Autumn Sky
Spartan Industrial Manufacturing
SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.09 22:41:00 -
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 Originally by: Da'iel Zehn
When the new invention system was implemented and the lottery system dismantled, did all the Tech 2 BPO(s) in the game change over to Tech 2 BPC(s)?
If not, then I think it should be done.
1) I think this would be a good choice for game balancing for players who do not have the opportunity any longer to obtain a Tech 2 BPO through the lottery system. It would be fair since some players will never have the opportunity.
There was a recent auction on eBay for Action Comics Issue #1, with the first appearance of Superman. It was in incredible condition for its age. By the end of the auction, the highest bid was $94,000 USD. (However, the reserve price was not met!)
If the world were "fair", I could just find a ragged copy of that comic, scan it, recreate it digitally, print it out, bind it, and sell it for a ridiculous profit. But I wasn't around back then to buy an original issue and seal it away for the future. My parents and grandparents didn't keep one preserved for me. Does that mean that whomever was lucky enough to inherit that comic should give it up, or that every surviving comic should have its cover ripped off so as to devalue it?
I don't see how nerfing Tech 2 BPOs would solve anything. If the BPO holders were there at the right time, in the right place, and inherited an original Action Comics Issue #1....let them keep it! They are having a tough enough time as it is with all the basement recreation comics floating around, flooding the market, and pushing the value of the originals down.
Slackers - We came. We saw. We took our sweet time.
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Autumn Sky
Spartan Industrial Manufacturing
SMASH Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.10 00:28:00 -
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Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
The issue is T2 BPO holders possess an advantage that no other people in the game have. More to the point that no other people in the game can get unless the T2 BPO holder decides to sell their BPO.
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If you do not CCP has effectively handed an advantage to some players which other players can never overcome via normal game mechanics (e.g. via lottery or missions or LP store or what have you) and that is bogus.
I wasn't around to get the snowball launchers CCP handed out a few years ago, so I missed out entirely on that party....sniffle.... So by your logic, all items with limited availability/production should be destroyed or nerfed?
Please, give the older players a break. They've been ISK grinding for longer than we have. Your suggestion is beyond unfair to them. Did you read the hideously long thread about the changes the devs proposed for carriers? I remember it pretty well. I say, let them keep what they worked for. I'm sure at least a few of them earned a Tech 2 BPO or two.
Slackers - We came. We saw. We took our sweet time.
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