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Old Feb 24, 2020, 9:12 pm
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Originally Posted by usedtobeimportant
So did we bring the devaluation upon ourselves? Perhaps if we didn't go overboard with our uses of MP it wouldn't have been devaluated?
No. UA simply wants to maximize the profits. The devaluation is intended by UA.

Take UDU/EUA/CPU as an example, MP elites are only entitled for the upgrade when there are availabilities. So the upgrade is within UA's sole control that none of use can go overboard.

Yet, the true value of CPU has been heavily criticized as UA sells these upgrade for TODs. So to say the devaluation is based on overboard would not be logical.

UA wants this to happen, so that it looks like a delusion.
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