Wanna step off your soap box a sec. the price is going up. It’s basic reverse Freakonomics. The costs to run the services had not gone up 33%. The probably will go up say 5-10% but you will always have a mass exodus first anyway, it’s balance over the next 3-5 years. So what I said stands. Agree or not I don’t dislike the game at all.
There is a hole, it needs to be filled, there is wastage. It’s that wastage that has to be accounted for. That’s how they’ve arrived at 33% increase and not 5-10%
Yeah… no thanks…
I have 3 accounts running, once the Omega for the two alt’s runs out, they’ll stay on alpha status.
We’ll see where this goes… but it’s going downhill… I guess I’ll grab some plex and Omega for the main while they priced within reason…
Do you hate your own game this much that you are now trying to finish it off? If so, just give it the mercy blow and take it offline.
This game has been a lot of fun for me, I’m no Industry genius, no PvP master, I enjoied it anyways, the community, the people, the storys that happened years ago… You got me so invested in this game that I literally consider every game that is not eve, as boring. No game, in my 10 years of gaming, ever held me this long, ever had me so in it’s grasp, got me to pay 45€ a month to run 3 accounts…
If there were some new additions to this game, new ships, new systems, new agent missions, continuation of the Triglavian story, a new faction, anything, but all there seems to be are changes to the industry that are then reversed a few months later…
I don’t even know if I’m mad at this, or just feel let down…
What you just said does not sound unreasonable to me, as long as you are with me regarding LONG TERM. This is a long term play make no mistake.
I see this as a price correction, for a luxury item. Come on man it is still a pretty good deal considering its the finest single shard sandbox ever transmitted over the internet. We all know this is true, because we are all here right now for the same reason.
I do wonder how much CCP are paying for electricity for TQ. UK prices are, umm, going through the roof there.
Just like Netflix, that’s a x3 unsub from me.
Everyone is putting their prices up i’m not buying it. Best of luck to you CCP.
xbox game pass costs $15 / month and gives you 100+ games.
or you can pay $20 / month for a single game.
o_O
Except the discount spam will continue. Because of course it will.
CCPlease,
I will pay 30€ per month if you remove:
-SP Trading and extraction.
-Selling SP for money.
-Removing some controversial changes
-Whale like prices in the store
-Shitty SKINS that should not be sold for money
Also for 30€ per month you should interact with your player-base more
Bring back Eve 2016.
That is what I am waiting to see, if I am honest mate.
I cant stand that discount spam, being targeted for more funds that way, while draining the game of value drives me crazy. I hope that this price increase stands in lieu of all that. If it does - then great. We will see.
Yeah but look at games like Albion online (a lot of former eve devs went there) their game is thriving with new players but the paywall is lower. Albeit a different style of game, not sci-fi but fantasy.
I just think they could have handled this differently.
A lot of the older content is still broken, with no new features other than rolling back changes already implemented.
Question is compared to the market are we getting value for the same price or cheaper elsewhere?
I see your funny and raise you a funny…maybe the option to use multiple MCTs per pilot. You want TEN MCTs? TEN times the training speed! Zoom zoom.
Or they could just open the 12.9 million Skill Point Resurgence Personal Offer as a permanent item in the store. CCP gets ~$300 per transaction.
/dons asbestos suit and prepares for the fun.
Am I upset that prices are increasing? No.
I’m frustrated that at this moment, when thousands of players are making personal decisions whether to play Eve again in a significant way like we did two years ago, and during a moment of uncertainty and instability in the in-game economy, CCP decided to force-implement inflationary measures.
In the past year, I was frustrated enough to cancel four subscriptions. When CCP announced the upcoming BPO changes, I resubbed one character with the intention of staggering additional subscriptions each month. But with the news this morning, I’ve canceled my sole subscription in protest.
And unless CCP opens the faucet on in-game income to make it easier to go OMEGA with ISK, I won’t make another decision to resub for at least six months - and probably more.
PLEASE delay this price increase until at least Q3, if not Q4. I want to be able to play the game I love.
I kind of agree with your general thrust.
Get rid of all rubbish that is devaluing the game and its virtual assets.
My corp’s leadership team are banging our heads against the wall trying to come up with ways to encourage more in-game activity, but I’m seriously worried that any of our efforts will be in vain. Just when we get excited about playing again, CCP comes along and lets us down.
Further to my post regarding players just unsubbing another problem has occurred to me
Given a lot of multi boxers mine
Say with 6 accounts they can earn 60m/hr and thats fine
But they could undertake a pve activity that would earn them 40m/hr
To keep to there budget they need to drop 2 accounts meaning there ingame earnings are on par with pve but they are paying you 4 times as much as the one charecter needed to partake of the pve .
Logically they are going to unsub down to one alt not 4 . Losing 5 subs not 2 further exasperating your potential loss
Did you even know how much you as paying before this price increase?
Well, i’m priced out. I was going to quit soon anyway but you’ve made the choice for me. It was fun, time to go back to world of warcraft.
I sub my 8 accounts because I like to waste isk and be dumb. Monetization is accepted as a way to keep sub prices static, but drive more revenue using value adds the player base wants, for those who can afford it and are willing to pay it. I like multiple accounts as it gives me gameplay options, and it gives CCP steady revenue.
CCP has ignored the monetization players want, and are increasingly making missteps. Not sure even the friendships in this game will be enough at this point to keep from winning Eve.
Probably just a bridge too far for me this time.
Thank you for giving me a reason to give up this game.
I was paying a lot for eve, 15 for 1 account sub and then id dump anywhere from another 20 to 60 dollars every couple weeks into the game to sell plex.