Hey, I'm a REAL player of the game Project-Entropia, so i belive i could make a post which makes more sence then the millions of "26.5k usd!!! OMG he must be retarded, live in his mothers basement and be to damn addicted!!!" posts.
Seriously, why talk about something u don't know?
This Island was sold by the developers of the game: MindArk PE AB, a swedish based company. and NOT some other player in the game, who managed to fool someone out of his life savings..
This is not the first piece of estate to be sold in PE, there have been Hangars (which are used to travel into space) and houses or various sizes sold aswell, for some 200-2k USD, also 2 castles exists in the game (besides the one on Treasure Island) which have been sold for around 1.5k-2k each i belive. Treasure Island is however the only Island to be sold ingame as of yet.
Treasure Island is located on the continent Amethera, and on that continent there is a "LandGrab" going on now, where ALL of the continent will be up for grabs, for those who are able to defend an area for 12 consecutive hours. Currently we are waiting for LAB-5 to start (Land Area Battle nr 5). Anyhow, the Island is the ONLY part of this vast continent that CAN'T be grabbed, the rest of the continent will be up for grabs EVERY 6 months (twice a year, that is...)
What is the point of buying a virutal estate in a game? and an Island for 26.5k USD? and what good does the LandGrab (LG) do?
well, to get to this new continent (Amethera) u need to either reach a certain amount of skills, or be an owner of an estate. Currently normal houses are "just" nice to have, and serve as a ticket to Amethere ofcourse. Hangars can take u to space, which means u can sell tickets to those who want's to go to space for a little hunting. Castles are the same as houses ATM, but both are promised to be more important in the future. (oh, forgot that ALL estates does have some land, and on that land u can set up shopkeepers which sells items that u decide, to ur prices. so all estates can bring a nice income)
And the land areas that u can claim in LG then? well, it is simple.. ofcourse it will cost u the ammo spent, and decay (everything slowly decays when u use it in PE, not clothes and such, but armors, weapons and tools) BUT, what u can gain is much more then the cost. On ALL areas the owning society (don't think u can easily claim a area on ur own, there's a fierce PvP battle for these things) can claim 1-10% of ALL income on that Island comming from Mining and Hunting (highest loot from a beast so far, had a base value of 2.2 USD! some loots have had items in them with a MARKETVALUE of way more then 5k USD!, and 10% of those loots ain't half bad.. one of the Societies that has claimed most land so far (about 1 area each LG) claims to already have gotten back most of the total cost to gain the area (in decay and ammo spent while defending against other players) and they've spent some 1,000 usd on EACH area so..
Also the owners of an area will be given the choice to SELL estates on their grounds shortly, which generates even more money back to their pockets.. bigger areas will be able to have more estates on them ofcourse, and those who buy an estate WILL keep it if the owner of the area loses the claim in next LG.
So, what's the thing with Treasure Island then? Well, ofcourse u can take 10% on ALL mining and hunting on the Island, also the owner has a total of 60 estates to sell on the Island. the estates alone will bring back a large sum of money, and the 10% of all income on the Island will bring back ALOT of cash to, especialy since the Island is 6 times bigger then the largest Area that can be claimable (no area of that size has been in an LG so far though) and also Treasure Island doesn't partake in the LG, so once u bought it, it's urs until u sell it.
so clearly it's an investment which can pay of very nicely..
and just to say, there is armors and weapons which has a marketvalue of up to 7,000$ in th
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yeah, what i ment was 2,200 USD, or 22,000PED. but can't correct my earlier post, so i couldn't fix that, or the spelling.. sry :P
Hey, I'm a REAL player of the game Project-Entropia, so i belive i could make a post which makes more sence then the millions of "26.5k usd!!! OMG he must be retarded, live in his mothers basement and be to damn addicted!!!" posts.
Seriously, why talk about something u don't know?
This Island was sold by the developers of the game: MindArk PE AB, a swedish based company.
and NOT some other player in the game, who managed to fool someone out of his life savings..
This is not the first piece of estate to be sold in PE, there have been Hangars (which are used to travel into space) and houses or various sizes sold aswell, for some 200-2k USD, also 2 castles exists in the game (besides the one on Treasure Island) which have been sold for around 1.5k-2k each i belive.
Treasure Island is however the only Island to be sold ingame as of yet.
Treasure Island is located on the continent Amethera, and on that continent there is a "LandGrab" going on now, where ALL of the continent will be up for grabs, for those who are able to defend an area for 12 consecutive hours. Currently we are waiting for LAB-5 to start (Land Area Battle nr 5).
Anyhow, the Island is the ONLY part of this vast continent that CAN'T be grabbed, the rest of the continent will be up for grabs EVERY 6 months (twice a year, that is...)
What is the point of buying a virutal estate in a game? and an Island for 26.5k USD? and what good does the LandGrab (LG) do?
well, to get to this new continent (Amethera) u need to either reach a certain amount of skills, or be an owner of an estate. Currently normal houses are "just" nice to have, and serve as a ticket to Amethere ofcourse. Hangars can take u to space, which means u can sell tickets to those who want's to go to space for a little hunting.
Castles are the same as houses ATM, but both are promised to be more important in the future.
(oh, forgot that ALL estates does have some land, and on that land u can set up shopkeepers which sells items that u decide, to ur prices. so all estates can bring a nice income)
And the land areas that u can claim in LG then?
well, it is simple.. ofcourse it will cost u the ammo spent, and decay (everything slowly decays when u use it in PE, not clothes and such, but armors, weapons and tools) BUT, what u can gain is much more then the cost. On ALL areas the owning society (don't think u can easily claim a area on ur own, there's a fierce PvP battle for these things) can claim 1-10% of ALL income on that Island comming from Mining and Hunting (highest loot from a beast so far, had a base value of 2.2 USD! some loots have had items in them with a MARKETVALUE of way more then 5k USD!, and 10% of those loots ain't half bad.. one of the Societies that has claimed most land so far (about 1 area each LG) claims to already have gotten back most of the total cost to gain the area (in decay and ammo spent while defending against other players) and they've spent some 1,000 usd on EACH area so..
Also the owners of an area will be given the choice to SELL estates on their grounds shortly, which generates even more money back to their pockets.. bigger areas will be able to have more estates on them ofcourse, and those who buy an estate WILL keep it if the owner of the area loses the claim in next LG.
So, what's the thing with Treasure Island then?
Well, ofcourse u can take 10% on ALL mining and hunting on the Island, also the owner has a total of 60 estates to sell on the Island. the estates alone will bring back a large sum of money, and the 10% of all income on the Island will bring back ALOT of cash to, especialy since the Island is 6 times bigger then the largest Area that can be claimable (no area of that size has been in an LG so far though) and also Treasure Island doesn't partake in the LG, so once u bought it, it's urs until u sell it.
so clearly it's an investment which can pay of very nicely..
and just to say, there is armors and weapons which has a marketvalue of up to 7,000$ in th