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Also, a large portion of the bounties already follow that rule GÇö the more people rat/explore/run anomalies, the fewer are available. So by that token, bounties aren't a problem eitherGǪ

True, which is why they have classically been a source of worryGǪ

GǪso when people are abandoning that infinite supply of ISK for something that's supposedly finite, that tells you something about what that finite activity can deliver, and why you should keep a very close eye on it.

if people are abandoning an infinite ISK source to get to it, it is a cause for worry since it tells us that we're nowhere near that yet and it's already a significant contributor to the ISK supply.

And there is one. Your sec status goes up quite nicely when you pop Sansha BS. So one could very well keep running Incursions even if the wallet is about to explode already.

As luck would have it, we do know that. Even if we assume that the highsec incursions are run at max efficiency, there's still roughly twice as much in untapped incursion income waiting in the systemGǪ

Farm bounties in 0.0 for an hour. Proceed to farm incursions in high-sec for an hour. See where you make more ISK.

Hint: It's not the 0.0 bounties.

"Please leave my no-risk ISK fountain alone and nerf the already pathetic income from 0.0 bounties"

Except if the payment for said job doesn't rise with the rising costs of things, your point is moot. When was the last time you got a "raise" in EVE.

Just curious, are there any numbers for what bounty isk facets were like pre-incursions for comparison? I'm curious to see how much isk influx from other activities decreased if any as a result of their introduction.

You do realize speculation on Drone bounties and a war themed expansion are causing people to stock up right?

Except that wont be able to count the other factors that affect those fleets. It is not simple to factor VGs.

Yes only a supercarrier should be able to kill deadspace rats right?

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You still haven't learned, have you...

Those numbers that "someone" posted say that something on the order of 30% of all bounty income is Incursions.

19% (8.6T of 45.4)

I certainly hope the "among other things" addresses the extreme risk vs reward imbalance that nullsec caused.

Turn Incursions off for two months, see what happens to the PLEX market. My prediction is that the PLEX market will die in the arse (that's a technical term meaning, "suffer a severe correction in price position"), and along with that you'll find a large number of unsubscriptions due to people leaving the game who were only playing to be part of space raiding guilds.

Not that this would be a problem if they fell in line with the risk=reward factor that everything in eve is supposed to have.

And as I stated, caps/supers in 0.0 PVE should get you an instant pwn fest

the way they do in w-space.

warp a solo carrier to a site in class five and watch the fireworks.

As far as injecting a gazillion isk into the economy... as long as it results in a gazilion isk in pvp ships dying, then all is well. Where as high-sec incursions suffer ship loss only from unwary pilots and unfortunate ganks. That isn't nearly enough to balance against the inflow.

Yes, but that limit is pretty high and we haven't reached it yet. That was part of my interest in what Soundwave said early on.

-Liang

I take it back. It's exactly like what goes on in academic economics.

The same people crying today about inflation