
Originally Posted by
bh-cameron
Thank you everyone for the continued feedback on this!
As most of you know, this is a topic that has been brought up and debated upon ever since Hardware "became a thing". We've heard conflicting feedback from various TR Communities regarding player preference. Some players want Hardware to be more accessible via either moving all base Hardware into the TOC, and then some players like the Hardware availability as it because "it keeps Hardware rare and valuable like it should be". We've tried a few tests in the past that attempted to find a middle ground on player sentiment, but all the tests effectively hurt or didn't help business while also not addressing the underlying problem of event base sniping.
All of this being said, unless we find a better way to address this at some point that's favorable to the player-base as a whole while also not doing too much to hurt our bottom line, we probably won't be messing around too much more with Hardware Event Base allocation. I do understand that Hardware should potentially become less rare over time as more core top-end upgrades continue to require Hardware, and this is something that I personally will keep a close eye on in the background to ensure that Hardware doesn't become too scarce.