Not necessarily: A Syndicate Shop offer could require token, NIC AND a player produced T4 module as basic item. Let's say we want to "buy" a T4+ med. Repairer: X amount of NIC, y amount of token and a T4 med. Repairer would be needed to fullfil the requirements. We have two currency sinks here and the involvement of player manufacturing. Hell we could even demand a T4p item as basic module ...

Hehe that one was good.

Thank you for your effort and continued dedication for this game Jasdemi.

Exactly this is possible. 300k EPs are not even needed. Neither is expensive equipment. Just *knowledge*.

No. What for? What would be their role, that isn't already covered by lights/mechs? All e-war bots are fragile as hell, fast and powerfull (more or less). Assault bots would use the exact same set of extensions as light bots do. Not even a difference in that regard.
I mean if it can be implemented without much effort why not. But i don't see much gain for the game.

Decreasing the drop rate for CTs would be a good start. Many years ago we had already enough CTs collected for years to come. The drop ratio between combat bot and indu bot CTs is roughly 1:3 - horrible since indu bots rarely get destroyed but combat bots all the time. The loot distribution amongst the different artifact sites need a tweaking as well. All sites not dropping cortexes are almost worthless these days (thanks to kernel changes). We might start with getting rid of NPC sell orders for noralgis incubators.
Yes we should do that, i just convinced myself .

I'm with Goffer here. Production assignments really should get an overhaul. The required volumes to haul are simply outrageous on beta islands. As Goffer mentioned: nobody with a sane mind will go for them on beta.
That's why i assume you Dev Zoom haven't done them either . I can't understand why you try to neglect the influence of extensions on difficulty and/or efficiency for productions assignments. You've created a game with competition as its core yet deny the associated human behaviour quite often (aka min/maxing). 2 things have a major part in the outcome of every endeavour in Perp: personal *skill* (whatever that might be in a specific situation) and of course extensions.
There's no reason that extensions should have no influence on assignments.
Production assignments are just not a viable option given the state they're currently in - no matter if they're matching your vision of how they should be or not.
Just reduce the required hauling volume by a good portion and they're fine.

I Don't want to remember but suffice to say they skipped small missiles ...

Damn i have to second you again. Are you sure you're not an alt of me i'm not aware of ?
You're absolutely right with the history lesson about EvE refugees. They (me too) were upset about CCPs shameless attempt at money grab with ridiculous expensive monocles (fluff so not much of a problem) and (planned) gold ammo for real money only. That brought roughly ~1000 players to try Perpetuum hoping to find something without p2w. The general chat spiked at 800 or 900 back then - if i remember correctly.

The current 2 sparks are not a serious problem (although the one with 5% damage and 10 masking strength is VERY tasty) but what comes next? Ever seen a game introducing p2w elements and NOT gliding ever deeper into the pit? My concerns go to new players - not vets - since they get the shaft if they're not willing or able to purchase extra kits and upgrades past the base game.
I just hope it pays off - population wise an literally. A vital game is always better than no game at all.

I second that.

Please AC change it the way, that these sparks can be purchased with credits. Problem solved.
And think twice - no better thrice - about things like that before you implement them. It's a sensitive matter.

Ahhhh you're starting to get bored (and probably more NSE guys)? Who would have guessed ?!

It sure as hell has nothing to do with:
- running a dozen clients
- NSE activity on non-Pelistal islands is close to zero
- NSE blue napping 3/4 of playerbase
- NSE trying to bring max. amount of bots to every fight.

Of course it DOES have to do with:
- jumping mechanics from beta to alpha.

And your proposed solution to "your" problem is: increased ganking possibilities ... in a game, where ganking is already pretty strong.

And btw., naming explicitly Jita as one of the filthy rich vets in context with an unreachable race for wealth for younger players is ... a clumsy attempt at propaganda.
Jita was one of the very few vets, who openly requested/supported the idea of a server reset timed for STEAM launch. Your overlords on the other side...

@Dev Zoom
While the current beta-alpha jumping isn't perfect, it's ok on a large scale. This game has other - much more urgent - issues, which needs to be addressed asap (like 30% demob resistance on Arbalests).

But pseudo currency.