Shin Ra
BURN EDEN Terra Incognita.
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Posted - 2006.12.08 09:49:00 -
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Firstly, please do not comment on a system if you don't understand it. This has nothing to do with supply and demand economics. Also, I have several million RP across about 7 different characters. So far I have had the following bpo offers:
Gremlin Javelin rocket Spike M Javelin L Havoc precision heavy
The last 3 I recieved this summer while on vacation and missed them :(. That being said, these 4 bpos are not very profitable and would not make me a trillionaire anytime soon.
Anyway, forgetting alliance internal markets, HACs are generally produced by people with the BPOs - fairly simple so far! Now, what happens next? Nobody is really sure. The general assumption is that the "greedy" bpo owners all agree to sell their ships/modules for a really high price because they are evil baby-eating scum. Well that may be the case sometimes, but the vast majority of t2 bpo owners will produce for their friends or simply put their items on the market at the cheapest price in order to sell them.
Hang on, if thats all that happens, surely its all supply + demand economics afterall?
NO
There is a further step, one which many people are totally unaware of.
The reason you pay so much for t2 mods AND named mods: Re-Sellers!!!!
You should be screaming for CCP to nerf reselling if everyone is so upset.
Re-Sellers purchased ships and mods for a low price and sell for a higher price. It takes a lot of initial capital to pull this off but it can be done for almost any non t1 item. Now, I don't pretend to understand excatly how resellers work, it is a very cloak and dagger world. But everyone ignores just how big of a contribution these guys make to the high prices. Given the data they have, its very difficult for CCP to analyse reselling patterns thus judge how to react.
The reasons given for seeding of new bpos are "there are more people in the game now".
This implies CCP believe that demand is high and supply is short.
Initially, I believe prices will drop. But, in 3 months time I believe everything will be the same prices again.
More blogs from that dude who did the economics analysis and calculated inflation plz CCP.
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