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Ramona McCandless
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Posted - 2014.03.27 07:45:00 -
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Capitalism not going your way?
If you dont like it go live in... oh wait.... *** Vote MTU For CSM *** "They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Ramona McCandless
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Posted - 2014.03.27 12:26:00 -
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Desimus Maximus wrote: If 750 happens I will skill out my remaining time and will not return until PLEX has returned to normalcy... reasonable levels.
Im not buying anymore Ferraris until they reduce the price to what I want to pay *** Vote MTU For CSM *** "They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Ramona McCandless
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Posted - 2014.03.27 12:40:00 -
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Good Posting wrote:Ramona McCandless wrote:Desimus Maximus wrote: If 750 happens I will skill out my remaining time and will not return until PLEX has returned to normalcy... reasonable levels.
Im not buying anymore Ferraris until they reduce the price to what I want to pay EVE isn't a ferrari. It is a flock of whiners and scrub lords
Im not planning on buying EvE either.
Jenn aSide wrote:
Why is this so easy for us to see and so hard for them I wonder :) .
See above *** Vote MTU For CSM *** "They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Ramona McCandless
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Posted - 2014.03.27 14:40:00 -
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Im not about to try and speak for anyone, only myself.
I have almost never used PLEX to extend my account. Those times I have purchased it, it was to buff my ingame account for expensive projects. I prefer to use my in gmae isk as a means to an end, its neither a way to play for "free" nor is it a measure of success. I don't mind paying to play, the EvE universe is unique and allows far far more freedom than any comparable game I have encountered yet, and I pay for that priveledge.
I don't mind working up my usable isk either though, but really I play to do the things I enjoy, not the things to pay my way and not worrying about it or pushing myself into things I dont want to do has kept me coming back.
However, I also don't have a recurring sub simply because I like to be in complete control.
If I assume that many people join under the impression that working hard grants you the ability to buy gametime with ingame isk, then it would follow that this demographic pushes prices faster than the EvE-Rich, though of course they buy PLEX in game from time to time, but in all honesty I see the high prices as a sign of demand rather than any sort of artificial manipulation.
Couple that with the facts that
a) The value of Isk itself when held against PLEX as a gold-standard drops as more players and by extention isk enters the market
b) The opportunity to earn larger amounts of isk becomes available to more people each day
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c) If you add content, and it is interactable with Isk in any way this will usually have an inflationary effect on the value of the isk in your wallet
then it follows that PLEX will always be slightly out of the comfortable affordability range (or at least percieved range) of the average "middle class" of New Eden (Earning Im guessing @10-50m per play session, maybe 100-500 each week).
In short, if PLEX prices were 300m or so, then the average player (if we accept such a thing even exists) would be earning only 3-20m per gaming session which would require a massive amount of changes to have occured.
But that is just how I see it.
Disclaimer: Figures not inclusive of VAT Sales Tax or Unexpected Windfall/Disaster. Prices representative March 2014. Your ship/POS/Homeplanet may be at risk if you fail to keep up the repayments. *** Vote MTU For CSM *** "They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn Omnis nomiom nom nom nomi |
Ramona McCandless
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Posted - 2014.03.27 16:23:00 -
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Eli Porter wrote:[
Let me explain it in simpler terms.
X has no PI resources. He gets about 600 mil a month from ratting and missions.
Y has lots of PI resources and a bunch of alts each taking advantage of them. Each character gets about 1 bil a month.
Y outnumbers player X and gets more money than him. Pilot X can no longer afford a PLEX, he's been drowned out of the market. But people like pilot Y can.
So... higher demand for PLEX
X probably has more fun too *** Vote MTU For CSM *** "They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn "Facebook would never tolerate that behaviour we are talking about" - Big Lynx |
Ramona McCandless
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Posted - 2014.03.28 07:38:00 -
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Mara Rinn wrote:Regan Rotineque wrote:Excellent form of population control...let plex rise to high levels and the weak and non productive in EvE shall perish. Well, I'm hoping that more people will pay by 12 month subscription (a net loss to CCP over the PLEX subscription), and play the game for the fun of the game rather than the need to farm up a PLEX every month. With less focus on ISK/hr, people can just participate in the activities that they enjoy.
+1 *** Vote MTU For CSM *** "They feel the need to cover their ears and eyes in horror at your very presence." - Pontianak Sythaeryn "Facebook would never tolerate that behaviour we are talking about" - Big Lynx |
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