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Totally agree!
I remember a statement from Marco back the days he was comunity manager: Every existing item got a chance to drop!
Back that days I believed it, but it is definately not true.
If it would be that way, there would have drops of MM, IMKII and MF.
Only drops of this UBER gear I have seen since I started was those dropped in SGA event. Not befor never after that.
Even if it don´t drop at all, but there is one a year as event reward (f.e. Mayham or any other big event), it would be fair for those players who did start today or past few years. BTW, during such events its very likely that exactly those players that already got the get the additional gear.
Since I started MA did everything to cover those players investments, and didn´t care about new players, that want nice things, too.
I said it already years ago!
Every uL item no matter what, has to go down in markup.
Why?
Because more of it will drop, higher supply less MU.
What is fact, nothing of that with really high markup drops nor can it be obtained by participating big events.
So what reason for "new" (5 year old player) to continue playing if best items ingame can´t be found.
Once someone noticed that there is absolutely no chance of getting anything UBER (eco) he very likely will quit.
How will you get new players into game and stay ingame, if top gear isn´t available exept for those that already got it, and sit on it for 10 years now.
IMHO all those "investors" paid way to much. They decided to do that to have an advantage over others not willing or not in the position to make such huge investments. Its their risk they took.
But definately not correct that MA protects those high risk investments by stopping to drop that items.
Everything else went down MU extremly, why UBER gear only a little. Because MA protects it, and thats not fair.
I don´t complain about my own markup losses, I did know it will happen.
Example:
Bought a Adj. Embra C1 (uL) when it was at +2k PED, the high peak was +2.5k, now its down to +400
do I complain? No I don´t I did know this will happen, and at the time I bought that sword it was that worth to me. Still use it, why not.
What I see is that those investing in MM IMKII and MF can be confident that MU never will go down, because MA protects them. MA protects nobody else but a handful old stylers. I am sure some of them depoed way less than what I deposited, and this will not change. They looted the money makers pre gold, no chance for anybody else to get such a money maker. If it would still drop and become standard over time, it wouldn´t be moneymaker anymore.
Why not kill it out completely, over time?
Not remove it or replace it with L, no thats not doable and it would be unfair against the owners. They paid for that item with that stats, so let them keep that item with that stats.
There is also other option:
MF got a heal rate of 160/pec - lets get some L FAPs over time that offer way better eco and make a heal rate of 160/pec a new standard (Mod FAP wouldn´t be that super special moneymaker anymore)
MM got 3 DMG/pec - well slowely move standarts of new L items to 4-5 DMG/pec
Do this changes slowly, very slowly and step by step but do it.
This would give confidence to new players that EU will improve and grow and you don´t need to invest 20k $ to get any decent item.
MU of UBER gear will go down more and more. And at some point it will not be UBER anymore, just standart, and years later it wouldn´t be even standart, just another junk TT food.
The cheaper it gets the more are willing to buy it. Its up to the owners at what point they sell.
Its possible to sell now at 200k, or wait another year making money, but see MU goes down to 150k.
Sell at 150k or wait another year still making money, but less than befor, dicovering that markup still goes down to 100k.
Well sell at 100k or continue using it.
Sooner or later it will be outdated, old style item nobody wants it any longer (TT Food).
The fate of every item existing ingame, must be TT food sooner or later.
EU needs to envolve.
Bigger stronger mobs, some with even higher regen rate than actual fast regen mobs.
Weapons have to evolve, more DMG/s (low eco chain), more DMG/pec (eco chain).
FAPs have to evolve, more heal/sec, others more heal/pec.
If it would be that way, it wouldn´t matter when you started with EU. You just would grow with EU at your level.
Newer players will reach the levels where old mod fap is a really good FAP, while old style players (extremly high skilled ones), will say damn ModFAP not enough heal/s to do whatever UBER mob. Eco hunters will say, damn ModFAP isn´t best eco available, prefer FAP(whatever) at 180 heal/pec. Still an option for those that can´t afford the new eco ones or the fast ones.
Such a system (constantly growing), would need that we get items that need higher levels above 100 even above 200.
Such a system would require forms of skilling above LVL100 that don´t take 1 year/lvl at acceptable cost, not chipping in for 10kish $ amounts. (skill rewards from missions!). Well who wants that still could do it.
It would also require that lootable PvP get redesigned, with LVL restrictions.
Why, well LVL200 Laser Gunnner, with a gun at his level, very likely 400ish HP (maybe way more) vs LVL60 Lasergunner ~150 HP, need to fight? No, its just bang dead low level.
PvP level restrictions nothing new in MMO scene, most other MMOs got that already!
Why do I suggest doing it that way?
Because RL works that way!
Do you still use your old C64 (30 years old)
Do you still use your old IBM 8086 (20 years old)
Do you still use your old 80386 AT (15 years old)
Do you still use your old Pentium2
or do you use this damn new Quad prozessors?
World is growing, technic advances, old standarts get outdated, old UBER things get down to standards.
Thats how world works, thats how EU should work too, as it is a virtual world.
And can´t care less if someone paid 5000$ for a brand new Pentium3 prozessor 10 years back, that got 0.00 value today. Same counts for 10 year old ModFAP and ModMerc.
Damn long post
Now start the flame
