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Gecko than we love wil cost 200 m each soon

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Elyia Suze Nagala
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2015-11-20 01:22:23 UTC
So riya wrote:
Why put the drone or the ships in game when we can not play with that ?? **** CCP


They were special edition holiday assets from last year. It was a reward from players at that time for having active accounts. That was their point. One time deal. Some day the only ones will be in the hands of collectors.
Elyia Suze Nagala
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#62 - 2015-11-20 01:24:57 UTC
Wait until the become as rare as anaconda mines. No one will buy them for combat usage, but collectors will go ape sh!t over them.
Alastair Ormand
Mine all the things
#63 - 2015-11-20 02:02:42 UTC
Artistul wrote:
Hope they will be 200 mil soon, I got 500 of them. I guess I'll just have to wait a bit Evil


I sold my 50 at 50m. REGRETTTTT

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Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#64 - 2015-11-20 03:37:49 UTC
Alastair Ormand wrote:
Artistul wrote:
Hope they will be 200 mil soon, I got 500 of them. I guess I'll just have to wait a bit Evil


I sold my 50 at 50m. REGRETTTTT




They are still only 70 mill at Jita.

This is a necro thread brought back by the guy that is spreading all the rumours about EVE being free to play :D

The point of the thread at the time was an attempt by the OP to artificially inflate the price of Gecko and it worked for about a week (people were stupid enough to rush out and pay 100 mill for the things) and then prices dropped back to a more normal level.
Caleb Seremshur
Bloodhorn
Patchwork Freelancers
#65 - 2015-11-20 05:23:56 UTC
Elyia Suze Nagala wrote:
So riya wrote:
Why put the drone or the ships in game when we can not play with that ?? **** CCP


They were special edition holiday assets from last year. It was a reward from players at that time for having active accounts. That was their point. One time deal. Some day the only ones will be in the hands of collectors.


Very telling that their price increased by 2500% in a year.

Geckos are technically fighters, will they become true fighter drones in the future?
Agata Matahari
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#66 - 2015-11-20 06:52:14 UTC
Gecko will be re-released on Christmas. price will drop dramatically
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#67 - 2015-11-20 08:11:13 UTC
Agata Matahari wrote:
Gecko will be re-released on Christmas. price will drop dramatically

I'd call bull on account of CCP saying they'll never release geckos again but believing CCP is becoming less of a thing.

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Segraina Skyblazer
Doomheim
#68 - 2015-11-20 08:17:48 UTC
Agata Matahari wrote:
Gecko will be re-released on Christmas. price will drop dramatically


Link source of info?
Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#69 - 2015-11-20 08:36:47 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:
Agata Matahari wrote:
Gecko will be re-released on Christmas. price will drop dramatically

I'd call bull on account of CCP saying they'll never release geckos again but believing CCP is becoming less of a thing.
When did they state that?
I was under the impression that Geckos were one of the few that they'd stated would be released now and then.

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Mortlake
Republic Military School
#70 - 2015-11-20 09:56:07 UTC
So I herd you liek bulk buying Gnosiseseses?

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Avvy
Doomheim
#71 - 2015-11-20 10:01:31 UTC
Gecko's look to be a bit over-powered, it's doubtful they will ever be coming back.
Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#72 - 2015-11-20 11:52:21 UTC
Lucas Kell wrote:
Anize Oramara wrote:
Agata Matahari wrote:
Gecko will be re-released on Christmas. price will drop dramatically

I'd call bull on account of CCP saying they'll never release geckos again but believing CCP is becoming less of a thing.
When did they state that?
I was under the impression that Geckos were one of the few that they'd stated would be released now and then.

I believe it was CCP Fozzie at Alliance tournament. There was apparently another comment by Fozzie at Eve fest that IF the prices got out of hand they MIGHT release another bunch. Considering the gecko prices are falling that doesn't look likely now does it?

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Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#73 - 2015-11-20 12:03:04 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:
I believe it was CCP Fozzie at Alliance tournament. There was apparently another comment by Fozzie at Eve fest that IF the prices got out of hand they MIGHT release another bunch. Considering the gecko prices are falling that doesn't look likely now does it?
Hmm, perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought their aim was to release them periodically so they would continue to be usable drones rather than just collectors items. While the prices are falling they aren't really at the level that they are worth using much. I certainly wouldn't be hedging my bets on them not releasing some.

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Anize Oramara
WarpTooZero
#74 - 2015-11-20 13:08:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Anize Oramara
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/3izy6e/no_more_geckos_ccp_fozzie/

I can't find ANYTHING on the supposed 'might give out more geckos if price goes high enough' anywhere at all. would love it if anyone has some *actual* info on that. Even I jsut heard from someone that someone heard Fozzy say something like that, maybe.

I'm not a betting man but it sounds like a losing bet.

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Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#75 - 2015-11-20 14:05:14 UTC
Anize Oramara wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/3izy6e/no_more_geckos_ccp_fozzie/

I can't find ANYTHING on the supposed 'might give out more geckos if price goes high enough' anywhere at all. would love it if anyone has some *actual* info on that. Even I jsut heard from someone that someone heard Fozzy say something like that, maybe.

I'm not a betting man but it sounds like a losing bet.
Well even on that reddit post he commented "never say never". I'm pretty sure the original claim to put them in again was at fanfest, not sure if it got caught on any of the streams or if it was in a roundtable.

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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#76 - 2015-11-20 15:37:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Nana Skalski
Hasikan Miallok wrote:

This is a necro thread brought back by the guy that is spreading all the rumours about EVE being free to play :D

You seem to be entertained, so it isnt so bad after all.

About rereleasing them: CCP probably could give you people some choice. Like it was in ancient times when you logged in and claimed what you wanted from the system.

Then there was Yule lads lotery.

But watching the latest o7 show I think you will have to earn it in game first, every kind of gift they have prepared.

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SurrenderMonkey
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#77 - 2015-11-20 17:20:47 UTC  |  Edited by: SurrenderMonkey
Geckos were sort of a **** item in that, unlike various other gifts which have been cool and useful, the Gecko flat out obsoletes its standard counterparts.

The only thing that tempers that is obscene pricing, which itself is solely a function of scarcity.

They absolutely should be at a pricepoint that makes them impractical to use most of the time, for most people. Increasing the supply of the obviously overpowered special item to make sure it's affordable in perpetuity would be the very definition of ******* stupid.

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Lara Sunji
Doomheim
#78 - 2015-11-20 17:23:43 UTC
OP stuff is expensive. Also LOL at everyone who lost a gecko to npc's.
Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#79 - 2015-11-20 17:36:55 UTC
Lara Sunji wrote:
OP stuff is expensive. Also LOL at everyone who lost a gecko to npc's.
I lost a couple of geckos to my oh too frequent "fly away without drones" habit. Hardly the end of the world.

SurrenderMonkey wrote:
Geckos were sort of a **** item in that, unlike various other gifts which have been cool and useful, the Gecko flat out obsoletes its standard counterparts.

The only thing that tempers that is obscene pricing, which itself is solely a function of scarcity.

They absolutely should be at a pricepoint that makes them impractical to use most of the time, for most people. Increasing the supply of the obviously overpowered special item to make sure it's affordable in perpetuity would be the very definition of ******* stupid.
They aren't that overpowered, they are only good at close range because they are slow as feck. They also take a staggering amount of damage when attacked. There's no real point in them existing if they get to the point that nobody uses them.

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SurrenderMonkey
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#80 - 2015-11-20 17:50:35 UTC  |  Edited by: SurrenderMonkey
Lucas Kell wrote:
They aren't that overpowered, they are only good at close range because they are slow as feck.


Really? They're slow? Compared to what? Certainly not compared to other heavy drones.

Given comparable pricing, in which circumstances would you preferentially choose a standard T2 heavy drone over a Gecko?

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They also take a staggering amount of damage when attacked. There's no real point in them existing if they get to the point that nobody uses them.


Right now I would say their "real point" in existing is to serve as an illustration of why CCP should stick to handing out Fedos and other such similar worthless doodads and googaws as gifts.

Hand out something good and all of a sudden everyone thinks they're entitled to have that as standard gear forever and ever.

They don't need a mechanical justification for their continued existence. They were a special edition item and it's entirely okay for them to allow the supply to dwindle until they are strictly for collectors and very blingy fits.

So, that's not exactly a meaningful point.

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