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Problem is, that the balance of the game would be in danger with stuff like that. Even if you start with ammo.

Ships for sure wont be changed like that. You would get alot of overpowered ships. Think about what would come out, when you mix a Drake with a Dominix? In case of ships I think T3 is, what intends to give you more freedom.

Invention is limited, cause the men power behind it is limited.

Little off topic but it has to be said about invention.

I do know about invention. Frankly, I wonder why CCP called it invention because you dont actually invent anything. It already exists. In technical terms, you simply 'draft' the t2 blueprint from the t1 copy.

And the way EVEONLINE invention works, it is based on the priniciples of 'chance'... a gamble. If the item is already invented (exists in the game) and you are 'drafting' a t2 blueprint based on the t1 variant, it should not be based on a 'gambling' system to create but an 'attrition system'. So if your skills are high in said invention you should have not a mere 25%+ chance (say to invent a ship bpc) to get the t2 variant but a much greater chance. Hence, by attrition based on your skill set, you stand a chance of destroying the materials used. Bad skills you mess up the draft and have to start again more often than not. Good skills (say... maxed), very few are destroyed in the process.

Bottom line is, invention as we know it isnt invention at all.. its a craps shoot even on maxed skills.

EEk, call the feds were breaking the game now.

lets try another look from eh eyes of some one that has done a bunch of invention. the lack of a bpo on completion isn't cool even if it were a super rare deal some would be awesome. also i believe invention should get the inventor the next lvl of ship or gun pbo. so say i invent a amarr frigate i would have a chance to get a bpo of a bigger frigate and on.

So basically i see invention as some thing that i can start with the bpo of the smallest of a item and slowly invent it to a end game item.

like a bpo to a small projectile ammo could be invented all the way to a xl projectile.

invention has a load of options. After delving into it myself you quickly learn that you either got lucky when you choose your invention research, or you had bad luck and choose to put your SP where people have t2 BPO's then your sp is wasted and you have almost no hope of competing.


there really is alot of options all of which are SP required tho.

It's all about balance. The ability to mix-and-match ships to produce new, modified ship designs would be a balance nightmare. Most of these ships would be horrible, with fitting statistics completely inappropriate for their bonuses.

One thing you need to understand is that anything in Eve that is based on a predictable model will be completely modelled and worked in such a way that optimal results can be gained every time. This will result in the "superships" for each class being built and used by the biggest alliances while less-knowledgeable people won't be able to compete. Ultimately this would have little impact on anything, you'd just have a new crop of "best" ships to buy on the market and it would be harder for the "small guy" to compete because of the steady stream of perfect BPCs being generated by the big boys.

Yeah....know the Lore you speak of.

But the literal definition of invention is to "craete" or "invent" something new....

Invention in the game mechainics is more of an upgarde or a modification towards a known product is not unique to itself.

Not necessarily invention in my definition of the word...but ok.

Isn't all this obvious, just by definition ? Everything in game is pre-programmed and nothing new can't be "truly invented". It can't be anyhow else. Excluding human behaviour and decisions they make, thats' what actual game is.