Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] If it IS broke, fix it!

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 02:59  PM, Glotmorf wrote:

> On 4/2/03 at 2:01 PM Baron von Skippy wrote:
>
> > [[BvS]]
> >
> >
> > > {{ _If It IS Broke, Fix It!_
> > >
> > > Add to Rule 1075 the following:
> > >
> > > C. Integrity Repairs
> > >
> > > A speeder's integrity can be repaired by WBE at a cost of 10 BNS and 
> > > 5
> > RUs
> > > per point of integrity.  Integrity repairs are performed under the 
> > > same
> > > conditions as upgrades, though integrity repairs cannot be returned.
> > >
> > > [[ Comments on the price, anyone? ]]
> > >
> > > }}
> > >
> > > 						Glotmorf
> > -Far, far too expensive. That means 1000 BNS and 500 RUs to recoup 100
> > points of damage. At 15 points per speeder, I'll just buy a new 
> > speeder -
> > not only is it cheaper, but the money goes to vSOI, not to WBE. Now, 
> > if
> > you
> > changed that so that that price was per 5 points, I could see this as
> > viable. 200 BNS and 100 RUs are far more affordable.-
>
> Your suggested cost is less than the cost to install a robopilot.  I 
> based my cost on slightly more than 1/10 of what it costs to install a 
> storage bin, which is 1/10 of a speeder's size limit.  Assuming 1/10 
> the size is close to (though probably less than) 1/10 the mass, that 
> makes 1/10 of a storage bin at or less than 1/100 of a speeder.
>
> Expensive to completely repair a speeder?  You betcha.  Just as it's 
> cheaper to buy a whole new car than to completely repair one that's 
> been run over by a tank.  Though the repair would be paid for in BNS, 
> whereas buying a speeder is paid for in points.  There are many 
> circumstances (just after a post-win meltdown, for example) when a 
> player with a speeder might have a lot more BNS than points.
>
> Though I am concerned with the RUs.  Most of the upgrades use rather a 
> lot of RUs, considering the BNS they pull in and how much it currently 
> costs to extract RUs.  At this rate, without a lot of recycling (which 
> I assume is what Wonko wanted 40 speeders for), WBE isn't really a 
> cost-effective operation.  If people want upgrades to their speeders, 
> we're going to have to work out a more balanced pricing structure, or 
> a better method of getting materials.

It's expensive to completely repair a speeder, but the cost of 
replacement is not necessarily cheaper. While it is possible to buy the 
basic 'engine with a seat', if you have a speeder equipped with 
everything you could buy for it, it's going to cost you a lot more the 
15 points to replace it. Besides, I suspect this will be used more in 
small bursts - Barney knocks 10 off my speeder, so I pay 100 BNS to get 
the dents out.

I personally think that 15 points is absurdly low for a speeder anyway. 
I'd charge at least 50. And I'd charge the equivalent in BNS, instead 
of points.

--
Wonko

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