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Overseers should equip and drop hive posis

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May 15, 2010 vIsitor link
I'm curious as to what the big deal is here.

There are a lot of nay-says, but very little reasoning that is actually pertinent to the actual suggestion. If they're not 'valuable enough' to farm, then I see no harm in this suggestion. In fact, if they were still uber-powerful, rather than just a moderate curiosity, then this would be the opposite of a good idea.

As it stands, there has been no valid argument as to why this is a bad idea. There has been plenty of talk about buffing and nerfing, but none of that really factors in to the OP's suggestion.
May 15, 2010 Roda Slane link
Some players (like myself) do farm hive posi. That means that they are valuable enough to some players to farm. Some players do not build widow makers. Some players do not farm laws. Some players do. Perfect.
May 15, 2010 peytros link
Some players (like myself) do farm hive posi

lol at you spending time to obtain a weapon that is 100kg lighter then its counterpart

May 15, 2010 tarenty link
Wow... where do you get those, pey? ; )
May 15, 2010 vIsitor link
That only serves to reinforce my point, pey.

Deride the weapon all you want; there clearly is some demand. The fact that you don't consider them to be worth farming yourself suggests that they're not terribly unbalanced, and, therefore, this suggestion affects you little. I certainly can't comprehend what would possess you to oppose it so vehemently.

So far, the closest you lot have come to an actual reason not to is asking 'why?'. I'm asking 'why not?', and I'm still waiting for an answer.
May 15, 2010 peytros link
im not in opposition to the idea, although i would prefer the pre-nerf version of the hive posi to be brought back and put on the queens since they have like a 1/20 (1/10?) drop rate.

nahin; from a very horrible place that would probably explode your brain
May 16, 2010 Willis link
make overseers drop the crappy version, make queens drop the crazy version. nuff said
May 16, 2010 tarenty link
I agree with Willis, make overseers and other hive ships that use positron blasters drop hive posis, and the queen uses a much more powerful version.
May 16, 2010 shlimazel link
"make overseers drop the crappy version, make queens drop the crazy version. nuff said"

Agreed.
May 16, 2010 Inco link
-1 to OP and all the threads "make rare item XY buyable"

+1 to Willis

And since the ones which are already in game are from queens, un-nerf them back.
May 16, 2010 zak.wilson link
I didn't say they should be buyable.

I think Willis got it right here. Queen drops should be a bit more than a mildly warmed-over version of a standard item. There should, however be more semi-common high-level bot drops, and the current version of the hive posi should be one of them.
May 16, 2010 Inco link
"I didn't say they should be buyable."

Well, I got that wrong feeling after reading another thread according Superlight. Sorry about it.

Anyway, the main idea remains. Never ever devalue a rare item. I mean do not give the same hive posis queens have to lover bots, do not lower the UC requirements to 20 mentoring points, do not sell Superlights at stations, do not make prospecting easier ...

People were working hard to get/collect/farm these and it is not fair to give the same to others for less just because someone lazy asked here.

"I think Willis got it right here. Queen drops should be a bit more than a mildly warmed-over version of a standard item. There should, however be more semi-common high-level bot drops, and the current version of the hive posi should be one of them."

Definitely +1 to this version.