Lan Wang wrote:
raffle? you still have to buy the sp its more like building your dream car with little bits at a time, or having donor cars to strip parts from and fit to make an even better car, everything still has a value regardless because you still have to either pay or work for it
The analogy's meaning is about "hard earned" vs "easily earned". The SP injection system makes it easier to gain SP, so there's a loss in value because now you can buy it with money. You don't have to earn it through patience and perseverance. It's less "rare", so it's worth less.
Teckos Pech wrote:Orion Pax wrote:
It's pretty obvious that the net SP will be a loss. There's no question about that. However the average amount of SP a main toon will have will go up substantially. Overall everyone's main will have more SP and there will be a lot less toons with lesser amounts of SP.
No, I doubt this will be the outcome. I for example will not use it on my main (injecting that is). I wonGÇÖt even use it on my oldest alt (who is about to break 100 million SP). Even my other alts are high enough SP and close enough to where I want them that the diminishing returns make the use of SP injectors the least preferred method of gaining SP.
In fact, some SP might be coming from main characters depending on the cost of SP extractors. For example, I might be able to scrounge enough SP On my main to justify buying maybe 1 SP extractor. Depending on the prices I might farm SP on an alt. But overall the market could be surprisingly thin. Depends on the price of an extractor. For example, my guess is that the long run price of a SP injector will be bounded below by about 1/3 the price of PLEX. If I can sell my SP injectors from a farming alt to cover the cost of a PLEX and the extractors I'll probably farm SP. If not, harder to say.
As for your car example, IGÇÖd go back to the dealership and invoke the clause where I essentially cancel the sale and get my money back less a restocking fee. Then off IGÇÖd go in my newly won car with all that money I earned to have a good time!
There are always exceptions, however I'm talking about overall in general and long term effects on the game. Injectors will become common place given time. Back in the old days, Titans didn't even exist. Now, they're quite common.
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
I'm not sure how this analogy really works in parallel to the change. Mainly due to the fact that training is a different mechanic than saving money (the former is an inevitability while the latter involves either decreasing spending or increasing earning continuously till the goal is met) and the injector mechanic is even less relatable to a raffle.
If anything it's actually the injector mechanic which most resembles saving/working for the car actively (the value of research is the same either way), but I doubt such a relation was your intention.
The analogy's meaning is about "hard earned" vs "easily earned". The SP injection system makes it easier to gain SP, so there's a loss in value because now you can buy it with money. You don't have to earn it through patience and perseverance. It's less "rare", so it's worth less.