Everyone that already had L3 generator before today’s changes should get a message saying their generator broke down and they now need 7x metal parts to repair it.

That you put it this way, it kinda works both ways… Both sides spend a “gorillion” lmao

Car batteries are already a great example. They've dropped like crazy just in the past few days but start off astronomically expensive. From ~130k to ~90k. 950k for a tank battery right now. haha.

Graphics cards are the opposite though. Dirt cheap relative to their price late wipe. Last wipe they were 90-120k early wipe (within the first week) but 1.1 million (highest I saw) last wipe. Same is happening now. They are creeping up. 375-400k two days ago. 430k yesterday.

One thing people absolutely forget is that 1 rouble on Day 3 of the wipe, is like the value of 1000 roubles on Day 103. Inflation in this game is real, it just doesn't always look as serious as it is, because the amounts you pay for things stay stable on lots of items. But, infinity stuff is created by people playing the game, the supply can only go up, and the demand can only go down. While the markets look stable, the reality is, everyone is paying way more for everything early, it just doesn't visually look like it. There are just less total roubles in the economy.

I rush hideout as far as I can early wipe. Prior to the flea market level change, it was super OP for generating cash early wipe.

I still do it because I recall the damn solar panel changes that made that basically unattainable without massive grinding.

Are solar panels even remotely worth it? Fuel isn't expensive if you buy it directly from Jäger and you only need to get one per day

Yeah. That one was like 12 million euros. Op knows nothing of pain.

Or do like I do and get a gorillion from selling everything on the Flea and then upgrading my hideout a few weeks later for a pittance! 😀

said the same thing today 😀 100% intentional

Genuinely curious, if it is intentional what do BSG gain from it?

Let's calm down. I think this is probably just Hanlon's razor -- they change balance and expect it to matter, then realize they didn't do enough and try to fix it afterwards to the detriment of 98% of the playerbase. They don't care about the 2% of chads that slip through (until maybe there is backlash like this). Why don't they care? Because the game is in alpha, years away from being feature complete, and the hiccup that they hit on this iteration is irrelevant in the long run.

That said I totally do agree that it's unfair, and it would be trivial for them to do something about it, so they should do that. I also believe that they don't necessarily respect the playerbase that has paid to play in the alpha enough and they should dedicate one or two engineers to full time active balance. They could learn a lot by having continuous balance adjustments.

where

I've found them mostly in Oli, the 3 tiered shelves near the registers, and on Lighthouse at the beach and the construction area on the main road.

I only found one on woods - but hope it will help someone. Location: a bit north of ZB014 when the concrete wall ends, laying on the few more concrete panels.

Most of my friends found ones are from interchange tho.

also people who rushed lvl 3 in stuff did end up spending a lot to get that high early on. people forget that early wipe rubles are way more worthwhile so people investing into hideout even say 10k is same as an item costing 500k few weeks later.

Nah stuff is still expensive as hell

So excited for when wipes are no longer a thing. I’ll never play the wiped character

You still need to pay 1.5kk for military hoses. And med tools went for 300-400k.

There's a categorical difference between paying more for something by choice when there's a perfectly viable alternative of waiting, and being forced to pay fo