Well its a gamble BP using TT mats you don´t need to pay markup to click it, thats good for crafters.
When was last time MA did something good for crafters?
Let it be how it is, can´t care about crashed Residue price, because that offers many options for crafters (that won´t gamble) to produce and offer items at good price.
Positiv for miners, amps cheaper now.
Positiv for hunters, crafted guns/armors maybe cheaper now.
Positiv for crafters residue cheaper now (well some will say this is bad, but from my point of view using residue now makes sense on melee weapons too, what wasn´t the case with higher residue price).
Positive for gambler craftres, don´t need to pay markup!
Sidenote:
Do miners need to pay markup for their probes?
Do hunters need to pay markup for their ammo?
Why should crafters always need to pay markup for their crafting materials?
Fairness!
If the aim is to remove markup from game, then yeah it is indeed good, but IF some ppl used to profit from 90% tt returns, then soon it will be impossible, as if nothing has markup then 90% tt can never be profit. If there is no profit for players then players will soon stop.
Right now it is/was possible to play this game without deposits if you were smart enough to hunt/craft right things. After all MU is being f´ed there will be no possiblity to play smart anymore.
So yeah stupid players wont lose (as they keep losing that 10% anyways) but those who did play with patience and knowledge will lose.
You cant expect that if markup of consumables go to zero that other stuff wont follow.
Markup is what keeps this game going, boring 90% tt returns is not enough for regular players.
So if you say positiive for miners:
CHeap amps, then you forget, negative for miners low markup on ores.
If you say positive for hunters, then you forget low markup on loots.
You cant kill MU to satisfy players who are already satisfied with the gambling.
Remove metal residue from loot, everything goes back to normal , markups back up, gamblers can still craft this EP bp IV. Everybody wins.