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Morphite; Why going so low?
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Kaycerra
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2012-08-11 01:59:25 UTC
Javajunky wrote:
TLDR - Year End Predictions...


TRITANIUM: 2.50 to 2.90

PYERITE: 4.0 to 4.5

MEXALLON: 19.0 to 21.0

ISOGEN: 30 to 32
NOCXIUM: 400 to 425

ZYDRINE: 625 to 675

MEGACYTE: 1800 to 1850

MORPH: 2900 to 3200



A year ago CCP wanted to make mining more valuable...



... changing the UI so it's harder for real life multi-boxers

... redoing mining ships to make them bot friendly

... buffing all the other mining ships and doing nothing for the pro-mining folks
and hulks
... nerfing cargo on hulks, the only ship to use if you are a hard core miner



Hmmm... I guess CCP didn't really want the Multi-boxer's money anyway...

All in all - CCP ran around a big ol tree and got right back to where they started... mining won't be worth doing in empire and it will be be afk abused in null sec because no one will care if that ship just got blown up because it's costs nothing to replace.



You don't quite get the whole concept of, the lower the reward goes, the less people are going to do it, do you. Mining has not gotten any more enjoyable than it was before, and a lot of our high prices, are the direct result of bots being banned, and mining being tedious and boring. Some new safer ships are not by any means going to make people mine to the point of making less than half of what they make now. What a stupid and poorly thought out set of predictions to make. I can only assume you also prepare for Y2K every new years and expect it to happen.
Cheekybiatch
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2012-08-12 02:40:43 UTC
Morphite is a bit of a dead weight resource.

It doesn't yield too much, it's a hassle to mine and null sec is now forced to mine it.

It may balance out again with the removal of drone loot but the current reality is it's like thulium, everyone thinks it should be rare and expensive but it's common and more is produce than used.
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#23 - 2012-08-12 03:36:53 UTC
corestwo wrote:
Now, months later, those mineral prices are at that same price.

Makes you think, doesn't it. Blink


Pyerite is far higher than it had been for a long time. Mining is worthwhile. The difference is that miners determine the value of their collective time these days, not drone ratters. Just as long as the ADHD, "make mining more interesting" types don't get their way, actual miners will be happily mining away until mining drops back down to the order of 10-15M ISK/hr in hisec.

Perhaps CCP should redesign Industrial bonuses in nullsec so that high industry means more than just having more **** to shovel?

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