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Khamelean
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Posted - 2011.06.26 21:42:00 -
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The only problem i see with this is that every item that is created by players is destroyed by players. This creates a constant need for production. Vanity items on the other hand are persistent, once a player buy a particular set of jeans, they won't ever buy another set of the same pair. CCP could change them to be destructible on pod death, but then who would ever wear them if they offer no competitive advantage, cost real money and are easily destroyed? There may be some, but thats a very small crowd indeed, and I doubt they would keep it up for long.
The other reason is that vanity items by their nature demand a wide variety, true there isn't that much variety in the store at the moment, but i'm sure no one doubts that the number of items in that store will grow. There simply isn't the market volume required to sustain a reasonable variety of player generated items.
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Khamelean
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Posted - 2011.06.26 21:51:00 -
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Selling BPC's for equivalent ships but with prettier hulls would give a money making advantage to manufacturers willing to spend money on the custom BPC's.
Obviously a ship with a customised paint job or visual hull modification would be worth more than the standard model. It would likely even drive the value of the standard ship down. You would then have items bought off the noble exchange directly effecting the income of players who aren't willing to spend cash in the store.
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Khamelean
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Posted - 2011.06.26 21:53:00 -
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Originally by: RougeOperator
Cause you can grind isk. YOu cant grind aur.
Grind isk, buy plex with isk, translate plex to aur. How is that not grinding aur?
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Khamelean
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Posted - 2011.06.26 22:15:00 -
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Originally by: RougeOperator Edited by: RougeOperator on 26/06/2011 22:13:58
Originally by: Khamelean
Originally by: RougeOperator
Cause you can grind isk. YOu cant grind aur.
Grind isk, buy plex with isk, translate plex to aur. How is that not grinding aur?
Cause someone needs to buy the plex to begin with.
Its not hard to figure out how its not the same thing. Before in game you can get anything with ISK. Now there is something that can only be bought with plex.
Its lightyears different. As they are items that can only be had with Real MONEY in some form. While other items require no money.
Originally by: Maplestone
Originally by: RougeOperator Cause you can grind isk. YOu cant grind aur.
If you grind ISK, CCP still gets its money because it still took 3 months of industry to manufacture that thing you are buying.
You do get that you are being double billed in that case. A monthly sub is not the same as buying with Aur.
There is always plex.
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