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Beyond the great job generally done on all aspects of the game, there is some inconsistancies still around.
For example:
A level 1 latinum location typically has about 240, and a level 2 would be twice that, or about 500. (480 to be exact)
A level 2 metal facility, which is far more common for looting purposes, caps at about 40k.
Thus looting a full base would produce about 20k metal, or 250 latinum.
A ratio of 80k to 1k.
On the looting points, if neither has a boost, you get 1 point per 20 metal, or 10 points per latinum.
This is a 200 : 1 ratio.
Latinum is harder to find lootable bases, so this is a fair trade off.
In the dealer, the cost of 1 box of metal is 1k.
This is a 20k to 1k ratio.
Even at a 50% discount, the dealer is only offering you a 40k to 1 ratio, or half the fair value.
You would need a 75% discount to break even on the over priced metal.
With metal so much easier to loot, even the 80% discount on a box in the dealer is arguably a waste of latinum.
I suggest that the price be shifted to a more reasonable amount, and that the amount for sale be 5 or 10 instead of just 1.
A price of 100, for a box of 20k metal would be worth buying when metal is tight.
You can sometimes buy with credits instead of latinum, and that the credit prices are typcally 10% of the latinum prices.
This means the box of 20k metal is selling for the equivelent of 100 credits (pre discount, if any.)
The HQ will sell you 20k for just 10 credits, supporting that 100 latinum is indeed the correct dealer pricing
For example:
A level 1 latinum location typically has about 240, and a level 2 would be twice that, or about 500. (480 to be exact)
A level 2 metal facility, which is far more common for looting purposes, caps at about 40k.
Thus looting a full base would produce about 20k metal, or 250 latinum.
A ratio of 80k to 1k.
On the looting points, if neither has a boost, you get 1 point per 20 metal, or 10 points per latinum.
This is a 200 : 1 ratio.
Latinum is harder to find lootable bases, so this is a fair trade off.
In the dealer, the cost of 1 box of metal is 1k.
This is a 20k to 1k ratio.
Even at a 50% discount, the dealer is only offering you a 40k to 1 ratio, or half the fair value.
You would need a 75% discount to break even on the over priced metal.
With metal so much easier to loot, even the 80% discount on a box in the dealer is arguably a waste of latinum.
I suggest that the price be shifted to a more reasonable amount, and that the amount for sale be 5 or 10 instead of just 1.
A price of 100, for a box of 20k metal would be worth buying when metal is tight.
You can sometimes buy with credits instead of latinum, and that the credit prices are typcally 10% of the latinum prices.
This means the box of 20k metal is selling for the equivelent of 100 credits (pre discount, if any.)
The HQ will sell you 20k for just 10 credits, supporting that 100 latinum is indeed the correct dealer pricing