Yes, and you have been around long enough to know that they have done it many times before and will do in the future as well.
As the saying goes, "EU is dynamic". Its an everlasting balancing act to keep the game going.
Adept or perish. Simple as that.
Yes, like countless other items in the game that became obsolete.
It's not like only loot 2.0 caused this.
Evolution renders things obsolete.
Simple as that
Well I think items are only a gateway to good returns, you’re either chosen or “allowed” to get good returns or you’re not.
However I don’t fully subscribe to total destruction of value in items. There comes a point that confidence to invest in an item is completely destroyed.
There was certainly an implied value in rings, MA used the terms “modified” etc, knowing that we would undoubtedly see value in the name, let alone the buffs.
MA trump their new items now in months, not years. Buy some stables for the new buffs pets will have. Let's now out-trump that with rings. No hold on lets out-trump that with buffed guns and armour.
It comes down to the usual shit; sell them new stuff to do something they could do before, but now need an item.
Sell an illusion that everyone can get more, but really the goal posts have just shifted, there is “no” closer to the ubers.
In my ten or whatever years I’ve been here, I’ve never seen the shining light of profits. Probably paid continuously for others to enjoy not only fantastic fun in game, but the joys of withdraws as well.
However I don’t go for bashing ultra ubers either, politicians love to pit the people against each other and get us to do their dirty work for them. It’s still “all-of-us” against the machine, don’t forget that.
I bought an A106 recently, cost me £130. I still don’t trust it, I still don’t think the system favours it on a long term basis. The game wants my money, regardless what I buy.
Who is the clever one? The person that buys $300K over the life of their ava to buy devaluing kit and get “possible” profits, or the guy that depots $10K and doesn’t? Funny!!!!!
The pressure on high investors of items, must be immense. I don’t think it’s all happy and shiny, I think don’t they sleep very well at night.
What about those people that invested only “recently” on the adjusted weapons, now replaced by much more eco ArMatrix. Did those folks get adequate time on their outlay? I’d be a bit pissed if that was me, because we know that Armatrix unlimited or better is just around the corner.
Looking forward to hearing about these new cool weapons, MA will undoubtedly issue for MM.
But the people won’t shake their head in despair, because greed will rule the day, and some idiot will pay 50K for something with a lifespan of what….. 2 months.
It’s not like the old days where a Mod fap owner had 10 years of value in their item.
New stuff now has a lifespan of months. That is the impression that I see anyhow. Not including the other Planet Partner new stuff as well.
Sure we might stick around in an unhappy relationship, but you know even a cuddle now and then won’t repair the emotional love after a while. The saddest part there is long term players, keep the game going.
Hey-ho; it is what it is. Onwards and upwards, we are still here. All of us take it on the chin, let’s not single people out for attack.
Rick