Many of us have a number of expensive blueprints for sovereignty upgrades: Things like “Survey Networks 2 Blueprint, Territorial Claim Unit”. etc… They are all now "Defunct" as of about 6-8 months ago as you know.
I posted about this in the Blueprint channel in June and CCP did not address it.
I submitted a ticket last week and GM Baldur suggested posting to the CSM forum so it gets some attention. I think many are simply looking to have CCP delete the prints and re-reimburse the original BPO cost. For some of us, it was a substantial investment to have simply turned off at a complete loss. Hopefully the CSM is looking out for us and can help.
Imagine investing billions of ISK and years of research time just to get shafted by CCP. Again.
And when market goes wild because of some bottleneck, too much inflation or whatever, guess what? Shafted again.
Would be nice to get some comments from CCP. Is the shafting policy now new normal for industrialists and do we start pricing this risk in everything on market?
On June 26, 2024, they said BPOs would be reimbursed. I don’t recall seeing more info since then:
NO-PAIN TRANSITIONS
To support capsuleers during the transition period, a comprehensive reimbursement process will be implemented in stages over the next several months, similar to those executed for other major gameplay transitions in the past. Recognizing the considerable investments made in the previous system, this program will reimburse deprecated upgrades, TCUs, and blueprints through a combination of returning material input items, automatically converting some items into new types, and direct ISK refunds for others.
the test server does go up from time to time, but it is almost exclusively for content creators to get footage and material to make videos prior to an expansion, I’m not sure CCP is going to give people permanent access back to Sisi, however I would personally like alot more 1 hour mass tests that they do every so often
I would say its not a question of “can” its “are they willing to”, which i’m fairly sure the answer will be no, there are some overheads for running an extra server all the time and the majority of sisi usage was not bug hunting, it was people pvping for fun and testing builds without risk of losing thier tranquility assets
never has it been posted how much anyone profited from the blueprint .
just ‘i lost billions’ … and years of research (dozens of right clicks) the horror !!
be brave , be a leader . tell us how much you made off your blueprints , and why you think you’re deserving of a full refund .
anyone who’s played more than a few years has likewise been ‘shafted’ by ccp .
from attributes changed back in '05 , making chars train slower for years until remaps were introduced . the nano-nerf that cost players billions in gear and implants . missile nerf 1 & 2 , requiring months of retraining to reach previous proficiency . old bpc nerf , changing valuable , rare bpc into worthless common bpc . gang skills nerf , making millions of sp basically worthless and removing all passive bonii . i could go on …
so , while i question how you feel a full refund is appropriate , i do support your right as a fellow player to ask for them .
What if i bought the blueprints in preparation for something and could not use them before they got nerfed. Will that finally be eligible for refund? Do i have to come to your house to get your signature for this?
Haha… No, even though my BPO’s were all well researched, I’m just looking for a refund for the original cost of the print. Not trying to be greedy, and 6 months wait so far so I think I’m being patient and asking the CSM to help isn’t out of the question, it’s what the GM’s told me to do. Truth is, if no one brings it up, it may never be done, so I’m just following up. I certainly don’t want a refund when no one else is getting one either. For anyone who’s done DB work, you should all know that writing a script to refund a BPO for all players/corps is not rocket science at all… It’s just not a priority for CCP, so they sit on it.
In the end, if we are all shafted, I wouldn’t be surprised. Like the guy above said, anyone who’s played a few years has been given a shaft quite a few times. I remember almost 2 decades ago, when I had invested heavily in the T1 missile market, and had much of my wealth wrapped up in Missiles to sell, only to have CCP alter their production so that instead of building 1 missile each build, you got 100. The value of my massive stock of missiles went into the twirling brown water… and I learned a hard lesson. Since then, I’ve been more careful, but this “Defunct” BPO stuff just seems like being crapped on. Hopefully the CSM will help, but I know it’s not necessarily going to happen.
