Yaman
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Posted - 2005.12.31 17:18:00 -
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I think Saldara hit the nail on the head pretty much.
t2 ammo can only be produced so fast. At the rate we consume ammunition it is going to be a rarity and I think that is actually a good thing.
It's good because it does a few things both economically and PVP speaking...which PVP btw is directly related to and affecting on the economy.
1. It will be hard to gauge and guess who will be using t2 and who won't be. EVEN IF you've seen the same pilot use it one day, due to the quantity you won't know if they are using it the next. (although I do believe one day it will catch up and there will be enough quantity for the demand, unless there is major wars every day)
2. Because it takes over a day in some cases to create some t2 ammo, it changes cash flow. This is actually interesting for the economics of EVE.
It's the difference between selling a million missles for 1 dollar over the course of a day or selling half a million missles for 2 dollars over the course of two days.
For those economically challenged (myself included sometimes  ) - You get the same amount of money either way. It just changes the time in which you recieve it.
This also does one more important thing... it spreads out the consumption of ammo. We all know if we got it, we'll use it. So this way if you have 1,000 missles every two days you may use up all 1,000 in one day. Otherwise if you can only get 500 every day... you are guaranteed some missles for the next day's fight.
Again, you can see my point right here. While I agree that t2 ammo is a ***** to produce and breaks RAM parts which in turn inflated the price of those..which in turn makes empire more attractive. which in turn.. blah blah blah... While I agree that it's a pain that it takes so long to make copies of the t2 ammo blueprints, research them, and produce ammo off them in general... I disagree with everyone thinking that they will have no value, be too hard to make, AND most importantly -- keep up with demand.
Like I said, UNLESS THERES A HUGE WAR EVERY DAY... manufacturing is gonna catch up.
Of course I'm not thinking about anyone consuming these items that doesn't PVP. I can't imagine someone is gonna buy ammo to hunt npcs or do missions...it wouldn't be cost effective under the provisions CCP set up for the t2 ammo. t1 ammo is good enough.
Now, EVE's economy is WAY WAY different than real life and fortunately.....there are no laws  So certain special illegal things that go on in real life are going to make some people really upset one day.
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