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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2007.02.09 20:56:00 -
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So, due to kieron's first post does that mean that this would have been 'quietly ignored' if Kug hadn't uncovered it, and the community hadn't been so passionate? Is it in fact possible for a Dev to cover their tracks, seeing as this wasn't detected at the time (nor during the IA investigation); and if so, how much more has been missed?
What about BoB? Whilst 'prior knowledge' cannot be proved at all, several T2 BPO's for 6 months have a definitely secondary impact on the amount of money and progress an alliance can make. Are these effects to go unbalanced? After all, CCP puts players accounts into negative ISK if they have gained that ISK through underhand means.
Whilst I can see Devs need to play this game, I agree with the suggestions that they need their hands 'cut off' to some degree. Can CCP not implement a higher level of logging on employee player characters?
I hope this investigation has not ended, and that details will still be released to the community. As it stands, I suspect that unfortunatly a lot of people will want t20's head for this, and an apology via DevBlog will not heal things.
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2007.02.09 21:02:00 -
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 Originally by: Traxio Nacho
I know it wasn't right him spawning the BPO's and not condoning it but other than the sabre BPO the ammo BPO isk wise is so low I doubt all of them put together made no more than afew hundred mil if that.
Also if they we're made to be used and none we're sold it would be difficult to get the isk back?
I guess CCP can lookup the number of runs a BPO has been used for, and fine BoB for that amount. Though it is difficult to judge the 'value' of T2 stuff, since it;s mostly a seller's market.
The alternative is to remove an equal number of existing items (that have been created) from BoB's pilots. If 20 Sabre's have been made, remove those 20 Sabre's from hangars if they exist.
Of course, this creates a secondary paper trail of the minerals and components that BoB legitimately put into their manufacture.
It's going to be a nightmare.
It think also, aside from the 'few hundred mill', that's not the point. Taking it to the n'th degree, imagine if an alliance got hold of a Titan that it shouldn't have. Such a ship could cause massive amounts of collateral damage to enemies that wouldnt have been possible without said Titan. It could even effectively destroy an alliance. So the 'lost ISK' goes far beyond any ships that have been created.
And I suspect someone trying to work out the financial loss to other players from BoB's illigitimate will effectively be impossible.
So, the BPO buttefly flexed its wings, and through chaos theory caused tidal waves thousands of miles away.
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2007.02.09 21:06:00 -
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As I said above. It's the immesurable differences. If a fleet decided not to attack, because the enemy had two extra T2 ships.
We'll never know.
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2007.02.09 21:12:00 -
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Originally by: Waagaa Ktlehr
Originally by: FireFoxx80
As I said above. It's the immesurable differences. If a fleet decided not to attack, because the enemy had two extra T2 ships.
We'll never know.
You can buy Sabres on the market too you know... They fit in carriers, I move them all the time. :) And they're pretty dirt cheap throwaway ships at that. Don't think for a second a single Sabre BPO dictates fleet makeups. :)
But making them for [comparatively] free costs nothing.
As I said earlier, it's immesurable, and certainly unlikely. But it's still possible.
Even a BoB roaming gang then.
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Posted - 2007.02.10 22:26:00 -
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My wife says that "it's only a game", and that "everyone else is just jealous".
So ner ner ner.
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