VortiK
Destructive Influence
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.01.16 03:23:00 -
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Invention isn't easy yes. I'm not sure what CCP was/is expecting from invention about T2 market but here's my point of view.
As said by TomB, interface isnt consumed by an invention job nor stuck in it for its duration. Making it a life long item, enabling you to virtually invent anything you want and at any rate.
In fact, the only thing limiting you is the succes chance (roughly 50% with good named items, bpcs, tools) and the Datacores needed for the job.
Maybe tweaking the datacore (which is a ressource) drop instead of the interface (which is an undestructible tool) would be better ? Otherwise interfaces could just become another no value item that, in the long run, everybody will have.
Maybe keep the interface in the lab during the job if it's going to be easier to drop and build ? As it is you could just get 50 of your corp mates and launch as much job as you can with the necessary components.
Getting an interface BPC requires effort, about 10 hacking site to get the chance of looting it. I got like 3 in a month of exploration. Looks quite ok for something you'll never lose. Exploration gameplay isn't the most exciting thing with its 1 click/5minutes stuck in a cov-ops but it's a bit better with some skills.
The real pain comes when you want to build it. The materials drops in the same hack sites and other locations, but at a low rate, this requires some grind and lot of time. Could help to get a bit more from thoses hack site but then again, that's a little effort for such a valuable item. Then again, but the time you get the bpc you'll have some of the materials, except for that nightmare ship interface.
Science before invention was about launching a BP in a lab and going to do something else. Now there is much more to do, it is actually a full time activity. Hell, even the BPCs market is going to get alive. None the less it requires efforts, but it is really rewarding and by looking at cap rechargers II prices it seems to be doing its purpose.
Now maybe CCP wants to speed the process up, but the market prices are going to get lowered a lot. Invention gets you bad ME's so BPO are still valuable, everyone's happy but what will happen when T2 will get to rock bottom and everyboddy in vagabond ? Is T3 coming to replace the elite priced stuff ? Harder invention process, rare tool/interface drop or just less luck of job success ? All in all, lot of variables to play with, just make sure you know what you hit and the consequences.
Anyway, more accessible good stuff, more people using it, more killing, more fun I guess.
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