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Posted - 2008.07.08 14:00:00 -
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 Originally by: Yaro
Edited by: Yaro on 07/07/2008 18:23:56
Originally by: brinelan
Show me how the cerb costs 18m to make using jita prices for components. Dont forget cost of invention.
I am pretty sure invent cost for the bpc alone is near 18 - 20 m (not looked at this one specifically, but other similar ships are in that range). A purcahsed Cerb BPO would take years to break even on...
this ship was designed to cost less then a BC. If you need explanation, I can explain it to. All t2 BPO were given to the players by CCP using lottery, this drove the cost of those BPO to the insane prices, and cerberus started to cost around 250 millions. Then CCP came up with the idea of invention, which still rises the price of the ship.
But if you could buy t2 BPO at market prices (not contract and not player economy driven prices) then the cost of T2 ships would be much lower.
So by saying this in my previous posts, the only thing that I want to say or explain to ppl, that it is incorrect to compare that 30+ millions drakes is better then 70 millions cerberus (in terms that it is better, because it cost less). You need to compare the ability of those ships. And in current nano age I think cerberus outperforms drake.
if you dont understand what I wrote here, I am happy to explain this again, just ask !
This....! 
And for those out there that want further proof of the actual manufacturing cost of a Cerberus or in fact any ship, check your wallet after you've been blown up and you should find in there the sum of approx 18 million isk for ship destruction (or whatever the sum), just enough to cover your re-manufaturing costs.
It's also irrelevant to compare component prices from one sector to the next because again, that is totally player dependent and that's how the market works. All things being equal you could go out and build and fit a cerberus for under 30 mill, but that isn't the case, nor should it be.
Fair? Hell no, that's just market forces at work.
Vagabond is in the same mould, and not too long ago you couln't find one for under 150 mill, and now current market prices are markedly different. The cost of these ships has no overall bearing on their performance, more so their overall popularity for a particular task, and that is totally player driven.
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