Ricdic
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Posted - 2006.05.20 09:32:00 -
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I think there should be a point where Tech 2 bpo's are able to be reverse engineered, but this is not the time. I think we need to spend a good year, with the agents handing out bpc's of various quality/runs depending on amount invested/work done etc.
Maybe a year from now, when T3 is near implementation, agents turn to handing out the t2 bpo's for hard work etc.
It is safe to say that the lottery system will never be used again though, so not sure what CCP plans in regards to implementation of t3.
A few points.
- At this point in time, CCP cannot allow t2 bpo's to be somehow reverse engineered. Imagine all the t2 bpo owners who have paid billions upon billions for their investments, only to see them virtually destroyed. T2 bpc's will allow the t2 bpo's to slowly drop in price, and the owners to get their (or part of their) investments back.
- I would like to see R&D agents give offers based on standings / amount of work done for them (277 missions completed - 12 missions declined) / skills / and a whole lot of mini-missions leading up to the blueprint.
" I may have stumbled on a researchable patent, but I require your assistance in obtaining some goods. Due to Duvolle council wage reductions I cannot afford to pay you, however if you assist me and we succeed in our endeavour, I will share the spoils with you "
"Work with agent"
"Decline work"
Mission 1:
Hello Ricdic, I have figured out the design for our new project. The base requires 66 units of Hyperbolic Tritanium. This can be found by mixing standard tritanium with Nanotransistors. I have designed a 66 run blueprint for you to use in this production. If you could collect the required samples, and then produce the base for our model, bring it back to me so we can start on the next phase of our research."
1- "I have your Hyperbolic Tritanium, as requested"
2- "I dont feel like this research is getting us anywhere"
3- "Do we have a breakthrough?"
1 = Trigger next section of the mission
2 = Cancels research completely. Need to start all over next time
3 = Attempt a discovery. Obviously wont get squat on first mission, but after 10 stages a person may attempt discovery. Still a chance you will get response:
" Listen Ricdic, research takes time. You can't expect me to come up with this amazing breakthrough within such a small timeframe. I suggest we start again, as you have made me lose my train of though "
or you may get:
" Ricdic, I have figured out how to recreate a Small shield booster II. I have quite limited research funds, so have only had the time to produce a 10 run copy, and I still havent cleaned the edges, so the quality isnt superb, but we have made a breakthrough."
with each breakthrough, agent standing increases slightly. failure = zero standing gain.
Higher standing means the agent basically works better with you, so you have more chance of getting a breakthrough of some sort rather than a failure (start all over).
I hope you guys see where this is going. There would of course be a variety of different paths, and a few new items would come into play (only used for research, and mainly obtainable directly from agent blueprints)
CCP, if you read and like this, and think I can be a script writer for you, I would be more than happy to write up plenty agent mission scripts (storyline maybe?) , for no cost. I think this game is worth it. Plus it gives me something to do while I am at work.
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