Talk:Castanas/@comment-24.136.73.144-20140220110214/@comment-198.82.213.36-20140220190626

If they were to allow rushed research. DE would have to ensure that the platinum cost is proportional to the clan's member count, or make the cost very high. Not everyone would neccesarily want to pay for a weapon, and/or not even want said weapon. In this case, the members who do want it would have to pay for not only their share, but also the share of the members who will not pay. On top of this, by making it clan research, they are making it so that it takes 48 hours (research time + build time) to obtain instead of just 24 hours (buying the BP on the market and building it). Some people cannot wait this long. Doing it this way diverts and magnifies the "I want these now!" mentality and result in more people buying the weapon. DE made the right call.