Are you guys really surprised? CCP has an Ex EA member of staff at the helm of decisions and Pearl Abyss. A Korean company known for micro transactions and shady decision making in BDO.
A very slippery slope now. Loot boxes not far into the future. CCP would rather implement this rubbish no one asked for than actually make the game worth logging into. (Sov is stagnant citadels are a joke)
People should vote with their feet and unsubscribe. Remember CCP greed is good.
@CCP Gambling is not a good idea, however this isnât just about gambling but creating ways to get us to buy ships with real money and not isk as much. When I heard you were trying to take isk out of the game, the question was, what were they putting in its place? I knew then it was attempt to make p2w content again. Soon after you did it again and we got the âwe sorry we didnât run it by CSM firstâ. Then we got âStarter Packsâ a great way to dig more money out of new players, now its this. 2011 riot didnât solve anything, just postponed it. New players will have a large distrust for CCP when they get scammed playing this gambling mini game. The player base is done. 10-15 year old pilots are leaving. The pilots who made Eve, Eve started leaving back in 2011 and maybe I should went with them. However I gave CCP some rope, a lot of rope and you hung all of us with it. Greed has no limits. Hence greed. Greed will implode CCP. Itâs inevitable. CCP, fix this now. You are on your own timer that you created for yourself.
@Artimus_Albosa
just linking this once more: https://massivelyop.com/2019/02/17/eve-evolved-eve-online-has-a-gambling-problem/
the interviewee burned 10k$ on PLEX so he can keep gambling on IWantISK
The initiator of a raffle also risks loosing the hyper cores he invested - obviously the prices will reflect the total cost plus risk so itâs a guaranteed loss for everyone participating, promoting harmful gambling behaviour even more.
Finally let me again point out that minors play EVE as well - PEGI rating is 12
Online gambling is a whole different thing than playing some Poker with friends. Regulations are overdue.
Itâs not Hilmar, itâs a feature that was desired since âgames of chance were bannedâ a few years ago. This serves the population that was hit by that ban - the corp/alliance raffles.
How so? The biggest null alliances donât get propper access to this since itâs restricted to NPC stations. Looks more like the prime focus is on public, anonymous gambling in Jita.
So I have tested this new system today and it seems pretty solid. With few things to keep in mind :
Hypercore can be bought with ISK & real life money. That makes it REALLY a gambling( Can be bad for game as some countries can consider this and BAN the game. Yes this also could have been the end of Star Wars Battlefront 2 if they did not back pedal on this).
Some sales Will have 80mil (or more) tickets for Lets say - BILLION worth goods BUUUUUTâŚYou can spend 80mil and NOT win the item so. Its gambling â and its for VERY rich ppl. Most of my friends will not even bother to waste money on that.
To claim Item you WILL have to travel âwill be placed in their item hangar in the location where the offer was createdâ. So no magic transportation of your goods.
P.S this makes it very interesting experience but its a Gambling. Its NOT for kids. And it could get unnecessary attention of your country goverment at some point.