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Thread: And Politician makes 5...
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KaiRan
Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:29 pm
#1
I have already begun to suggest Politician XP be added to factional training lists. Here's why:
- The 0 SP cost politician change seems to have made a few existing mayors' lives a bit more annoying, with players looking for a new tag telling them (in some rather colorfull words at times) to step down and let them rule for a term or two...
- On the one hand, this is a plus for myself, as it means I can do the Lando someday without sacrificing my scoundreliness for a Bespin. That'd make 5 masteries held silmutaneously, and... we... there realy is no good reason for it, so I'll move on...
- On the other hand, Politician wannabes are bound to realize that voting 1 vote for themselves each term only gets them 300xp and takes 14 years to master... at some point, they'll need to give Politicians another route... both for the sanity of existing mayors and for the shutting up of the grinders.
Here is where we come in.
If Politician XP is added, and it would need to be soon to catch the craze, FP sales would boom. All current XP is gained at a 1:1 trade in value. Politician takes 74k XP to master. Even at a low cost (120), thats a profit of just under 2 million per customer. I have seen guilds throw 8 million into FP before... just rarely. So lets assume the average joe wont be able to get the backing of an entire guild. There's still 0.5 to 1.0 million to be made as they shell out 2-4 mill for theirlast stretch towards mastery. There are dozens of these folks on each server just waiting for a chance at this tag.
My suggestion to you FP brokers out there, is to get on the FP for Politician XP bandwagon *now*, before the craze wears off and the chance at big profits is gone forever.
Message Edited by KaiRan on 01-26-2005 05:30 PM
KaiRan
Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:17 pm
#2
Here's where: (Heck, we've endured BH and Jedi trolling ours, why not go out in support of others? 
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)Politician forum suggestion:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Politician&message.id=45531#M45531
In Live Feedback:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=in_live&message.id=46152#M46152
JTGAlpha
Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:21 pm
#3
Yeah...we'll see...I'm not so sure they're gonna make it a buyable profession...might take the fun out of it. But that's just my initial reaction.
Kamileon
Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:02 pm
#4
Well, politician, probably moreso than anything makes sense as experience that can be bought. How do you buy someone into being skilled with a weapon? But you can easily buy someone into political fame.
Aelik Orrigo: Smuggler, Pilot, and Ranger. Kettemoor
Jaguarrr
Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:22 am
#6
KaiRan wrote:
Here's where: (Heck, we've endured BH and Jedi trolling ours, why not go out in support of others?
Politician forum suggestion:
In Live Feedback:
DrevenStrobe
Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:50 am
#7
JTGAlpha wrote:
Yeah...we'll see...I'm not so sure they're gonna make it a buyable profession...might take the fun out of it. But that's just my initial reaction.
I dunno...sounds kinda like real life politics to me. Don't most politicians buy their way into office one way or another anyway?
JTGAlpha
Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:29 am
#8
Well of course it sounds realistic. Which is why they won't do it. 
Seriously it sounds like that might have design issues but I could be wrong.
Karamak
Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:36 pm
#9
Sounds like a great add to the underworld tree. "BUY POLITICAIN"
The skill would allow the Smuggler to assist, through his/her underworld connctions, the budding politician to power. It could be a straight sell or the smuggler would be able to hold a marker for the service.
Would love to havean Imp mayor in my pocket whilei store illegal goods in his/her city.
Dire ofKettemoor
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