Sundial wrote:Tux the difference now is the research is available since the game has been out this long combined with the new research system.
Epriton wasn't the main bottleneck for T4 production back then, prototyping was for 99% of the player base.....
This wont change availability of T4 items, it will however change their prices.
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It will change both I assure you (when minerals are readily accessible it spurs market activity ... when you have to fight for resources the fruits of your labor are worth much more and not always just sold to the highest bidder.) ... Before when static spawns were around the main Prototyper of each corp was the main person who used epriton .. that person would make CT's for others who needed epriton also to make the goods. when epriton was limited to 6 islands it was a bottleneck in high end production that is why the price of epriton was extremely high in the past compared to now.
Epriton floats around 5 to 8 nic because of its availability through gamma ... its not a bottle neck right now ...
Limiting it again to only 6 islands will recreate the same high prices that we saw in the past ... add in the increased need for it for gamma structures and it will be a HUGE bottleneck...
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