Laendra
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Posted - 2006.11.15 14:01:00 -
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I'm really hoping that invention fixes what is wrong with the T2 market (and beyond), but it won't. You will still have the bulk of the T2 money going to the holders of the T2 BPOs, because they will continue to have a monopoly on unlimited blueprints.
You want to make an invention path that works, allow us to follow a research path that allows us to convert a T1 BPO to a T2 BPO. Give us a real science profession. I've said it numerous times in the past, and it is still needed today. This would be even better than seeding the market with T2 BPOs (3 to 6 months after released), which, honestly, is the only other solution.
You could do completely away with that farce of a lottery. It would have the effect of driving up demand for T2 components, which would increase their price, which would draw more people out of empire into <0.3 space, which would cause more conflict, which would result in use of more T2 which would increase the demand for T2 components, etc.
T2 blueprint research would be driven by both need and profit. Once the profit of an item is seen as high enough, more will be researched...once it drops to an acceptable level, no more will be produced, except as needed. You'd see a significant increase in the number of T2 BPOs in 0.0 space, which would help populate that market economy, creating a need to bring advanced industrial based people out to 0.0 to run the manufacturing of these items. It would cause a significant demand for outposts (factory and research) that would probably far outshadow refinery outposts, driving up the infrastructure of the various regions. Once the Admin outposts get the appropriate lovin' they need to make them useful, those would be in demand as well, for more than just office space.
The only downside to doing this, is that the T2 BPO monopoly owners, who would want to see invention fail, in any form, would lose their strangle-hold on the economy, and wouldn't have an unlimited license to produce limitless ISK. As it is now, they produce the most ISK, allowing them to buy up the T2 BPOs, which allows them to produce even more ISK, etc. It has ballooned out of control, and you, CCP, need to put the brakes on it, before we start leaving in droves.
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