[Darkaner]

Originally Posted by jdegre

I think that this is a very good point. I've seen a lot of people saying "this weapon has great economy as long as I can loot it". I cannot say they're wrong, but I prefer to see it in a different way:

Remember that if you loot a 100 ped korss 400, what you have actually looted is a 200 ped worth of weapon. If you go hunting and you burn the whole gun, you've burned 200 ped worth of gun.

If you decide to sell the gun, you get 100 extra ped. If you hunt with it, you'd better take into account those 100 extra ped in you calculations to see if you've had a loss/profit, otherwise you're fooling yourself. In economics, this concept is known as "cost of opportunity", ie., the virtual cost you've paid for not having done something; in this case, for not having sold the gun.

The bottom line: as long as you pay current market price for an L weapon (the price you could get if you sell it), it does not matter if you loot it or if you buy it, economy-wise

Cheers,
/jdegre.

Agree, good post.