will secretly agree there's slightly more to it than this. Very few people would tie up 20 billion in a BPO investment if it didn't provide an advantage over those that don't have one. What I really want is for one T2 BPO holder to say "Yea, I get an advantage over everyone else. I fought like a mother****er to get it, and now I'm going to cash in on my monopoly." I won't hold that against him - he's playing the game as provided by CCP. Of course, if anyone was to make this statement, there really would be a bit more foundation to the claims that the BPOs are somehow unfair.
Personally, I don't dabble in manufacture, so all this is little more than an intellectual excercise for me. Still, it's "funny" to read the defense arguments for the T2 BPOs. Most of them make no sense at all.
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