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Good. Doing anything to encourage uber guilds is a bad idea.|
Originally Posted by Leandro
If everybody and their neighbor has a full featured base, they lose their value as a SG recruiting tool.
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Of course, the basic assumption of this thread is false given how absurdly cheap the rent is, but saying that it helps make guilds bigger has got to be the worst argument in favor of something that I have ever seen.
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Okay, I've only read the first post so far, but had to reply. This is an obvious joke, right? Or at least a weak effort at trolling?
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Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Why is base rent so much. I think bases should be free. Or at least only a little.
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Originally Posted by McCharraigin
Grin. I remember the very first time I tried to find the building to pay rent for the Villain SG I play in.
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I finally just parked an alt there permanently- whenever the rent is due I log him in, pay it and log back out.
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Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Why is base rent so much.
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Having helped you there, please allow me to express my amusement at your question. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You think that's pricey!? That in itself is priceless.
If you aren't happy with base rent, take out your storage units. Or... you know... run in SG mode more often. You have a whole month to make the prestige, and even then, you can pay it late. In fact, I never pay it until the power goes out. It's still the same rate on-time or late.
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i think its unfair that people can have a totallly finished base from old prestige now that server pop is so low its like totally impossible to build an sg. Now its another thing that i or anyone else has to farm to. |
REALLY EASY!
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I run an SG just for my own toons, so I can store more salvage. It took me one month of just regular play and SG mode (and the most toons you can use to get the inf bonus) to come up with enough to power a base with full storage. And I make the rent and oodles more, ALL THE TIME! So even a player like you, Graystar Blaster, who undoubtedly has a hard time making and keeping friends in-game, can run a base with no problem. FYI, maybe the attitude of self-importance is why the servers seem empty to you. Have you gotten yourself ignored by that many people already?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Haw!
I finally just parked an alt there permanently- whenever the rent is due I log him in, pay it and log back out. |
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Base rent is a pittance compared to what it was when I started playing 2 years ago. It used to be based off plot size. So prestige cost was ginormous for big bases.|
Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
Why is base rent so much.
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| Or at least only a little. |
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| Also bases are very expensive to make i think its unfair that people can have a totallly finished base from old prestige now that server pop is so low its like totally impossible to build an sg. |
How about NO.
It's not impossible to build an SG.
I have several SGs where I'm the only member. Yet I have no problem building perfectly functional bases. I've received no prestige grants anyplace but on test.
If I can do it, so can you. No farming required.
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Seriously, did you buy that account?
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Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
so from someones email i hear you can make your sg smaller
How? Not subtracting rooms but how do you make the plot smaller we have a secure plot. How do i make it just regular |
When you're in the entry room, go to Modify Base Plot instead of Edit Base.
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so does that mean that the raid button is a waste? why is it there negrepme |
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Base rent is a pittance compared to what it was when I started playing 2 years ago. It used to be based off plot size. So prestige cost was ginormous for big bases.
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Base stuff is also far cheaper than it used to be.
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Base rent is miniscule, but that's actually a problem in a weird kind of way:
Previously, you might have a rather large amount of rent to pay, which made it worthwhile to actually run to the registrar to pay it. Now the most you'll ever pay for rent is 1800 prestige, which many smaller bases won't even come close to. For example, I've got a few bases with the smallest possible plot size which simply have one enhancement bin for storing IOs which I want to email to myself on a different server. Previously I wouldn't have to pay rent on that so I could access the base at any time, but now I've got to pay 100 prestige every month or I lose access until I pay (there's no power or control so I don't have to worry about that, at least). Having to zone multiple times to get to the registrar to pay such a piddly amount of prestige is simply annoying, especially when it takes me longer to get to the registrar and pay the rent than the time I'd've spent working in my base. It's got to the point where I've just created a few lowbies and parked them by the registrars in AP and PO so I don't have to zone-hop to pay rent.
To reiterate: I don't mind having to pay rent, I just wish there was a simpler and more efficient way to do it, especially when the rent amount is so small. It's kind of like receiving a fifty-cent bill for something in the mail but you have to write out a check and mail it back because the agency doesn't have any local offices.
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Mac, I'm with you on this. I also do what was mentioned above. I have an alt parked at the registrar. When rent is due, I log it in, pay it, and move on. I have one on red side and one on blue.
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Originally Posted by macskull
To reiterate: I don't mind having to pay rent, I just wish there was a simpler and more efficient way to do it, especially when the rent amount is so small. It's kind of like receiving a fifty-cent bill for something in the mail but you have to write out a check and mail it back because the agency doesn't have any local offices.
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You can pay more than 1800. According to ParagonWiki:
Storage Items: 100x18
Auto-Doc: 100
Robo-surgery: 100x20 (possibly higher if you can have more than one medlab)
Advanced and Expert worktables: 100x4
Robotic Fabricator: 100x6 (one for each workbench)
1st tier buff station: 100x2
2nd tier buff station: 200x2
3rd tier buff station: 300x2
That's 5700 prestige, possibly more for huge Secure plots or if my quick head math sucks. Of course nobody really needs all that stuff except for decoration, and it's still pretty trivial.
If I were given an option to toss 100k prestige at the registrar to put against my base rent so I wouldn't have to pay it every few weeks I would take it in a second.
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Wow, then I really need to have words with the SG Registrar. He keeps dinging my SG for 2900 prestige.
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Originally Posted by macskull
Now the most you'll ever pay for rent is 1800 prestige, which many smaller bases won't even come close to.
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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
If I were given an option to toss 100k prestige at the registrar to put against my base rent so I wouldn't have to pay it every few weeks I would take it in a second.
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Damn straight.
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Shhhhh LOL I have done that before. In fact I still do with my 50s and yeah you can quickly make enough to pay your rent without actually facing a single enemy.
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Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
You can do it faster than that. I have 14 characters in my solo group. Once every three days I can log them each in and auto complete a newspaper mission, each one nets 344 prestige. I only need to do 8 of them to earn enough to pay rent for a month. That's what, 30 seconds for log out, call it 2 minutes to log in, load screen, call up contacts, pick mission, call up contacts, complete mission, log out?
So 15 to 20 minutes to pay rent. Tops. And you don't even need to play the game to pull that off! |
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Hm, whoops. Thought base rent was now solely based off of the amount of storage items. I'd take a "pre-pay rent" option though.
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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
You can pay more than 1800. According to ParagonWiki:
Storage Items: 100x18 Auto-Doc: 100 Robo-surgery: 100x20 (possibly higher if you can have more than one medlab) Advanced and Expert worktables: 100x4 Robotic Fabricator: 100x6 (one for each workbench) 1st tier buff station: 100x2 2nd tier buff station: 200x2 3rd tier buff station: 300x2 That's 5700 prestige, possibly more for huge Secure plots or if my quick head math sucks. Of course nobody really needs all that stuff except for decoration, and it's still pretty trivial. If I were given an option to toss 100k prestige at the registrar to put against my base rent so I wouldn't have to pay it every few weeks I would take it in a second. |
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hehe, my main toon has gained enough prestige to pay rent for the next 340 years(yup I did the math) I think maybe I'll exit SG mode now.
The more people I meet, the more I'm beginning to root for the zombies.
All I know is that My base went from the minimum plot size to being a fully functional base with Porters to all zones Blue side, Super Computer, Auto Doc, Mission Computer, 2 enhancment tables, 1 inspire collector and 14 salavage racks, vault, Pillar of Ice and Flame and is fully decorated and stock in about 5 months with just 3 people playing on a semi-regular basis. Just wasn't that much of a chore.
But if it really bothers you do some marketing, earn a few billion and turn Inf into prestige and you can make the base of your dreams!