pmchem
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.21 17:45:00 -
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CCP Phantom wrote:Just chiming in to let you know that this topic is not forgotten by the responsible devs.
Just bite the bullet and make them candy instead of drugs, and legal to transport/contract/etc in highsec. Without a centralized exchange for production and sale of the drugs (Jita) and easy contracting, there is no liquid market for the item.
Without an easy, liquid market there is no strong incentive to get the raw materials and produce the product except for specialty cases (allied supercap pilots). |
pmchem
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.11.23 17:01:00 -
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CCP Ytterbium wrote:
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Forced consumption to stay competitive: as you stated, previous approach was flawed as it was turning boosters into mandatory combat consumables (nicknamed here the "potion" problem). Barrier of entry and competition in PvP is quite high already, between rigs, hardwiring implants, faction ammunition and gang links, adding yet another layer on top should be avoided. While side-effects do need to be looked into, blanket removing them may not be the best option as it removes risk value from it.
Does not make them more available : removal of side-effects does not address the real bottleneck here, which, as you pointed out, is tied with the production. For boosters to be more used, we need to look into their convoluted reaction and manufacturing process. Treating their possible illegality status is another topic altogether, and one that needs to be done carefully, as we would like to use it for future smuggling and contraband features.
Due for these reasons, we will freeze that booster change for now, go back to the drawing board and keep you in the loop when we iterate on this to make sure we are not repeating the same mistakes again.
Supply and demand.
Right now if you observe nullsec, the ladar gas sites are ignored 99% of the time by explorers/probers. This is because it's not worth mining the gas and then making boosters: too much effort for too little profit.
If you actually made a change which encouraged usage of more boosters, increasing demand, then maybe people would run the ladar sites. Supply would increase. Granted, it'd still be nice to be able to market/move everything related to them through Jita (an easy central market also increases demand) -- but your first two reasons for not going through with booster changes are essentially contradictory. |