I don't think so. Like I said, I think getting all the comps in game and tweaking the drop rate will create the comp market that we ALL want. I don't think there's anyone that doesn't at least want all the comps dropping, and most of us want the drop rate increased enough that there's a comp market.Originally Posted by daysleeper
The argument seems to be over whether getting everything droppable at a reasonable rate will create the comp market, or whether Nadia's removal is also necessary, or in some peoples view, Nadia is a bad thing if we do have a comp market established, even if she doesn't prevent that comp market from existing.
I don't think the removal is necessary, for exactly the reason you gave. We have a formula market, despite the existence of the Vielo selling forms, precicely because there's enough formulas being looted to sustain the market. I happen to agree with you that certain mobs need to be more powerful, since they seem to attract all the attention from the farmers and the power levelers, and that may also be a factor in the lack of a comp market, as certain comps which are in game drop from mobs that aren't hunted much, for whatever reason. But again, that's a problem that needs to be addressed in order to establish a comp market, reguardless if Nadia exists or not.
Many people have stated preferences for or against Nadia's removal. However, just about every argument put forth so far in favor of Nadia's removal has had nothing to do with her, but on the lack of a comp market. Not one person has put forth a single line of reasoning explaining why people would still go to Nadia for everything if we can get enough drops to sustain a market in tech components, or why Nadia's existence would prevent a comp market from existing if we had the drops to sustain it, other than the argument that we don't have a comp market now.
To which I again respond, we don't have the conditions to sustain a comp market now, that's why we don't have one. The formula market shows that it can happen despite competition from the Vielo. Noone has countered that argument, they've just gone off on tangents about it. We just need the right conditions, and I don't think that the lack of Nadia is one of these conditions. I don't think her existence is required for the market either. Other than price controls and instant gratification for those times that something isn't readily available in the comp market, Nadia isn't a factor in this if we can get the conditions we need.
I suspect the heart of the issue is that the devs want to keep teched items rare, but the players want the best stuff they can get. I'm not sure how to fix this in a way that makes everyone, or even anyone, completely happy. So, tech component drops are made rare, there's not enough supply to sustain a market in them, so we need Nadia. This situation doesn't make me happy. Drop too many comps, and there's no market because everyone will know someone with more of that comp than they know what to do it, everyone has teched equipment, and the devs aren't happy. I hope that somewhere in between, there's a point where everyone is happy, and I honestly don't think Nadia is a major factor in that.