Both. SP promotions won’t stop because SP is the most valuable commodity that CCP has, to motivate players to do something. SP injectors won’t stop. CCP is looking for a balance between promotional hurts for long term gain. I still believe my “SP devaluation” point is valid. I could also point at irritation that CCP made a statement to mollify the player-base when injectors were revealed, that SP would only come from other players.
As a long term player who would log in anyway, I’m more interested in limited-time “event loot,” back when limited-time Events were happening. (Crimson Harvest time is fast approaching!)
What are CCPs plans to deal with things such as SP farms?
It depends what you mean by “deal with” really. There’s no rule against someone operating 200 accounts, so long as they’re not using them to multiplex.
SP farms are something that we (in particular the EVE Economic Council) are keeping a very close eye on, and if changes need to be made for the health of the game then we’ll look at what we can do to make it happen.
Do you consider introducing skill injectors beneficial to longevity and overall health of the game?
Yep, 100%. They’ve opened the doors for new players to skill up quickly and have at least partially broken down the mentality of “I want to play EVE but I’m always going to be 10 years in skillpoints behind the guys who’ve been playing for ages”.
They also, like PLEX, adhere to the mantra of increasing player choice in how to manage time and money investment in the game. We think it’s very important for games overall to balance this and balance it both ways.