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Beta BlocKer
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Posted - 2006.03.27 11:55:00 -
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Err... why is the Carrier skill price so high ?
i mean come on 450 mil - surely this is a error ?
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what about the Capitol Component bpo's...
Why are they more expensive than a Thanatos bpo ?
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Rendill
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Posted - 2006.03.27 11:58:00 -
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Cos it also covers the mothership, and is meant as a corp support ship not a solo pwn mobile.
As for component prices, Isk Sink and creation of specialised production corps springs to mind.
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Abraxus
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Posted - 2006.03.27 12:02:00 -
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Tell me about it....I need to sell someone mother to fund it 
Anyone? 
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Beta BlocKer
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Posted - 2006.03.27 12:03:00 -
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isk sink sounds about right
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Beta BlocKer
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Posted - 2006.03.27 12:05:00 -
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Sold my mother years ago, couldnt sell mother in law (un-fortunatly) - am about to sell kids to get the Thanatos bpo =p
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Abraxus
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Posted - 2006.03.27 12:29:00 -
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Hmmm, maybe you should have sold your mother for the mothership 
Sorry couldn't help it
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pshepherd
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Posted - 2006.03.27 12:44:00 -
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if you can afford to fly a ship worth a billion, 450mil isn't too much
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Hohenheim OfLight
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Posted - 2006.03.27 13:03:00 -
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I found grinding lv3's for 2 months was more than enuth to get me the 680 mil needed for both the carrier and the cap ship skill.
Thou it is a tad exsensive, and i never want to run another mission again, untill i get home tonight.
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Winterblink
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Posted - 2006.03.27 13:48:00 -
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It's expensive because of the fact that a single player probably won't be the one purchasing it. A carrier/mothership is something that a corporation or alliance works towards, not a single person. As such, the cost for the skill is usually just absorbed into the cost of the total effort, and the person who gets the skill isn't going to be just anyone in the corp.
So, short answer, for 99% of the population of EVE, the cost of the carrier skill isn't going to matter. :)
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Abraxus
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Posted - 2006.03.27 13:50:00 -
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I beg to differ. I am planning on buying a carrier with my own isk and paying for it myself. I think the price is high but if you want the new shiny stuff, you gotta pay for it
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Lord WarATron
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Posted - 2006.03.27 13:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Winterblink
It's expensive because of the fact that a single player probably won't be the one purchasing it. A carrier/mothership is something that a corporation or alliance works towards, not a single person. As such, the cost for the skill is usually just absorbed into the cost of the total effort, and the person who gets the skill isn't going to be just anyone in the corp.
So, short answer, for 99% of the population of EVE, the cost of the carrier skill isn't going to matter. :)
Lots of people buy capital ships for themselves.
People in NPC corps have freightors, Dreads and one guy even has a carrier that he uses for running lvl4's.
The amount of cash people in eve have means that a billion is the middle class now. People spend billions on Navy and faction ships, so a carrier on the cost of price is a non issue.
The price of the skill is fine. If you expect to fly a ship costing a bil, and have fittings worth close to a bil as well, then no big deal.
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Winterblink
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Posted - 2006.03.27 14:00:00 -
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Originally by: Lord WarATron
Lots of people buy capital ships for themselves.
I didn't say that people never buy them for themselves. :)
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Hardin
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Posted - 2006.03.27 15:15:00 -
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I spent approx 900 million ISK on Sunday to buy Siobhan the following skills:
Advanced Starship Command
Capital Ship
Amarr Carrier
Fighters
Now I am poor again
But then again at least she has something to train now and the Minmatar's shall flee in terror (in about 3 month's time) - so it's worth it 
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Alyth
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Posted - 2006.03.27 15:22:00 -
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Originally by: Beta BlocKer
Err... why is the Carrier skill price so high ?
i mean come on 450 mil - surely this is a error ?
and
what about the Capitol Component bpo's...
Why are they more expensive than a Thanatos bpo ?
You think thats bad....wait till you see the cost to fill it's fighter bay, add it's tank and add it's remote reps 
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ElCoCo
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Posted - 2006.03.27 16:50:00 -
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Um ... well...
The dread skill is 90 mil and all the time I've been wondering whether someone put an extra "0" on the carrier skill.
I realy don't agree that the 450mil cost is justified.... it's only justified as the skill is shared for the carrier and the mothership.
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2006.03.27 17:24:00 -
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More than justified, and add a 0 to the dread skill cost.
They aren't supposed to be ships that are easy to get hold of and into. Group investments, only solo for the uber-rish is how they should be tbh.
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Trak Cranker
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Posted - 2006.03.27 18:30:00 -
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Originally by: Beta BlocKer
Err... why is the Carrier skill price so high ?
i mean come on 450 mil - surely this is a error ?
Its definately a side effect of carriers being rushed in development. Sort of same reason that carriers could not be build in low sec stations to start with, as announced. Code wise they are tied together giving these unfortunate side effects. Skills for ships have almost always been about 10-5% of the ship price afaik. Which puts the price a little low for mothership - but insanely high for a carrier pilot.
I reckon its a rushing mistake on CCPs part.
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Trak Cranker
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Posted - 2006.03.27 18:34:00 -
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Originally by: The Enslaver
More than justified, and add a 0 to the dread skill cost.
They aren't supposed to be ships that are easy to get hold of and into. Group investments, only solo for the uber-rish is how they should be tbh.
And that is reflected in the price of the ship - which is the component there, that can be kept by a group and transfered around. The skill stays with the pilot. And you need more pilots than ships if you want to utilise the investment better. Skills prices is fine.
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Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2006.03.28 00:26:00 -
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Motherships should be affected be a separate skill that would just require Carrier 3 imo.
Then titans could just require the MS skill to 3 or 4, and Titans could require the MS skill at 4, and carriers at 4?
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0bsession
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Posted - 2006.03.28 02:51:00 -
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If they are group investments and corp ships, why do I have to train and pay for it all? Maybe my corp is finagling me into not having to chip in for the skills!
Well... they better help pay for the ship!
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