What is Avarice?

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What is Avarice?

Post by Malakie » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 00:07

Hi,

I was reading the new v2.5 readme and came upon a reference to something called Avarice. What is that? I have not seen nor heard of it before. Ship? Location? Item?

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Post by Lazerath » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 00:12

It is an unknown sector that you can buy (if your lucky). ;-)

Its near light of heart (2 sectors away).

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Post by Malakie » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 00:17

lazerath wrote:It is an unknown sector that you can buy (if your lucky). ;-)

Its near light of heart (2 sectors away).

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AHHH! Somthing new I did not know about... and after playing this long.. So how do I buy it? BBS mission? Some other thing must take place?

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Post by gradea » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 03:01

If you do a search you'll find threads about it... You need about a billion credits if memory serves.

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Post by Reitema » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 12:30

For me the BBS mention of Avarice started around day 5-6 in game... and you can't bid untill the bidding reaches 600 mil, so to give you an idea... there's plenty mention of it on BBS, can't miss it. Once it reaches 600mil you get an option to join the bidding, also on BBS. Once you do this, you get a message everytime you're outbid or win the bidding! It seems kinda random which bid wins, but as was said before, a billion isn't too far-fetched. I paid around 700-800 myself, can't remember the exact number... pay attention to the BBS though, because once you miss it it won't come back again! god luck :)

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Post by Rapier » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 12:41

Avarice (greed) is one of the seven deadly sins in the Christian Old Testament and other religous writings. Be careful what you wish for.
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Post by Wolf-R1 » Tue, 25. Dec 07, 17:22

Oh please. This is a game, not real life. :roll:

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Post by Greedy_Bastard » Tue, 8. Jan 08, 22:42

yeah, wen i first saw the BBS stuff about it i had no clue wat it was talkin about. then i read a post about it and realised i had missed something fairly important.

on an unrelated note their is nothing wrong with being greedy :roll:
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Spanish: Amo el dinero
French: J'aime l'argent
German: Ich liebe Geld
Russian: Я люблю деньг
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Post by Capt_Newbie » Tue, 8. Jan 08, 23:21

I once asked what the benefit of 'owning' a sector was. Never got an answer. Do you get to collect taxes or sumthin'?

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Post by Nanook » Wed, 9. Jan 08, 02:01

The only real 'benefit' is you get to see your name as the owner when you pull up the universe or sector maps. You also get to name it, but you have to choose from a very limited selection of names, so that's not such a big deal. Basically, you're paying a king's ransom for vacuum. :P :lol:

No, you don't get to collect taxes, because there's absolutely nothing in there except your stations. The AI doesn't build there. You do get a 'free' Teladi trading station, if you consider 600+ million credits 'free'. :roll:
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Post by Kor'ah » Wed, 9. Jan 08, 20:08

The benefit is an ego boost. It's the single most expensive thing you can buy in the game. First time you buy the sector it is a good feeling.

After you have played several different games you'll have no problem building an empire that pulls in 300M+ per day. Buying the sector is hardly a challange then.

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Post by Achatos » Thu, 10. Jan 08, 01:02

Rapier wrote:Avarice (greed) is one of the seven deadly sins in the Christian Old Testament and other religous writings. Be careful what you wish for.
So right! Am I glad I never rose to the bait... :D
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