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Posted - 2004.05.27 09:29:00 -
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 Originally by: Commander Talon
There simply is not enough Lab slots for the number of players currently playing.
If CCP does not increase the number of LAB slots by a serious amount then many players will find it impossible to experience a significant part of the game.
CCP need to change the number of LAB slots to at least 100 per station or better still every Player should have at least 2 LAB slots just for them to use at research stations the same way every player has a Hanger at any station they visit.
Commander Talon
Agreed completely here, there aren't enough labs. I'm not short of any now, but when I was looking for slots, I know how hard it was, and I posted a similar message then. The responses were "Try out of the way systems, and 0.4 space and lower, etc".
Originally by: MasterTao
who is gonna buy bpc if everyone can research? Eventually everyone will have enough money to afford their own bpo, then what? better keep it scarce so those dedicated researchers can actually make some money. If you really want lab, buy them.
People who want to make one item of something will continue to buy BPCs. Players who don't have 1 billion isk spare to buy a battleship BPO will buy BPCs, whether they have 0 lab slots or 1000. I make isk fine from selling BPCs, and more slots will not ruin that. Just because more players can research, doesn't automatically mean they will. Many players enjoy the PvP and combat part of the game, and they won't spend millions of isk on a blueprint, slot, minerals and build weapons, they'll get them from the market, or their corps with the BPs.
Originally by: Darantil
I agree something does need to be done about labs slots. MasterTao while I agree that not everyone should be automatically able to do research the lab slots being free should not be the barrier.
Darantil
Why shouldn't everyone be able to use a lab? If a player would rather build something himself, and keep a BPO which is a nice asset, why can't they? They pay the same monthly subscriptions as everyone else does, and should be entitled to play it how they want. Being unable to mine in 0.0 space in bulk is one thing, not being able to break into Tech II items is one thing, not enough lab slots is something else. It just makes life very difficult, and unecessarily so.
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