Reduce the Prices on Battleships

[Agmen of Eladesor]

It is really a matter of the lesser of two wevils, would you like to have PvPwhoring BSs everywhere, and 'lol ima pwn u' being heared every 5 seconds in highly populated systems but have your BS and be a veretable 'bastion of RP in a PvP world', or go without your sweet capital ship, which would no doubt help enhance the RP of whatever faction let you have one, in the name of RP and general sanity?

I agree with the Corsair cannibal, er, sorry, the esteemed Montezuma (even if you didn't tell us where the Tundra was tonight). One of the reasons I enjoy being in my cruiser is that it gives me the opportunity to role-play. When it's time for us to fght, depending upon the ship, the Battlecruiser is good enough to live. And more importantly, most of the time I don't worry too much about the npc's causing me fits when I'm trying to talk.

But no matter how you get your BS, be it not by getting prices reduced. It's meant to take awhile. Lower the price and the powertraders will simply get it in one week instead of 2.. Trading enough to get the BS shows determination, and after investing all of that time, the owner is likely to put more effort into what it is he does with that battleship. If it gets increased, that's fine. If it stays, that's fine too. But not lower.

Dab is exactly right here, as well. When I wanted my cruiser, I put in the time to get the money to get it. Okay, it just so happens that I put in enough time that I can basically buy just about whatever ship I want, too, but hey - that's part of RP'ing as a trader, too. Those of you that find it boring should perhaps put some thought into the character and get into the mindset.

I dont think the ship cost needs changing, but armor cost definitely does... Cap Armor should not cost more than the ship itself.

Ah, good, I was so concerned that I had agreed with Tenacity once that it was going to happen more often. Glad to see that we're back to totally disagreeing.

Because he's wrong.

Ever equip a vehicle? Maybe put in a custom sound system? You know the chassis and engine on the car may have only cost $5,000 for that heap - and then you see the $10,000 worth of stereo equipment in it. Again (as was pointed out in a previous thread on this subject) you'll see that putting the armor into a vehicle costs MUCH more than the base cost of the vehicle. http://www.lascointl.com/vehicles/new.htm - Click on some of the details. A Ford pickup - for only $185,000, or a Chevy Suburban for $156,000. They even mention that they'll do a Toyota Tundra for $65,000 - plus the cost of the vehicle - so the armor cost THREE TIMES the base cost of the truck.

Personally, if you want the Cap8, which is supposed to be the very best, then you should have to pay through the nose for it - and you do. I do quite well with my Cap6, Cap5, Cap4 armors - not nearly as expensive, and work quite well for game purposes.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.