In short, how much is a pixel worth? What are some common prices? I'm from the USA, so I'm inclined to think "Well, 1 pixel is $1." but this may not be the case. I understand that prices may vary from locale to locale, but since it seems to be a "universal" currency, there's no real exchange rate to take into consideration. So, what is the bang for my buck?
Alright, sweet. That in mind, how much would something like a starship cost? (I'm not buying one, just wondering.) What are some other prices that we'd find in the Starbound universe that we can't steal from the real world (such as a plasma rifle)?
Generally varies from person to person. General money for a ship depends on the size and sort. I know I consider most ships to be expensive, not only to buy but to upkeep. Weapons will range highly too, as we have quite a few weapon crafts in server who sell goods.
For ships, I work that 25,000-50,000px would be a light corsair, or a single-man vessel with general rooms for upkeep. 100,000-400,000px would be a medium-vessel that would require a crew and has many rooms. Likely equipped with weaponry or more sophisticated technology. 500,000px+ would be large-vessels that would need an even larger crew and be the equivalent of a cruise ship. For weapon sale, I base it off of actual weapon prices. If it is future weapon tech, like a laser rifle, I'd take an assault rifle's cost, eyeball an amount to be deducted, add the price of a high voltage battery, and copper wiring. Then add cost of production. Typically I would sell future weapons for 1,500 to 1,750 px. That's just me. Assault rifles would generally cost 1,000 to 1,500 dollars in real life. I would either mark up or mark down depending on how old or how advanced the new kinetic rifle is. I tend to just google prices, then add and subtract, and form a price that reasonable.
I swear to god, these posts pop up every month or two, and the same result gets posted. We gotta like, add this shit to the rules or something man.
Oooh, that gives me an idea...Frohman, you really gotta take a chill pill and calm that ADD and Tourettes you have going on. I feel like you can't help but swear at every thread that comes out.
Yeah I imagine that must get annoying. Sorry. But if it's such a common question, then why hasn't anyone put it up as an FAQ? (Or am I just a moron who hasn't checked the FAQ yet.)
People can submit their own questions to the FAQ. That'd help a lot. Although I took the FAQ down from the navbar a while back to revamp it, but never quite got around to finishing it. Since nobody ever checks the FAQ, I'd like to compile all it's information into a giant thread which would hopefully get checked more often, since the first place people seem to go is the Information forum.
