Science & Industry

Oh hai. This thread again.

Yes, t2 BPOs are an unfair advantage. No, they are not an insurmountable advantage.

Pretty sure they're just talking about the new decryptors (which are not a unilateral invention buff) and maybe the POS tweaks. Anything that actually unilaterally "buffs" invention would be pretty unlikely to actually buff invention income, and could easily have the opposite effect.

No, they're really not an unfair advantage.

Hell, at the net asset value of most players, the dumbest thing you can do with a T2 BPO is to actually possess one.

I've always been against static content, BPOs included. I still have vivid memories of Cap Recharger II's at 20m each. Anyway, invention isn't so hard, and I don't see why we can't have ALL T2 content dynamic and created by the player base through invention.

And a 10 year ROI? What can I say? You could get run over by a bus tomorrow.

I can't tell if you're being deliberately obtuse, of if you're actually this ******* stupid for realsies.

The reason that it is dumb for most low-NAV players to possess them is because they're one of the lowest returning investments in the game. Someone making poor use of their money doesn't make it okay to simply delete their investment instrument, and the value it is presently storing.

How about we delete your entire NAV instead, just, y'know, because? I mean, why not? Is the game going to suffer if all of your assets are arbitrarily deleted at the behest of another player? I doubt it would. Plus, it would be funny to watch!

What? You're not okay with that?

About the only thing that the arbitrary and unnecessary deletion of trillions in asset value would do is completely torpedo the integrity of the game as a whole. If we can start stripping away assets for no legitimate gameplay reason, your assets are on the block, too.

Since you're so keen on the idea, we should probably start with yours, right?

It's pretty easy to be cavalier about handwaving away other people's work, so here's a modest proposal: Don't like T2 BPOs? Buy them and delete them yourself. Not willing to eat the loss? Then **** off, because T2 BPOs are WAY beneath entitled parasites who think the game should be made "fair" for them on the list of things that are wrong around here.

Remarkably easy for those of a certain political/social lean, and for those that think the world owes them something. Like math, having to actually WORK for something is hard.

The only thing the new decryptors are likely to do is give more options when inventing larger ships. Unless they're common as dirt and hence cheap as dirt, they'll still likely be uneconomical to use in module and ammo invention.

Options, yes. General invention buff, not really.

My suspicions is that the economics guy at CCP recommended to leave in the T2 BPOs in the game to see what effect they'd have on the market.

Not beyond the wit of CCP to refund the value of each BPO to the person holding it. There are various ways of determining the price that I won't go in to.

Is that not obtuse enough for you?