…but YOU raised the past as part of your argument. Now you are saying you don’t want to talk about it. Not exactly a sound argument.
BTW, I did say that if CCP introduces a P2W mechanic (which is kinda impossible in EVE) I would have an issue…so ya, I did talk about more position of a future condition. But what you are doing is basing your current argument on a hypothetical situation and for me that’s a waste of time.
Without a case study of the negative impacts to the game of the destroyer pack, there is no argument here…just anxiety.
I produce about 10+ Retrievers every week and sell them in the market.
Not limited to Retrievers, the EVE’s market is made up of the supply and demand of players, so sellers are constantly competing with other sellers for price. It’s a tough race, but I love the EVE’s market which is formed by players.
Now, CCP sells Retrievers, that should be sold by players, in the Pack from outside the market. This means taking some of the money that should flow from player to player and making it their own income.
I understand that CCP needs to earn money to continue running EVE. But a way like this will lose the player base and CCP’s business will be difficult on the contrary.
Yeah, I generally don’t engage with folks who cherry pick ONE sentence out of a paragraph to nitpick. I didn’t want to call you out as a troll right away cause I’m polite like that.
Now this is a totally valid point…but I ask you, how may Retriever packs do you think CCP is going to sell? Then ask yourself if that really is an issue for you.
I think when you put this topic into perspective of NW’s markets, this is a non-event really.
Selling poison in the form of market degradation to ignorant newbes is a bad idea until you realise that CCPs superiors are doing the same thing globally.
The market is shrinking. Does gouging a zombie kill it?
I wager on seeing more ludicrous way of monetizing before long unless we adamantly say no to this.
Although I was a bit optimistic because of the latest patch, I do not condone this disservice.
What on earth is going on within CCPs command ? Why we see this catastrophic decision with that ( a small ) step forward at the same time ?
You guys all are really out of hand for the past few years.
Are you saying that players buy plex with $$ to plex their account(s)?
What i see is that buying plex with $$ costs more then buying a subscription. That then means that those players are paying more then they need to no? I dont see why people would do that if thats the case
If you guys want to have an effect on CCP, this isn’t how you do it. They’re not going to listen to forum posts they don’t read, or letters from a CSM that was only formed to placate the masses and doesn’t have any actual power or sway over what the developers do.
Instead, send ISK to Safety. and other various gank groups, and they will gank these barges. I would also recommend that for an extra kicker, you can acquire the ISK via off-site RMT (i.e. bypassing additional PLEX sales), but that’s not something that’s allowed, so I won’t.
Once players start losing ships for which they paid real-life money directly, this problem will take care of itself.
serenity is already P2W. free AT ships if you subscribe 1yr Omega or so.
before i left there was a 3month OMEGA for free marauder hull.
and now ISK is on sale by Netease LOL
that’s exactly why i came to tranquility and even pay a VPS to play it with acceptable lag.
now the other server is making a start