Pub bux revisited

[Izor]

I know, for the 123819235th time. Look, the system is stupid. I dont want to flame it with nothing constructive to come out of it, but its broken so bad right now that you can barely play the game. Kids have to chase LT's !buying stuff and LT's have to !buy stuff to run from them. It's pretty endless too since nothing costs any money. I can't speak on the basing aspect. I'm sure there is plenty of !buying going on there as well.

 TW-Pub1>  !buy fullcharge      -- A full charge ($300)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy repel           -- A repel ($75)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy rocket          -- A rocket ($50)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy shrap           -- A shrapnel ($65)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy portal          -- A portal ($250)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy burst*          -- A burst ($275)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy decoy           -- A decoy ($200)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy xradar          -- A X-Radar ($200)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy antiwarp        -- An AntiWarp ($300)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy slowdown**      -- Slow down a player for 5 seconds ($1000)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy super*          -- A super for 30 seconds ($4000)
   TW-Pub1> Ship Upgrades:
   TW-Pub1>  !buy superlev        -- An upgrade for the bomb (L3-Emp) ($2000)
   TW-Pub1> Specials:
   TW-Pub1>  !buy epidemic        -- Start an epidemic ($10000)
   TW-Pub1>  !buy nukebase        -- Nuke the base while warped outside and back afterward ($15000)

Obviously, the concept of inflation hasnt caught on amongst staffers so I'm going to tell you why this is all stupid. Killothon gives out 2000 pub bucks every hour, or 48k a day. On top of that ridiculous payout, each basing game gives out around 750-1000. Thats several times an hour. Then theres hosted events and other forms of acquiring pub bux. This game probably pays out around $150k a day. Well its much more than that since one base game only takes a few minutes and I'm excluding the 1 or 2$ you get from a normal kill. Those prices do not do anything to take away those payouts. Furthermore, as I've said in the past, a fullcharge is just as good if not better than a slowdown and needs to be priced to reflect that. Seriously, go watch pub one day and see how much macro spamming is involved in it. Everything has been watered down into spamming !buy since stuff is so cheap. Please raise prices by at least 4x their current value to get rid of the abuse. Yes there will be crying, but keep in mind that everyone that cries about it will be the same people that are abusing the current system.

On a somewhat related note, you shouldn't be able to !buy slowdown from spec as it promotes spec hunting and slowdown also removes the upgraded lev bomb that you can only buy once a death, therefore neutering an LT till it dies.

[MaGi kOz]

What was really needed was a long scrutiny on the pricing and purchases and it sounds like you've done this and it seems like you've done it quite thoroughly. Well written. I fully support this. I had in the past suggested for certain items to be limited to certain ships during certain moments in the game (e.g. allow super purchase only when your team does not have flag / allow shields only when your team has the flag / allow superterr only for private freqs possibly reducing teamkilling) but I have yet to gain a lot of support for this idea yet.

Unfortunately, changes like this will need to sway a lot of influential people. I'm on the inside and I have a hard time doing it from where I am so I can imagine how it is to be in your position. Don't stop talking about this and it may eventually pull through.

[kthx]

Do you require my special set of skills magi koz?

[Volcs]

Kthx = Professional Shit Disturber.

[MegamanEXE]

just remove the money system entirely

[sc00p]

You mean there's not a 30 second cooldown on buying fullcharge like there is on every other fucking thing?

[Jones]

people still play pub?

[Pressure Drop]

pub bux = bad

[Raver420]

[nuketheyanks]

just remove the money system entirely

bastard

[Pressure]

best u see?