Khanh'rhh
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Posted - 2012.03.16 22:42:00 -
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OP:
If bounty payments did not change at all and incursions added 99% of the ISK that bounties did, that would be a doubling of the ISK entering the game AND your statement and the statement in the devblog would be true. That it is "less" does not mean it is insignificant.
Unless there's any data on how many characters would be running missions instead of incursions weighing two different groups of players against one another is meaningless.
Let's look at a generic mission bear before Incursions started. These players would tick something like 60mil per hour from level 4s. Some of that is revenue from salvage / loot / LP conversion and the actual "bounty ticks" from a 60mil per hour income were/are closer to 20-30 per hour.
If that player now runs Incursions, they will be earning ~100mil per hour, and none of that is from salvage / loot or LP conversion (indeed, LP profits are on top of the high figures you see thrown about).
I simply find it impossible to believe that the average player grinding PVE content to make ISK is not causing the creation of significantly more ISK than before. Indeed, logically, it is almost impossible for them to be creating LESS ISK than before.
Whether or not inflation is currently being balanced by a large number of ISK sinks presently (or indeed from mineral faucets...) is harder to ascertain, but it is very hard to imagine a logical scenario in which your average PVE grinder could possibly be creating less ISK.
The very nature of the problem is thus:
- Anyone still running missions will illicit no change on the economy
- Anyone shifting to incursions (fully or partially) will see a larger amount of their income from pure ISK
With the bounty injections remaining seemingly steady, but with the "new" ISK from Incursions reaching 33% of the total amount, one could conclude that the Incursion content itself is more open to grinding and inspires ISK creation.
CCP Diagoras has already released figures showing the average ISK made per character running Incursions is MANY MANY MANY MANY times what the average mission runner is pulling in, simply looking at the ISK.
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