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MOOstradamus
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:08:00 -
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Edited by: MOOstradamus on 23/06/2006 13:09:55
In the BLUE corner we have Viceroy who states that the 'cost of a lost ship is the market value at which you could have sold it'.
Whilst in the RED corner we have DigitalCommunist who asserts that this doesn't take into account opportunity cost (however as he's too full of himself to respond to others this may be slightly inaccurate).
Let the discussion commence ..
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Admiral IceBlock
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:10:00 -
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Blue?
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:11:00 -
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For me the greatest cost is the time I spend getting a new one. I hate doing that
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DeathWarrior
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:12:00 -
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Example :
I Buy a Nighthawk for 50million ISK, Nighthawks sell on market for 160+ or so.
Viceroy says that when I lose the ship I lose 160mil, which I think is incorrect because I would only lose the money I originally invested which was 50mil.
How Can I lose money I dont have?
 Originally by: Tuxford
I once tried to kick my brother when I had my pants around my ankle. Probably not my brightest moments.
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Shadowsword
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:14:00 -
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The cost of a ship is the amount of money you spent to acquire it.
It's VALUE is the amount of money you could have sold it for.
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DeathWarrior
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:16:00 -
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and ... try and actually give a good answer rather than red/blue 
Originally by: Tuxford
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Caleb Paine
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:17:00 -
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Edited by: Caleb Paine on 23/06/2006 13:17:54
Depends on the situation actually.
If you are in a region where that product costs 50 mil and you can't really go to the region where it costs 160 mil, you lose 50 mil as it never was your intention to sell, so the 160 mil thing doesn't apply to you.
However, if your plan was to SELL it for 160 mil, if it then gets destroyed, you lost 160 mil.
Insurance aside ofcourse
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Temi
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:17:00 -
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Originally by: DeathWarrior
Example :
I Buy a Nighthawk for 50million ISK, Nighthawks sell on market for 160+ or so.
Viceroy says that when I lose the ship I lose 160mil, which I think is incorrect because I would only lose the money I originally invested which was 50mil.
How Can I lose money I dont have?
you lose isk by losing a ship??
last time i lost a ship i got a whole bunch of isk transfer to my wallet by your friendly insurance company...
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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:18:00 -
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The biggest cost of a ship for me is the time taken to kit it out etc etc.
So red
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Mikal Drey
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:19:00 -
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the cost of loosing the ships is the amount it takes to replace it (fully kitted)
Buy tempest for 100mil
insure for 30
Fit for 100
Total Cost 230
Loose ship
Insurance payout 100mil
reinsure 30
Refit - Saved mosds from wreckage 60mil
Rebuy ship 100mil
Loss is 90mil
When your fully kitted out to the origional ship then what u payed out I would only consider lost
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Twilight Moon
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:19:00 -
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Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:24:26
Originally by: Temi
Originally by: DeathWarrior
Example :
I Buy a Nighthawk for 50million ISK, Nighthawks sell on market for 160+ or so.
Viceroy says that when I lose the ship I lose 160mil, which I think is incorrect because I would only lose the money I originally invested which was 50mil.
How Can I lose money I dont have?
you lose isk by losing a ship??
last time i lost a ship i got a whole bunch of isk transfer to my wallet by your friendly insurance company...
You spent money to get that insurance didnt you? 
...and your mods....and the time it takes you to buy, equip, move and outfit your new ship.
I'm with DigitalCommunist on this one. Market value just doesn't cover it.
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spurious signal
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:21:00 -
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The cost of losing a ship depends on the person, the circumstances and the future intent.
The cost of me losing a tech-1 fitted Raven used for mission running is about 80 million:
30 mill to reinsure the new raven paid for by insurance.
20 mill for the new modules for it.
30 mill lost in mission payouts/bounties/loot over the time it takes to get a new one and outfit it again.
The cost of me losing a T2-fitted HAC in PvP could be zero if I don't intend to replace it.
The key to winning long wars is to correctly ascertain how to inflict the maximum cost *to them* on your enemies whilst minimizing the real cost on yourself.
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Abdalion
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:25:00 -
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The answer to this is definitely PINK.
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Flyyn
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:29:00 -
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Originally by: Abdalion
The answer to this is definitely PINK.
Sorry red and blue dont make PINK...more purple.
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Jenny Spitfire
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:31:00 -
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Edited by: Jenny Spitfire on 23/06/2006 13:31:46
If you are poor, you are blue. If you are rich, you are red.
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Panzer Klien
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:35:00 -
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Amount lost at loss of ship =
Cost of ship +
Cost of fittings +
Clone -
Insurance
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Yukiko Kura
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:35:00 -
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The cost of losing a ship is your pride 
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Twilight Moon
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:38:00 -
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Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:40:30
Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:39:51
Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:39:10
Originally by: Abdalion
The answer to this is definitely PINK.
No, no....I think its definately [font color=orange]GREEN.[/font id=orange]
Edit:  Bah....I think the Dev's nerfed me.
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MOOstradamus
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:38:00 -
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Edited by: MOOstradamus on 23/06/2006 13:38:16
My personal opinion is that this is the REPLACEMENT COST which is made up of:
- Purchase price of a new ship (not necessarily the same model)
- Opportunity cost - as championed by Digi
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Temi
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:40:00 -
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if you buy a hac for 40mil, while its market value is 200mil
and you manage to lose it, its is a 200mil loss. However it does not mean you have to go grind yourself to death to get 200mil back, before you are at 0 again.
when you buy the ship at 40mil isk, its not really an expence, you could say you gain 160mil isk when you buy the ship, because you get somethign worth 200mil and pay 40mil for it(200-40=160).
saying that losing the hac only is a 40mil loss is about equally true to mining your ass off building a dreadnought and then losing it, and claim it didnt cost you anythying ;)
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Temi
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:42:00 -
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Originally by: Twilight Moon
Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:24:26
Originally by: Temi
Originally by: DeathWarrior
Example :
I Buy a Nighthawk for 50million ISK, Nighthawks sell on market for 160+ or so.
Viceroy says that when I lose the ship I lose 160mil, which I think is incorrect because I would only lose the money I originally invested which was 50mil.
How Can I lose money I dont have?
you lose isk by losing a ship??
last time i lost a ship i got a whole bunch of isk transfer to my wallet by your friendly insurance company...
You spent money to get that insurance didnt you?
...and your mods....and the time it takes you to buy, equip, move and outfit your new ship.
I'm with DigitalCommunist on this one. Market value just doesn't cover it.
you completely failed to grasp what i was saying :o
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Gold Star
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:44:00 -
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Originally by: Twilight Moon
Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:40:30
Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:39:51
Edited by: Twilight Moon on 23/06/2006 13:39:10
Originally by: Abdalion
The answer to this is definitely PINK.
No, no....I think its definately Brown
Edit: Bah....I think the Dev's nerfed me.
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:45:00 -
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Originally by: Abdalion
The answer to this is definitely PINK.
No, no....I think its definately [orange]GREEN.[orange]
Edit: Bah....I think the Dev's nerfed me.
O RLY?
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0Virtu0
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:46:00 -
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[color=blue]Blue, I choose you![/color]
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:50:00 -
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Originally by: Abdalion
The answer to this is definitely PINK.
It is on the Out Of Pod Experience forum where a handbag match is being organised.
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Meridius
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:51:00 -
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The cost of losing a ship depends on the time involved in getting back to an initial state + potential loss + mineral cost.
Initial state: Getting the same ship you were in with the same equipment at the same location.
The more time it takes to get back to this initial state, the higher the loss.
Potential loss: What you could have mined/npc'd/looted but will never be able to
Can't be predicted, potentially high or nothing at all.
Mineral cost: Duh.
I win.
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Admiral IceBlock
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:55:00 -
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The cost of the lose is really how much you need to pay to get it back? :P
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Gariuys
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Posted - 2006.06.23 13:56:00 -
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Originally by: Meridius
The cost of losing a ship depends on the time involved in getting back to an initial state + potential loss + mineral cost.
Initial state: Getting the same ship you were in with the same equipment at the same location.
The more time it takes to get back to this initial state, the higher the loss.
Potential loss: What you could have mined/npc'd/looted but will never be able to
Can't be predicted, potentially high or nothing at all.
Mineral cost: Duh.
I win.
Meridius wins the thread.
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Uggster
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:00:00 -
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The real cost of a ship is totally dependant on the situation.
Example 1 : A well off mission runner that has helped other in his/her time of running mission and has a good sized network of friends and contacts that can help that person replace lost componats for a reasonable price and in good time. If this person loses a BS to a lvl 4 mission unless it is filled with all top notch faction kit a 50-100 mill lose might be incuered but wont have any real or lasting effect on the player. Loss: 100 mill or so and a bit of time.
Example 2 : A noob has his ship, which is kitted out with the best stuff they have bought (or found and not sold), popped by a gate camp or lost due to a noobish mistake and even though they have the insurance money they have prolly lost 60-75% of their Net Eve value. Loss : less than 2 mill some tears and a bit of time.
Example 3 : A fleet commander who loses his/her covert at the start of a major engagement and there is no-one else in the fleet that has that persons experiance and knowlage. Loss : 75mill and possibly a whole lot more.
I think you can see that although the first example is the largest cost it boils down to nothing in the end, and although the noobs loss is bad (for the noob) the last example could end up costing more than just a few mill and a couple of hours to get new kit.
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Sarmaul
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:04:00 -
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The cost of kitting out a ship for the first time:
What you paid for the ship
+ What you paid for the modules & ammo & everything else in/on it
+ Insurance cost
The cost of losing that ship for the first time:
The cost of kitting it out for the first time
- Any modules/ammo retrieved
- Insurance payout
The cost of replacing a ship:
The cost of losing a ship (if you've just lost one)
+ How much you need to pay for the new modules/ammo
+ Insurance cost
For items you get for free, you can either work out what you would have had to pay for them ("If I didn't fit them I could've sold them for xxx isk"), or just not count them ("I didn't pay/work for it, it's not costing me anything"). There is no right or wrong way to look at it. In fact, the best solution would be to work it out for both scenarios and then use it as a range, i.e. "I lost between 150m-200m ISK, depending on if you count free stuff". You could take the average ("I lost on average 175m on that ship, +- 25m").
IMO just use the range. That way the idiots who want you to include the price of free modules are happy, and the idiots who don't want to include the price of free modules are happy too.
Now stop yer *****ing!
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Keta Min
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:05:00 -
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vice is right tbh.
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Ozzie Asrail
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:10:00 -
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Buying a ship is like buying an ice cream. Either it melts or it gets eaten.
The real question is was it tasty enough? 
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Tyrus Ex
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:13:00 -
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OMG. A debate about Marginalism.
This thread is ghey and pointless.
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Cheyenne Shadowborn
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:23:00 -
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Originally by: MOOstradamus
Edited by: MOOstradamus on 23/06/2006 13:28:13
In the BLUE corner we have Viceroy who states that the 'cost of a lost ship is the market value at which you could have sold it'.
Whilst in the RED corner we have DigitalCommunist who asserts that this doesn't take into account opportunity cost (however as he's too full of himself to respond to others this may be slightly inaccurate).
So we have a fight of realism vs. marketing babble. Thats at least as old as mankind - nothing to see here, move along
(Incredible that the Eve forum filters the drug that rhymes with "smack", while what it should really do is filter things such as "oppurtunity cost" and replace it with a big buzzword warning label)
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Thoris Levithar
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:28:00 -
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With the words of a wise old man: "What counts in the end is the numbers in your wallet". Thats my stance :) speculation about what you COULD or SHOULD have bought/sold a ship for are nice and all, but what you actually spend is what counts.
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Cheyenne Shadowborn
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:29:00 -
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Originally by: Temi
you lose isk by losing a ship??
last time i lost a ship i got a whole bunch of isk transfer to my wallet by your friendly insurance company...
Unless you buy or produce your ships about roughly 30% below material value, yes, you actually lost ISK. A lot. Think: Buy a new ship and having to fork over insurance premium again
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Blind Man
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:39:00 -
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Edited by: Blind Man on 23/06/2006 14:40:54
Originally by: Abdalion
The answer to this is definitely PINK.
incorrect, the answer is definitely
do.
(on topic) the cost of losing a ship is..
market cost + insurance cost + mods to fit + time to get the mods, - insurance payout - the amount of isk it made for me.
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Sarmaul
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Posted - 2006.06.23 14:58:00 -
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I think the real question is, "who cares?"
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Rod Blaine
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Posted - 2006.06.23 15:00:00 -
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Adn in te green corder: Me, who states that the cost of a ship lost is equivalent to the outcome fo the following:
(F(shiploss)- B(shipgain))/ (F(isk shipsellingonmarket)- (B(shipgain+ B(shiptransporttomarket))).
Or, in normal talk: the fun you get while losing the ship minus the boredom encountered in earning it as relative to the fun or use you get by selling the same ship on the market minus the boredom of both earning the ship and getting it to the market.
A hac doesn't cost 200m, it costs the boredom in earning it minus the fun in losing it. More often then not the outcome of that is negative, as in: you're doing great.
Adding relative opportunity cost to that means you need to relate that outcome to the outcome you'd have gotten if you'd moved and sold the ship and used the income for something else that gives you fun.
What does that mean ? Ships are worth only so much as they are worth to you due to the use you have for them.
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Jim McGregor
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Posted - 2006.06.23 15:05:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing
For me the greatest cost is the time I spend getting a new one. I hate doing that
Me too. Thats basicly why i would pay a reasonable ransom. To save time.
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Olivin
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Posted - 2006.06.23 15:15:00 -
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RED
Olivin
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13th
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Posted - 2006.06.23 16:30:00 -
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The only true cost of any value is the pilot's time it took to afford & acquire the ship. Since eve is supposed to be a game, and time spent in a game should be entertaining you should end up with no loss at all. 
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.06.23 16:50:00 -
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I don't lose the time I spent fitting the ship, unless most of the time was spent actually moving the modules onto it. Usually I note down the setup so I can use it again, so I didn't lose time designing the setup.
On the other hand, I lose market value of course.
The only time you don't lose market value is when you get an alliance-built ship or the like cheap which you aren't allowed to resell.
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Jane Vladmir
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Posted - 2006.06.23 17:37:00 -
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Originally by: DeathWarrior
Example :
I Buy a Nighthawk for 50million ISK, Nighthawks sell on market for 160+ or so.
Viceroy says that when I lose the ship I lose 160mil, which I think is incorrect because I would only lose the money I originally invested which was 50mil.
How Can I lose money I dont have?
You lost an asset worth 160m. You lost 160m.
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Shayla Sh'inlux
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Posted - 2006.06.23 18:01:00 -
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I'm with Viceroy.
Losing a ship that you can sell for 200mil means you just lost something worth 200mil. If I mine the minerals for a BS and build it from a copy I got for free it doesn't mean I lose nothing when it goes pop.
It means I lost a ship worth 95-ish mil on the market. The fact that I didn't pay that actual amount has nothing to do with it.
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Avon
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Posted - 2006.06.23 18:04:00 -
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I guess you could ask 10 different people and get 10 different answers.
I just look at my wallet.
If I buy a HAC it costs me 40mil
I can't sell it on, so there is no hidden value to me.
If I lose it, it will cost me 40mil to replace it.
Now, if someone kills me they may put a different value on that loss, but bottom line to me is 40mil, no matter what way you slice it.
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Clementina
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Posted - 2006.06.23 19:02:00 -
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Originally by: Avon
I guess you could ask 10 different people and get 10 different answers.
I just look at my wallet.
If I buy a HAC it costs me 40mil
I can't sell it on, so there is no hidden value to me.
If I lose it, it will cost me 40mil to replace it.
Now, if someone kills me they may put a different value on that loss, but bottom line to me is 40mil, no matter what way you slice it.
If your ship flying habits are being subsidized by somebody else, then you have to take into account how much your benefactor loses when you lose a ship. For instance for simplicity's sake, suppose your deal was even better! let's say you paid 0 isk for a HAC. Now when you bite the dust, you're probably going to requisition a new HAC. This new HAC will cost something to build, and could have been sold to some empire carebear for 200 million isk. Ergo, 200 million was lost, none of it by you, and 200 million of it by your benefactor.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.06.23 19:05:00 -
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Originally by: Clementina
Originally by: Avon
I guess you could ask 10 different people and get 10 different answers.
I just look at my wallet.
If I buy a HAC it costs me 40mil
I can't sell it on, so there is no hidden value to me.
If I lose it, it will cost me 40mil to replace it.
Now, if someone kills me they may put a different value on that loss, but bottom line to me is 40mil, no matter what way you slice it.
If your ship flying habits are being subsidized by somebody else, then you have to take into account how much your benefactor loses when you lose a ship. For instance for simplicity's sake, suppose your deal was even better! let's say you paid 0 isk for a HAC. Now when you bite the dust, you're probably going to requisition a new HAC. This new HAC will cost something to build, and could have been sold to some empire carebear for 200 million isk. Ergo, 200 million was lost, none of it by you, and 200 million of it by your benefactor.
However, to the benefactor, Avon's effectiveness in PvP is worth more than 200 million per HAC.
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Arkanor
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:07:00 -
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You only have one, market cost OR opportunity cost. In a way, both people are right, but the final decision comes to the person who lost the ship.
Example A: I buy a Deimos for 80m, I lose it when the market cost is 200m.
I have two options
1. Buy a new Deimos (Lose 200m)
2. Don't buy a new Deimos (Lose opportunities afforded by that Deimos.)
You choose which price you want to pay, whether it be ISK or opportunities.
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wierchas noobhunter
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:20:00 -
[50]
Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
Edited by: Jenny Spitfire on 23/06/2006 13:31:46
If you are poor, you are blue. If you are rich, you are red.
lol
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arkarsk
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:31:00 -
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Some of you guys seriously need to take a Micro/Macro Econ 100 course....
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Antodias
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:44:00 -
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Tsk, what I find annoying is the typical viewpoint that Communists are evil and/or full of themselves.
Time for a history/sociology/politics lesson...
*Prepares*
I'll be back. 
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Your Name
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:51:00 -
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Lose a ship?
The ship is dust at that gateway, and the mods are all in that other guys cargo hold. I didn't lose anything, I know exactly where it is.......
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:55:00 -
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Opportunity cost only comes into play if the action you were doing with the ship and the time spent thereon did not contribute to your wallet or assets. If you were using the ship to fly about looking for fights then there is probably no opportunity cost.
You also have to factor in the following variables:
Long term isk value of experience gained during the loss of ship which contributes to reduced risk of ship loss in future encounters. This experience may save you 5 apocs over a year perhaps.
Cost of time spent *****ing about buying new bits and pieces. This is why I tend to buy 3x what I ever actually need.
Whether your insurance was about to run out or not.
TBH you lose more money by spending time trying to work it out than by actually losing ships.
but, for the sake of it, I reckon its just whatever you paid for it, plus insurance, plus modules.
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Nike
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Posted - 2006.06.23 20:57:00 -
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Edited by: Nike on 23/06/2006 20:57:17
Digi wins this round.
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Bosie
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Posted - 2006.06.23 21:07:00 -
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Originally by: MOOstradamus
Edited by: MOOstradamus on 23/06/2006 13:28:13
In the BLUE corner we have Viceroy who states that the 'cost of a lost ship is the market value at which you could have sold it'.
Whilst in the RED corner we have DigitalCommunist who asserts that this doesn't take into account opportunity cost (however as he's too full of himself to respond to others this may be slightly inaccurate).
*EDIT: Opportunity Cost: The cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a certain action. Put another way, the benefits you could have received by taking an alternative action. *
Let the discussion commence ..
Neither, one or both. It's a personal issue.
Bosie.
"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word,
which means more to me than any other.
That word is ENGLAND."
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Nike
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Posted - 2006.06.23 21:09:00 -
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Originally by: Arkanor
You only have one, market cost OR opportunity cost. In a way, both people are right, but the final decision comes to the person who lost the ship.
Example A: I buy a Deimos for 80m, I lose it when the market cost is 200m.
I have two options
1. Buy a new Deimos (Lose 200m)
2. Don't buy a new Deimos (Lose opportunities afforded by that Deimos.)
You choose which price you want to pay, whether it be ISK or opportunities.
Well. if you loose it then...
You loose the 80 mil you paied, the 120 mil you could have made by selling it, and the 200 mil you have to pay for new one. Total 400 mil.
By not buying the ship at all, youve earned 80 mil. 
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Olivin
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Posted - 2006.06.24 11:39:00 -
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Edited by: Olivin on 24/06/2006 11:41:14
Originally by: Arkanor
You only have one, market cost OR opportunity cost. In a way, both people are right, but the final decision comes to the person who lost the ship.
Example A: I buy a Deimos for 80m, I lose it when the market cost is 200m.
I have two options
1. Buy a new Deimos (Lose 200m)
2. Don't buy a new Deimos (Lose opportunities afforded by that Deimos.)
You choose which price you want to pay, whether it be ISK or opportunities.
It's all wrong.
Blue corner: If you bought a Deimos for 80 mil, and loose it -- you lost 80mil cash ( purchase price) and 120 mil equity ( capital gain), because you could sell your Deimos for 200 mil, instead of loosing it. (By buying new Deimos you don't loose anything, unless market value changes after you bought it.)
Red corner: However, you should take on account at least an opportunity presented at the point of loss. Let's say, you were camping belts and used your Deimos to attack Chelm ( rare NPC), who suppose to drop 500mil worth of loot. But you didn't get this loot, because you lost your Deimos and now Chelm is gone. So, you lost 500mil or you lost an opportunity to make 500mil, which pretty much the same thing. This example is primitive ( PVP scenario will be a lot more costly and complex), but illustrative.
Bottom line: Digi is right and Viceroy is wrong.
Olivin
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Vanesa Garcia
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Posted - 2006.06.25 13:03:00 -
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Probably Digi, so Blue corner.
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