Nietor
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Posted - 2007.08.17 13:23:00 -
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1) How about taking a look at the mineral composition of things, and adjusting those first.
2)Then, make the size of an item based on the amount of minerals used to make it.
3) After that, restrict the fitting of too large modules at all. A JPG is probably larger than the frigate(or even a cruiser) is to begin with, so why even allow it to be fitted. Make the slots have some sort of size requirement as well as CPU/Grid.
For the person that said they wanted to keep it story related, well.. one could just say "The corporations allowing you to use their refineries learned they could make a lot more money by taxing the reprocessing process further". There, RP reason to take that 20%.
To the person who said corps/alliances/players will lose money because of a bad investment... well imagine this... I go to the hardware store, and buy a crowbar. I use that crowbar to smash someones face in and they die cuz of it. I get charged with murder and end up spending the rest of my life in jail. Poor investment? Should i get a pass because i used it in a manner other than directed? Maybe the 16 year old cashier at the store should take the fall cuz he/she sold it to me... Or maybe... the store owner, he stocked it to sell after all... I think you get my point.
By exploiting (yes i said exploiting) a game mechanic to achieve something you shouldn't be able to, you deserve what you get. I feel no sympathy when CCP changes the rules. I am pretty certain that when they introduced the JPG and/or other capital modules, they did not intend them to be a way of transporting minerals to/from/around 0.0/empire/low-sec. If they realize they made an error, and correct it... too bad to those that were trying to take advantage of the mechanics.
I also read somewhere else, that it really doesn't make much sense to mine an ore whose value is 2 isk per unit, when you have ore thats worth 2000 isk per unit in the next asteroid field. I think they should just remove low quality ores from 0.0, as it really makes no sense what-so-ever to mine it. I can mine arkonor for an hour, and buy the 8m trit i need for a raven with isk left over. Well, not quite.... but maybe when i get into a hulk with t2 crystals!
I guess there has to be a reason to mine it. Heres a random thought. How about a chance of named loot popping out from those giant Veld roids. Least then, those of us in the drone regions would be able to get some, and the ore would probably get mined a lot more. I know that sounds silly... but it *could* work, at least in theory. Maybe that roid could jettison a map to a complex, or pirate hideout instead; only good for x amount of time after examined... The maps could be sold, unexamined on the market for treasure hunters to find the loot.
Theres a lot of possibilities that could be explored into getting people to mine veldspar in 0.0. I also think it could be fun.
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