Cade Windstalker wrote:Rumbaldi wrote:Will this make a lot of the current structure/POS related BPOs obsolete or will the items (like turrets etc) like be manufactured as they are now but the fitting of those items on a POS be different?
They're going to eventually become obsolete.
Old items and BPOs will be reimbursed in some as yet to be determined/disclosed way.Per the Fanfest presentation the new modules will be Structure Only so they aren't tied to the balancing of ship weapons and modules in any way.
It's possible reimbursement will involve the conversion of some old stuff into new stuff but we don't know that for sure right now. We've actually been discussing reimbursement and what would be fair for the last ~4-5 pages.
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LetGÇÖs just say, I am more than a little apprehensive on this one.
I and many others were severely shortchanged when it came to CCP fiats which deleted or combined components in the past.
Blueprints are especially concerning.
I and others have made SIGNIFICANT investments over the years in the existing structure BPOs.
Both in initial cost AND
years of R&D to make these BPOs competitive.
After Crius, CCP introduced scaling research costs that some of us have undertaken on our BPOs in order to bring them up competitive margins. These costs, in both
time and
isk are
non-trivial.
Being reimbursed for heavily researched BPOs solely for the NPC cost of these items is NOT acceptable or in any way equitable/reasonable.
These were not items that were gifted or part of a lottery. These were items which we bought from NPC entities, we paid NPC taxes and fees and invested large amounts of time to R&D them.
Furthermore, due to the current NPC copy costs, it is no longer acceptable to just delete the copies of these items. Again, the copy costs of many of these BPOs are non-trivial. As an example, it costs between 10 and 30 Million isk per run (dependent on the indices of the particular system) to make a copy of an outpost BPO.
I have a feeling a lot of folks are going to get stiffed again by CCP on this one.