I remember hearing that these things drop about as commonly as purples.
So yeah, you're probably hosed.
People will just have to organize more pvp events, which will also increase the demand for more pvp IOs. It's some sort of vicious circle...
(To the tune of The Circle of Life)
From the day we arrive on the server
And blinking, step into the zone
There's more to be killed than can ever be killed
More to pwn than can ever be pwnt
Some say beat or be beaten
Some say live and let live
But none can agree what they want from peeveepee
You can never please people like these
There's far too much at stake in here
Loot to find that can never be found
So the fun time is over
Noobs need not apply
Except as fertilizer scattered on the ground
In the Circle of Grief
It's the squeal of misfortune
It's the weep of pain
It's the land of no hope
Till we find our place
On the path of grinding
In the Circle, the Circle of Grief
On the path of grinding
In the Circle, the Circle of Grief.
(Apologies to Elton John)
Winner of Players' Choice Best Villainous Arc 2010: Fear and Loathing on Striga; ID #350522
SOs at 5K, near-purples at 8K? Not that I think bounty is worth a damn as it is, but there does seem to be a little bit of a pricing discrepancy there.
*rises from her chair, slowly clapping*
You win, Fred.
-Rachel-
Add a bounty system to each of the pvp zones, and allow bounty to be used to purchase pvp IO's. I like it!
I agree that the costs associated with pvp IO's would need to be significantly higher than SO's (5/10 times more?). In order to make these purchases possible, players should be able to keep their accummulated bounty even when they log-out.
So I've been playing I14 all of three hours, and since I've already been around the MA block in open beta I figured lets hit up some pvp and get some IO's. In all three hours of killing I found an entire 1 IO, I figured maybe it wasn't because I killed enough people or something but then checked my rewards to see I've had a total of 60 kills give or take a couple incase because I didn't count the infamy just the rep and "did not get rep" messages.
So why not allow us to use our useless bounty to buy PvP IO's? We could still keep the option of buying SO's at 5k bounty and then let us access the selection of PvP IO's with 8k bounty. What's the worst that happens...more people get a chance at IO's that normally wouldn't? I don't see anything wrong with that. Do you?