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Brutor Shaun
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Freelancers UK Alliance
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Posted - 2007.03.25 12:34:00 -
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Can someone please tell me if I'm missing something:-
After sitting and going through the market in several regions, pricing up datacores etc, looking at the time and isk required, and taking in to account there is no guarantee of research success.........how the hell is invention supposed to compete with, or even threaten the T2 market?
As an example.....if I were to research a Stabber BPC to TRY and get a Vagabond BPC, each attempt will cost 80 mill in datacores. Add into the equation the 600 mill Cryptic Ship Data Interface (this is what they're selling for in contracts). Then the Stabber BPC.....I can make these myself. Finally a few 'original items'..... 1 x Stabber is 4.5 mill to build.
Where's the profit to be made? The T2 BPO holders must be laughing in their sleep these days. No more BPOs to compete with them, and the market balancer (invention) is about as balanced as Laurel & Hardey on a see-saw.
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Brutor Shaun
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Posted - 2007.03.25 16:39:00 -
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 Originally by: Eridicus
As for the OP, why are you calculating in the Cryptic Ship Data Interface as a disposable item in your example?
I'm not, but for the research to be viable it's a 'must have'. To recoup the isk spent would take alot of sales if you didn't want to sell it on.
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Brutor Shaun
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Posted - 2007.03.25 17:43:00 -
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Originally by: Lord WarATron
I beleive that t2 bpo's will stay ingame forever, as removing them is stupid.
So, what's going to happen if one gets destroyed? There's no lottery to replace it!
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Brutor Shaun
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Posted - 2007.03.25 18:56:00 -
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Originally by: Argenton Sayvers
Invention was insanely profitable the day it was released
Erm.....no it wasn't. It didn't even work properly.
Originally by: Argenton Sayvers
Before the latest patch (when Datacores sold for 20m+), the profit about "invention" wasnt in the actual invention process, but in the Datacores.
So, invention wasn't profitable then......R+D was.
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