Vincent Athena
V.I.C.E.
Comic Mischief
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Posted - 2012.03.13 23:21:00 -
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I added up all the sources: 59 trillion
I added up all the sinks: 30.5 trillion
ISK is entering the game at about twice the rate its leaving the game, the actual ratio being 1.94.
If incursions went away and we assume those players would go do L4 missions instead, the 8.556 trillion incursion isk would become maybe 2 trillion additional mission ISK. Then the source/sink ratio would be 1.72.
Even if incursions went away we would still be having a huge influx of ISK, and we had that situation before incursions.
In the long run it will all level out. As prices move up industry becomes more profitable. After all if Trit was 1000/unit it would be silly to do incursions instead of pulling out the Hulk. All industry activities are ISK sinks (taxes, market expenses, etc). As people switch to them the number of players doing ISK source activities will go down and the number doing ISK sink activities will increase.
Eventually the economy will settle into a new equilibrium.
The way CCP has it set up is actually quite clever. The two main ways of making ISK, industry and PvE, tend to balance the economy. Prices drop, people switch to PvE, an ISK source. The ISK supply goes up, we get inflation, people switch to industry, and the ISK source is reduced. This is all because mission payouts and bounties are fixed while prices are free to fluctuate.
The best reason Ive heard for adjusting Incursion income (Which CCP is going to do, they have said so) is its far and away more profitable. There should not be a singe answer to "what is the best profession". Incursions should be a little more profitable than L4 missions as you cannot solo an incursion in a Drake, you got to but more effort into getting to the point where you can to them well. But not as much as it currently is.
My proposal: Change the completion conditions to "all ships destroyed" rather than "hit all the triggers". That will slow down the rate of site completion to CCP's original intent. It also makes RP sense; why would concord want Sansha ships left on the field?
I am running for the CSM. Take a look at my ideas.
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