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Linis Erens
Proposition Thirteen
The Third Rail
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Posted - 2011.10.15 02:07:00 -
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Whilst the pricing of tags is effected by an awful lot of variables, there are certain tags that are a bit... odd. For example Federation Navy Fleet Colonel I, it doesn't drop in most level 5s (I've never seen more than 2 in any mission) and the level 4 mission with the most (enemies abound part 3 I believe) drops 9.
Past week of doing level 5s I have 225 Colonel II tags and 10 Colonel I tags. There seems to be a hole that at least one tag per faction falls into where it is extremely hard to acquire, at least for mission runners. |
Linis Erens
Proposition Thirteen
The Third Rail
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Posted - 2011.10.15 14:05:00 -
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I personally don't really care about standing (although I'll prob boost Gallente standing before I hit -5), after all almost all level 5 missions are against opposing navies. But there are certain tags that seem to be near non existent in missions, Colonel I being one of them. |
Linis Erens
Proposition Thirteen
The Third Rail
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Posted - 2011.11.09 01:05:00 -
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It's impossible with the current mechanics to fix the problem.
It's like this, using Caldari lp stores as an example. Items that require colonel I and colonel II tags require them at a 2:3 ratio. This is reflected in their NPC sell price, Colonel I sell for 500k, Colonel II 750k.. Currently Colonel I's are about 8 times their base price, whilst Colonel II's sell for pretty much their npc price.
But colonel I tags drop at ratio of 1:4 in relation to colonel II. It's actually a lot worse if you do level 5 missions, the drop rate is around 1:15 doing those.
There is a lot more LP around than there used to be, so the problem has become exasperated.
Thats why there is an abundance of colonel II tags and colonel I tags price has skyrocked. It's a difficult situation where any activity that creates tags, will do so at a ratio far removed from those used by the LP store. So there is a permanent guarantee that at least 1 tag will always be scarce in relation to others. Unless the market became so saturated that their prices would fall, but they've been trending upward for a very long time now.
They could do something to make level 5s more appealing by having the base or whatever you have to blow up to complete the mission, drop a large cache of the currently scarce tag. |
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