EBANK Ricdic
Eve-Tech Savings n Loans
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Posted - 2008.03.05 09:59:00 -
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Hulks like everything else T2 will have prices based on the following
1) The cost to produce (when I say produce, I mean T2 BPO Owners)
2) The cost to invent
3) Demand on the product
Commonly producers will try to focus their sale price on those of the inventors due to less competition from other producers. There are exceptions to the rule with things such as crappy items/ships, or large amounts of producers (T2 mining laser, t2 ammo etc).
Now, inventors generally know their build costs. However build costs can fluctuate rather wildly due to various factors:
1) Success Rates (an average should be employed but isn't always done so)
2) The moon mineral market (not dealt with by inventors but they see the slide-on effect)
3) The t2 component market (fluctuations here as a result of supply/demand, and most notably fluctuations in raw moon minerals supply/demand)
4) I would suggest the demand on an item would also have an effect on the market however it would be a temporary one adapted until the market adjusted (profits soar, more people invent, profits stabilise).
The biggest drawback to T2 in my eyes is that it has become an almost infinite source. Prices cannot be fixed over sustainable periods, and many items sell below even a producer's (t2 bpo owner) build cost simply because inventors are stupid and value their products incorrectly.
Now there is only one single thing in place that is currently able to cause these fluctuations, and that is raw moon minerals. Most are plentiful in supply however a small cache of them are finite in that their supply is limited. They are the only true items left in Eve with finite supply (that I can think of right now).
Imagine Goonswarm done a huge alliance raid on every single Ferrogel moon in Eve. They focused their entire alliance efforts on this one item. They could effectively charge any price they wanted on this which in turn would cause mass inflation on many T2 item/ships.
If anyone wanted to "win eve" in terms of financial domination this is the way to do it.
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