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How are characters valued? Formula to create value?
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clamslayer
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-08-13 11:35:18 UTC  |  Edited by: clamslayer
So what makes a character more valuable than the other?

If character A and character B both have the same exact amount of skill points trained in the same skills what other aspects of the character have a positive or negative affect on value? For example, does kills/losses, name, corp history, etc. change the value? or are characters valued based on skills alone?

Thanks

EDIT: SO IS THERE A FORMULA FOR CREATING VALUABLE CHARACTERS?
Veliaht
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-08-13 11:45:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Veliaht
Primarily how many skillpoints?,
Secondary how well are those skillpoints spent?
Thirdly, everything else: implants, sec status, corp history, name, clones, remaps, etc.
Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#3 - 2013-08-13 11:48:03 UTC
Also don't forget standings.Why to buy a character with -5 standings and can t go anywhere?High standings also mean you can anchor a pos and better trades in current faction areas.

Feel the wrath of the GECKO!
Apelacja
Sad Najwyzszy
#4 - 2013-08-13 12:18:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Apelacja
the best iskies are for specificated characters very focused.
good capitals and boosters are usualy sold for more then other. Also pvp/pve>> industrial

Corp history has an effect when it was a scammer thief etc
Engineer Squiffy
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-08-13 12:28:15 UTC
Apelacja wrote:
the best iskies are for specificated characters very focused.
good capitals and boosters are usualy sold for more then other. Also pvp/pve>> industrial

Corp history has an effect when it was a scammer thief etc



Partially disagree: check my history, in past I've used to run standings creation corps.

A good thing to do is also to check forum archives for posts, just to clear who's thief and who's not.
Nakamiro
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2013-08-13 12:28:54 UTC
If you set aside skillpoints (i.e. equal totals and identical distribution) then the key factors I think are Name, Corp History, Implants and Standings.

You can't change Name or Corp History - if one or both of these presents an issue for the buyer then their valuation of the character would be much lower or in some cases make a sale impractical, no matter the skill points or focus.

Implants are only valuable if they are relevant and most Standings can be repaired. Generally standings are really only an issue if there are Sec Status issues, or the toon is intended for use in Trade/Industry or Faction Warfare. Most other Standings issues can be fixed with ISK or time quite easily.
X ATM092
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2013-08-13 15:06:44 UTC
They are valued by how much the person wanting to buy is willing to pay and how much the person wanting to sell is willing to part with it for. This can lead to massive fluctuations in price. There is no single formula for pricing characters and all attempts to create one have failed spectacularly. The only real way to do it is to read the bazaar for months on end and identify patterns in character training and prices.
Sobel Kenchi
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-08-13 15:49:41 UTC
X ATM092 wrote:
They are valued by how much the person wanting to buy is willing to pay and how much the person wanting to sell is willing to part with it for. This can lead to massive fluctuations in price. There is no single formula for pricing characters and all attempts to create one have failed spectacularly. The only real way to do it is to read the bazaar for months on end and identify patterns in character training and prices.


Absolutely agree. Its about demand and offer.
clamslayer
Doomheim
#9 - 2013-08-16 06:34:42 UTC
So what types of characters sell? What is the value of a million skill points on average?