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Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.05 14:47:00 -
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Every single change will apparently lead to masses of players unsubbing in protest. |
Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.05 14:52:00 -
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Skex Relbore wrote:[quote=Lyron-Baktos]Honestly I think we're about to see a recession in EVE.
Obviously you don't even understand what a "recession" is.
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Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.05 15:42:00 -
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Point to where the "downturn in economic activity" is going to occur.
Trying to apply complex real world economic terms to eve phenomenon often leads to oversimplifications like this. Eve does have an economy, but there are fundamental differences that require you to think a little deeper before you make one to one comparisons with the real world.
I will without hesitation agree that there will be a downturn in "GDP", but a "recession" implies far more than that, far more which will likely not occur. Furthermore, given the negative connotations of the term "recession" and the negative connotations of the original argument in this thread, the misuse of the term "recession" is significant. Much of the undesirable aspects of a real recession will not be occurring, while much if not all of the actual impact of a lower overall galactic output will be offset by the fact that it will be being produced by actual players having fun and not bots (how exactly you value the increased playability of mining against an overall decline in the supply of goods being a personal evaluation, not a collective one).
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Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.05 21:42:00 -
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lol another guy threatening to kill eve if ccp doesnt do what he wants
oh gd, so predictable |
Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.06 04:46:00 -
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They very much want things to be, in general, harder to afford and more significant to lose.
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Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.06 05:27:00 -
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You're working with false premises here.
They don't really care about inflation because it's not game-breakingly high and it's not a real world economy. What they care far more about is risk/reward balances, mining as a player-run task, and the devaluation of acquiring ships. Those are the reasons why you're seeing the drone change and the bounty adjustments. Again, they want ships to be harder to get than they are now.
Possible ISK sinks are a whole other matter, and a distant second in importance to balancing the actual output of the economy in a way that promotes generally better gameplay. |
Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.06 05:34:00 -
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Ah, I see. This has nothing to do with "the economy", and everything to do with the incoming risk/reward balancing.
In that case, forget all the "discussion" and just deal wiz it. It's coming, and no amount of NPC alt forum whining and unsub threatening is going to stop it. |
Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.06 05:41:00 -
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OMNOMNOM
Incoherent hisec forum warrior tears. These are only going to get better and better as these changes land and the jita camp starts. |
Darth Tickles
Dark Sun Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.06 20:38:00 -
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DarthNefarius wrote:
lol Darth are you trying to use the Dark side powers to read CCP's minds?
No, I'm following fanfest presentations and dev blogs so I actually know what I'm talking about. |
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