i have nothing against anyone i don't know, regardless of skills, except people who are caught red handed acting as lame as shown here. please don't hate on me becuase i feel strongly about this issue, if you do, you're another person trying to control prices. please read this though, you could learn some history on EU's recent evolution
i am proud of my friend loki for what he's doing. also, i can say he's always as polite in any circumstances as he was here. an army of (L)-cult noobs is standing behind loki's line, and they are not to be underestimated, becuase (L) users profit nonstop w/ the right prices, and such profits make for specialy kinds of trades, where players help eachother in ways that MA like to see. a more unique economy, and more unique gear vs skill system is the result, and i think it's one of the bes things MA has done in a while
i see extreme jealousy. omg, we can't control the market anymore, what do we do
maybe i'm a bit off-base, but to me and countless others it's a serious issue. i look at amps, and (L) weapons and the "forced buyout" on auction from some people and want to puke. i can and have on many occasions gone through like 20 cutter twos a day, that's not a gun, that's like "virtual ammo". these ass holes expect me to buy from them and pay THEM uber % on a weapon that's like only "the ammo"?? i'd have to pay over 1k peds a day on top of 'ammo' to hunt. i bought out a heatry b to play w/ one on auction for like 105%, that was like +3 or 6 peds. that's a gun which gets TONS of shots out, even further improved w/ ampage, much differen circumstance and explains how it's so off balanced. other alternative, use old style weapon and loose just the same (or more if you have no skills). i and MANY OTHERS I KNOW absolutly refuse to have anything to do with their prices.
i predicted this (L) movement far before you "ubers" had a clue what they were about, you all denounced it when ana/dia BPs started dropping way back.. i said "everything new will be (L) soon, do you think ma added shitty hit ability on old weapons to get every noob to quit right away?".. the oldest 'dinosaur' players are the most dense on the subject too. now i try to make my point to noobs who need to know how to play SMART< THE WAY MA INTENDS YOU TO.. and they say "it's not worth it for the markup".. i always say "price will come down, the BPs drop more often as the bigger ones appear every VU". guess what?? the skill bonus is NO justification of any kind of expensive markup on (L), becuase wel use the shit to have MAXED GEAR (weapons, etc). no one spends markup like that on a weapon with shit hit ability for a skill bonus. we use tt till smacker one is maxed, we use smacker 1 until smacker 2 is maxed, etc (smacker (L) are still pretty weak dmg/sec atm, but it's just an example). i knew things would heat up when the time started comming they wouldn't be able to control the market much longer. i didn't even realize loki was doing something so great for EU's future, and i also didn't know how EVIL the better crafters are about loosing their control. much props to loki, if this situation is what it seems like, he's making a brave step forward in EU economy.
about the skill bragging.. better watch that trap becuase, and i stress, you don't know who you're talking to. saying he could never get your skills is most selfish. i won't even mention some plans he suggested if he thought he needed more engineering.. that's nobodies business besides who he talks to. atm he has enough to survive and that's the way to play. maybe if you'd give "us noobs" the time of day, you'd realize a select few of you are very well hated among the EU community, becuase EU is releaseing these (L) gears to help us survive, and YOU are denying us access, just becuase you are rich and don't care.
i consume enough (L) gears for solid consistant dealings with any capable crafter. 500 peds in cutter twos = a couple hours noob skillin for me, resulting in me wanting 10x that amt, so i could play 14 hours a day as usual w/out paying an extra ~50 peds for every hour of skilling.
if anybody actually read through this whole post, i'll be damned, lol. it's a novel. it's kinda mixed up in points and where i put them also. lets see if i get flamed for something i said.. then see who's laughing in 1 year worth of VUs from now.