Weaponsmith Archive
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- As I mentioned in the first paragraph, the kits are currently selling for 10 million on Ahazi. Only those players with deep pockets are the ones that are buying them, and when they do, they are not buying just one, but two or three, or more. These players, most likely, already have an extraordinary weapon, or multiple ones. These are not the customers we service on a day to day basis, so I see no business loss whatsoever from those types of players.
- True, players will shop around and get the best weapon possible, but remember, the kit is a one-use item. Aside from a TKM with the VK, how many professions use one weapon exclusively ? The typical rifleman carries the T21 and Dxr-6 at the very least.Perhaps their "favorite" weapon will last forever, but not any of the others they use on regular basis.
- For the players who"cashed-in" on the kit craze by selling/trading it,their weapons will continue to wear out as they always have, so no loss of business for us there either.
So, in my humble opinion, I don't see the kits as being a death-knell to the WS profession. Will we lose business ? Sure, to a degree. But also remember that the anti-decay kit may be used on armor also, so it's perhaps foolish to assume a player will use it on only weapons, though probably in most cases, they will.
HoopR wrote:
Well, I'm an Ahazian so I really have no clue regarding how things have shaken out thus far on the other servers, but based on what's happening on Ahazi, the anti-decay kits are being sold like crazy, at the time of this writing, 10 million each.
Now, I do have a problem with this being in the game period, let alone a veteran reward, but it's been done and now we have to live with it, and adjust, as with any changes they make. We may not like it, but there's not a whole lot we can do about it.
However, I do respectfully disagree that the anti-decay kits will hurt our business drastically, and here's why:
- As I mentioned in the first paragraph, the kits are currently selling for 10 million on Ahazi. Only those players with deep pockets are the ones that are buying them, and when they do, they are not buying just one, but two or three, or more. These players, most likely, already have an extraordinary weapon, or multiple ones. These are not the customers we service on a day to day basis, so I see no business loss whatsoever from those types of players.
- True, players will shop around and get the best weapon possible, but remember, the kit is a one-use item. Aside from a TKM with the VK, how many professions use one weapon exclusively ? The typical rifleman carries the T21 and Dxr-6 at the very least.Perhaps their "favorite" weapon will last forever, but not any of the others they use on regular basis.
- For the players who"cashed-in" on the kit craze by selling/trading it,their weapons will continue to wear out as they always have, so no loss of business for us there either.
So, in my humble opinion, I don't see the kits as being a death-knell to the WS profession. Will we lose business ? Sure, to a degree. But also remember that the anti-decay kit may be used on armor also, so it's perhaps foolish to assume a player will use it on only weapons, though probably in most cases, they will.
I'm mainly worried about these items for two main reasons.
Firstly, those with exceptional/legendary weapons. Those *NEED* to decay otherwise you'll eventually have everyone running around one hit killing everyone. Do you want to play a game of "who can attack first"? The concept of dying in one hit is bunk anyways. No one would pvp, unless they had an uber weapon to compete.
Secondly, I'm not worried about the overly rich people. They have their exceptionals/legendaries. I'm not worried about the cheap people who sell theirs. I'm not worried about people using it in armor (chances of people doing this? Not very high. 9 pieces = 9 kits. Unless you're a wook... which only takes 4.), I'm worried about the upper middle class range. The bountyhunters, the rangers, etc. I'm worried about selling enhanced pistols. What am I going to do with my 1-3 spare tissues? I wont be able to sell a DE-10, because everyone will be running around with ones that last forever. I wont be able to sell a geo pistol, same story there. Scythes? (Most of my business so far), not gonna happen. Acklay PHs? Nope. Considering the amount of alts that people have, I'm sure people will have kits to spare, and will use them on their own character.
Sales for the time being may boost, maybe even 10x, but it will not compensate for the steep slump that I'm sure we will see. I'm starting to worry how I'm going to be able to afford exp tapes now.
Well... I'm a wook, and I'm a rebel... I'm used to being on the short end of the stick. I guess it'll happen to my last remaining un-nerfed profession. (CM + Swords = nerfed in CU) So... I suppose I'll enjoy my last moments before the ultimate downfall.
Summerflame wrote:
Think its getting worse. Apparently you can delete the weapon the antidecay kit is on to retrieve the kit (not the weapon obviously) and then apply it to a new and better weapon once you find one. so you dont have to wait till you find that uber legendary weapon. You can apply it to a good unenhanced H and then work you way up from there. saving loads of money on weapon and taking away even more business from us. At least this is how it functions according to the devs and some testcenter guys.
Is'nt this just till after they fix the lightsabre bug?
leighthal1967 wrote:
Summerflame wrote:
Think its getting worse. Apparently you can delete the weapon the antidecay kit is on to retrieve the kit (not the weapon obviously) and then apply it to a new and better weapon once you find one. so you dont have to wait till you find that uber legendary weapon. You can apply it to a good unenhanced H and then work you way up from there. saving loads of money on weapon and taking away even more business from us. At least this is how it functions according to the devs and some testcenter guys.
Is'nt this just till after they fix the lightsabre bug?
I have tested it on TC and live, the deed came back
Summerflame wrote:
leighthal1967 wrote:
Summerflame wrote:
Think its getting worse. Apparently you can delete the weapon the antidecay kit is on to retrieve the kit (not the weapon obviously) and then apply it to a new and better weapon once you find one. so you dont have to wait till you find that uber legendary weapon. You can apply it to a good unenhanced H and then work you way up from there. saving loads of money on weapon and taking away even more business from us. At least this is how it functions according to the devs and some testcenter guys.
Is'nt this just till after they fix the lightsabre bug?
I dont think so, people who did testcenter reports that they were able to do it there to, but maybe if we have just a bit of luck....