Divinity
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So, I know there is already a thread debating the topic and yet i chose to make a new one as the objective and direction of what i have in mind is different from the prevailing one.
We all have our opinions and perspectives , so I will share my own from what I have understood so far.
Before the flood the waves for redulite were shorter and the claim sizes were capped. As has been claimed by some , I can refute the depth part as it was previously also dropping at much lower depths and available at 800 avg depth as well. Yes, less common but undeniably there to a good extent.
Lets talk about the motivation @ MA as to why this was done. I thing I do believe for a fact ( Belief being the keyword there) is that it was not a mistake in terms of wanting to increase the supply of redulite. That i believe was the goal as it was severely effecting crafting of armatrix guns among other things with a 550+ markup on redulite.
This is where the grey area starts however. If that is what they truly wanted then they either
1. Don't understand how there own loot algorithm works, quite possibly because the guy who designed is long gone and the new ones are experimenting with value changes which they do not properly understand
2. They don't understand how people in EU are and as such what happened is < 50 people mined the whole thing in < 24 hrs and between resellers ( some who have mined a lot already and would benefit from keeping markup high) and crafters , the markup will go back upto 400% in no time. This is substantiated by the fact that the cap is back on redulite as anyone who mines for redulite will know ( If i am wrong and someone has another experience, please feel free to let me know).
Now my personal opinion on the episode which is as unbiased as i can be :
I mined quite a bit of it myself and I have them in storage like 90% of the rest of miners knowing that since the cap is back on will wait for redulite to move to 400+ before offloading my stack. However, this makes no sense to me from MA perspective as this by no means solves the reason with which this event took place. Which leads a conclusion that it was a mistake to begin with. Hence why i call it a curious case.
Suggestion To MA at my own peril : If this was a mistake, well leave it be and a few of us just made a lot of peds out of some opportunistic timing. However, if this was not a mistake and the goal was to reduce redulite markup, then the only move you have now is to remove the cap again and keep the wave window/depth contained. That will prevent those holding onto huge stacks ( including myself) to at some point do the inevitable and bring the markup to what MA wants it to be. If you do a repeat of the former wave, the same will happen and a few will again stack up and what you end up is a similar situation. The idea is enough redulite needs to be mined on a regular basis ( not just a one time thingie) for redulite markup to be contained.
MA made a move : Removed Cap. I don't think the flood was intentional and the inevitable happened. Players made a move by either buying up all the cheap ores or keeping it with them and not selling. I am keen to see what MA's next move will be.
Cheers,
Divinity
(PS : I am not drunk or under influence and am fully aware of the implication this post has on my own designs)
We all have our opinions and perspectives , so I will share my own from what I have understood so far.
Before the flood the waves for redulite were shorter and the claim sizes were capped. As has been claimed by some , I can refute the depth part as it was previously also dropping at much lower depths and available at 800 avg depth as well. Yes, less common but undeniably there to a good extent.
Lets talk about the motivation @ MA as to why this was done. I thing I do believe for a fact ( Belief being the keyword there) is that it was not a mistake in terms of wanting to increase the supply of redulite. That i believe was the goal as it was severely effecting crafting of armatrix guns among other things with a 550+ markup on redulite.
This is where the grey area starts however. If that is what they truly wanted then they either
1. Don't understand how there own loot algorithm works, quite possibly because the guy who designed is long gone and the new ones are experimenting with value changes which they do not properly understand
2. They don't understand how people in EU are and as such what happened is < 50 people mined the whole thing in < 24 hrs and between resellers ( some who have mined a lot already and would benefit from keeping markup high) and crafters , the markup will go back upto 400% in no time. This is substantiated by the fact that the cap is back on redulite as anyone who mines for redulite will know ( If i am wrong and someone has another experience, please feel free to let me know).
Now my personal opinion on the episode which is as unbiased as i can be :
I mined quite a bit of it myself and I have them in storage like 90% of the rest of miners knowing that since the cap is back on will wait for redulite to move to 400+ before offloading my stack. However, this makes no sense to me from MA perspective as this by no means solves the reason with which this event took place. Which leads a conclusion that it was a mistake to begin with. Hence why i call it a curious case.
Suggestion To MA at my own peril : If this was a mistake, well leave it be and a few of us just made a lot of peds out of some opportunistic timing. However, if this was not a mistake and the goal was to reduce redulite markup, then the only move you have now is to remove the cap again and keep the wave window/depth contained. That will prevent those holding onto huge stacks ( including myself) to at some point do the inevitable and bring the markup to what MA wants it to be. If you do a repeat of the former wave, the same will happen and a few will again stack up and what you end up is a similar situation. The idea is enough redulite needs to be mined on a regular basis ( not just a one time thingie) for redulite markup to be contained.
MA made a move : Removed Cap. I don't think the flood was intentional and the inevitable happened. Players made a move by either buying up all the cheap ores or keeping it with them and not selling. I am keen to see what MA's next move will be.
Cheers,
Divinity
(PS : I am not drunk or under influence and am fully aware of the implication this post has on my own designs)