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Posted - 2004.01.18 11:02:00 -
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Noone is complaining Cao Cao. Least of all Brynhilde.
So far every tech-2 bp mentioned on the forums has been awarded for very few rp. A couple of players have expressed worry that it might imply that the distribution system isn't working in the manner it was intended/described.
Obviously, with only a half-dozen or so examples, it doesn't prove anything. But it's still enough to worry some of us who have invested significant time in research and want our fair chance.
Brynhilde was nice enough to post her information in the hopes of drawing out some more examples, either to provide some contradictory data (even just 1 example of a bps awarded/offered to a high rp project) or to shed more light on what might be a problem. We're all quite aware of how the distribution system is supposed to work. Just looking for reassurance that it actually is working that way.
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Posted - 2004.01.18 17:14:00 -
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Will pass 3k RPs in Mech Engineering this afternoon.
None of the longer term research projects are hitting. The BPs all seem to be going to projects just several days old with just a few hundred RP.
My growing concern is that there's a bug where projects are being left out of the lottery. Perhaps because they were started too long ago.
The lottery was supposed to make it possible to get lucky with a few RP. But a 2000 RP project was still supposed to have 10 times the chance of a 200 RP project. Instead it's beginning to look as though investing in a long-term project is a good way to insure you get nothing.
And I don't agree with the theory that the majority of RP are in small short projects. There are quite a few players who knuckled down early and who have built up some high RP totals. Why are none of them getting BPs?
Please, if anyone at all has been offered a BP on an older, higher RP project, post some information about it.
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Relentless
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Posted - 2004.01.18 18:12:00 -
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Cheese anyone?
Are you lost? The pimple-popping trollers channel is three doors down.
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Posted - 2004.01.18 18:44:00 -
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Thanks. I have considered the fact that a chunk of the early projects were starship and turret research, and likely haven't been eligable for a lottery yet. But a lot weren't as well. My project is mech engineering. I thought I was being clever going after a generic field when I expected everyone to research starships, but it turns out a number of other people had the same idea.
Still, obviously there are lots of possible innocuous reasons for all the low rp payoffs. That's why the request for information.
Would you mind giving one more bit of data; what day did you start your project on? Just for the record, I began mine on 12/28.
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Posted - 2004.01.18 19:19:00 -
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There's *vastly* more small-rp projects than there are large ones...
On what source are you basing that statement? Or are you guessing? The people I know fall into in two camps. Those who prepped and started a project fairly early and have 1000s of RP, and those who haven't yet gotten their skills/standings up enough to start the project they want, but expect to be there soon. The two camps are roughly equal in number. (of course there's a third camp that doesn't give a damn, but I'm leaving them out)
The few recently started projects I know of, I heard about through this forum. I've yet to hear anything that would make me believe that the small projects even outnumber the large projects, much less the kind of ratio you're describing.
This would be a great statistic for a GM or dev to come in and give us a hint on. Or someone who knows a lot of researchers.
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Posted - 2004.01.19 17:48:00 -
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Looking forward to get a new T2BP on friday!
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U need a Small Armor Repairer II?
YES! Contact Ygdrasil inc.
No getting greedy Bry. Give some of us other poor researchers a chance too.
I've got a mental image of a Tempest covered with the effects of a Crapbomb II. Ugh. No station would let you dock after that.
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