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If that is true, hunting a mob in a very dense spawn should yield a lot more skill gain than hunting the same mob in a sparse spawn. I'd be surprised if that's the case I must say, but I've never tested it. It'd be easy to do though, something like Ambu would work since there plenty of natural...

Yes, and for sure for PPs to be successful from a platform point of view they need to bring in players. So I see that point. But they also need to be able to retain those players. I kinda think the fairest solution would be for players 'nationalities' to evolve over time based on where the spend...

I imagine the Moon Manager gets less than a PP; a PP has more responsibilities. But the splits between the different types of activities might be in a similar ratio.

Since he didn't publish the length of his run, you can't really compare his 80% to your 75%. And he didn't really complain, he just said it had never happened to him before. It wasn't exactly a toys-out-of-the-pram post.

I don't think that can be right. Firstly I think MA gets 50% regardless of where it is (unless space in which case 100%). Secondly, CLDs were only equivalent to half a planet sale so whenever CLD gets something, PP Calypso must get something too. So I'd guess: Calypso for Calypso-born: MA 50%...

In terms of equipment, I doubt it. The best items in game still appear to be dropping in price if anything. I doubt a few new uber items like bigger amps and plates will change the overall investment needed to have the best gear all that significantly. At the end of the day though, it's always...

That's a bad strategy :laugh:

Compared to my worst online poker moments, nothing in EU comes near. Then again, compared to my best online poker moments, nothing in EU comes near ;) Dunno, I guess strop-mining with huge amps or strop-crafting on condition, or blindly hof-hunting on mobs I know I'm -ve EV on. They're probably...

Well, the situation appears to be that you are seeing things and he is not. :silly2:

Well, that was part of the fun of being a noob. I remember the first time I explored Amethera for tps, some of the best fun I had in-game. But I doubt I ever fancied running from Wolverine back to Genesis/TI after I'd already done the trip once.

I quite like the idea of teleporters getting disabled/broken during robot invasions, according to how well the invasion is being defended, etc. That adds a bit of depth to the invasion and makes it feel like there are consequences, rather than it just being a load of robot spawns dumped...

I guess the issue with that is that for a newcomer wanting to start out, it would then make sense for anyone 'born' on Calypso to move immediately out to another planet it where they're more equal with everyone else. And lower level stuff also tends to be lower ped cycle stuff, so any existing...

My concerns about the PP idea are/were: (i) Would it really add diversity to gameplay, or would all the man-hours that get put into it just result in some different looking environments to play the same game in? I felt basically that it sounded a bit like a glorifed level-designer. I remember...

That would make it easier to switch from planet to planet. PP's succeeding isn't about getting existing players to use the new planets (existing players were already making MA revenue on Calypso), it's about the new planets attracting and holding onto new players (who wouldn't have joined...

Your best bet is to get a few traders on FL imo. For me, I don't go to Twin because (i) I find auction sufficient for my needs, (ii) it's laggy and full of spam. Twin Happy Hour would probably crash my PC, for which I would for once likely be grateful.

Rightly or :naughty::dance::whistle:-->wrongly<--:whistle::dance::naughty:, MA have thrown a lot into this whole PP business, I expect they desperately want to see some successful planets. I dare say they may not be able to keep up with the workload at times, but I'm sure they care. Other...

Give me the amps and probes and I'll do it. Konve tried something similar (without the amps) a while back, which ended with the result:

I have plenty of good sized data sets with over 90% tt return too. There's no proof of the once popular theory that no matter what you do you'll still get 90% return in the long run. Because it was always a load of b******s ;)

Not necessarily disagreeing with your post in general (I partly do and partly don't), but I'm not clear on why globally driving down MU makes the game more affordable to play. Excluding rare MU that goes to MA (like CLD purchases), the average player has a profit/loss of 0 PED on markup. Any...

There's a difference between theory and proof. The 90% fixed loot return theory nonsense was never proven, and generally never had much of a following in the crowd that test, analyse and document stuff. The armor decay stuff is fully proven, and will never be disproven unless/until MA changes...

I planned to write a guide, but I guess I never got round to it. This thread has a lot of documented tests and in conjuntion with the How Armor Works thread probably has enough worked through examples to give the general gist. I'd say the process in general is something like: (i) Work out what...

It's a reasonable assumption to make, yes. But it's not a given. The alternative possibility that is being discussed is that the amount you spend killing a mob affects the loot it returns. I'm not up to date with the latest research, but when I was there was some strong evidence that that is...

They do use other stuff, but a lot of it is either low MU and/or needs stacking for a long time to make worth selling. Nice thing about looting a bigger item like a gun is that it can go straight onto auction. Not saying it'd be impossible to do, but there'd need to be a lot of changes before...

How would hunting generate MU then? Miners would sell ores to crafters for MU, Crafters would pass that MU on hunters by selling weapons, and hunters would be royally shafted ;)

Gratz, although it couldn't have been less silent ;)