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Thread: Slicing Prices and You: Discussion on Galactic Pricing

Oclesei_Moonrider
Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:11 pm
#1
(Long Rant, jump the bulleted list if you don't feel like reading)


Okay, so here we go. On Eclipse people are trying to drop slicing prices back down to the less than 50k range. I'm curious to see if this is happening in other Galaxies as well. I know with the increase in drops in smuggler tools, they don't have to be sold for high prices anymore, but I know atleast I was enjoying it.


I'm not one that's had a big slicing business ever. I don't have a large customer base. I try to discourage other smugglers from slicing for other professions. I'm not a slice hound, I'm a Smuggler. My basic view is, reducing the total amount of people getting their weapons and armor sliced, specfically their weapons, means we've got a slight edge over the competition. 8% more damage than opentents. 12% faster shooting then our other professioned friends.


I'll slice the occasional player's weapon, or armor if I need some cash, and the price is right, but I'm thinking that 10k, 20k even 50k are not right prices. Perhaps I'm a little tapped. But I'd enjoy seeing a slice as something rare, and vaulable. Not everyday occurances. Espically the Tier 3 and 4 slices.


So, what I'm really asking, is your opinions. Would you rather see pricing drop back down to the way it was before or stay similar to your current pricing. More over, would you rather see slicing rarer than it is now? Or go back to being an everyday thing?


As far as I'm concerned to sum it up:


  • I think Slicing should be rare, and carry heavy penalities(Damn those Devs)

  • I'd like to see prices for top end slices stay in the 300-500k range.

  • I don't mind paying 100-200k for a top end tool, as long as they are as rare.

Thank you, and enjoy.




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Zotux
Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:09 pm
#2

I don't have any insight or opinion of cost on other servers, but as for the rarity of slicing, I think everyone should be able to get their weps sliced. I think up to 100k for high end slices would be fair. But the penalties, if the ever get the crack downs to mean something, should be harsh.(the slice gets reversed and the overall status of the wepon to be dropped 10%....or something like that.


But that will prob not happen anyway, I was on corellia, outside Doba gurfel, and was forced off my barc. when the scan started, i just hopped back on and rode off, they did not follow me, and that was the end of it.


But if that can be fixed.....then ppl might still think twice about slicing, evan if it is cheap and easy, they can get into big trouble with it. So in that regards, with a high risk, slicing may naturally berare......






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Drakenya
Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:14 pm
#3
If you read any of my posts tonight, you'll know whats coming: Ahazi Core Boosters fell today to less than 500k on the trade forums. I'm all for this, but only because those that wanted the million+ slices took them, and this will allow the more casual players to get slices done, but not for little or no money , still a decent chunk of change to shell out 100k-500k per slice.

Also, toolsets--simple and fine--do not seem to be dropping either at all or often. With this the case, there will soon be a flood of ICBs but no toolkits for the low end slices. So one day, if nothing changes, you will need to pay millions for the toolkit and 10k for the ICBs/triggers. Then again, this is SOE, so anything is possible--stuff can change or stay this way for years.



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