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Gedrick frogue
Heuristic Industrial And Development AddictClan
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Posted - 2016.02.11 11:30:23 -
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Hi All
I'm probably going to get a fair bit of grief about this but I want to know why CCP has devalued Eve and by devalued I am referring to SP trading
Eve's greatest strength has always been that you had to earn, learn and grow within Eve, you learnt how skills, ship's, fittings, weapons, industry et all worked
You did this by training skills and working things out with corp buddies, you also valued your skill points, after all some skills could take you 30 or more days to train for
So now you can pay some Isk and buy an injector and jump up your skills, you have lost more than what you think you have gained
You have lost that value, teamwork and understanding element that you had when before this "feature" you had respec'ed your attributes, stuffed implants into your head asked your buddies how to get towards your goal and train, all these things that made Eve, Eve
OK i know this probably isn't the end of Eve but this IS a fundamental shift in how and what Eve is, Eve has just been drastically changed by CCP and for what? Simple answer is money,
After all Eve is CCP's only viable money making product and is getting as much as it can out of our wallets, well they have to pay for the development of new products but devaluing Eve to do so doesn't make sense
WoW is pay to win, you can buy a maxed out character for $40 and unfortunately Eve is now on the same path, some might say that this is the beginning of the eve for Eve, i for one hope not
Yup, i know that a lot of people will disagree with me and they will argue that SP trading is the best thing since sliced bread and that others will be in the opposite camp
I guess time will tell and we'll all find out if Eve survives or dies
Cheers
Ged |
Barrett Fruitcake
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.02.11 11:46:10 -
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Its simply a way to facilitate a massive distribution of wealth within the game to the less fortunate, who have been playing long enough to gain massive amounts of useless SP since CCP has been a bit slow in giving the older players something useful to train for over the last few years.
Those who are just entering the game can do this by pushing a ton of apparently un-needed cash toward CCP in return for high valued things they can exchange for ISK in-game, which they can then spend that ISK for SP injectors and therefore become the "cattle" of New Eden until they learn their way around.
Those who have been in the game for a long time and have been fortunate enough to be able to funnel some of the greatest sources of wealth their way, or have had an abundance of free time can then transfer some of that vast amounts of ISK to those who have been less fortunate and want to get rid of that currently useless SP.
In any case, its a win win for Eve Online and CCP.
CCP gets a ton more of RL money thrown at them, and there is a short term significant redistribution of wealth within the game for which all spells to moar players have moar isk to spend on in-game items to fuel the destruction of those items through either ignorance or the short term flush of finally being rich and wanting strut your stuff in-game.
The new gamers are happy, at least initially. The old less fortunate gamers are happy, for a bit longer. And the old most fortunate can admire the fact that they now have as much SP as any Dev char in the game.
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Lan Wang
Knights of the Posing Meat FETID
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Posted - 2016.02.11 11:55:02 -
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do we really need anymore discussion posts about sp trading sheesh
"Yeah. Put your tears in a jet can and leave them on your undock for your assailants to pick up. If they're camping you, I'm sure they're going to get thirsty." - Darth Squeemus
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Buba Neagra
Hedion University Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.02.11 12:03:59 -
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No SP comes out of thin air so I see nothing wrong here.
I'd say this new feature is a SP sink since you extract 500k and you can inject from 500k to 150k. Few will use injectors, most of the player base ain't got the money to do it so no big change overall. |
Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
1065
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Posted - 2016.02.11 12:53:48 -
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Cash is king.
Not today spaghetti.
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Linus Gorp
Ministry of Propaganda and Morale Sustainable Whaling Inc.
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Posted - 2016.02.11 12:59:00 -
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A 4-day-old character lost his 10-billion Ark yesterday. SP != Skill. SP does not teach you anything, it only enables you to do certain things.
Skill trading is not pay to win. Those who think otherwise are the ones that will lose all their money and be podded back to World of Warcraft, where they belong.
When you don't know the difference between there, their, and they're, you come across as being so uneducated that your viewpoint can be safely dismissed. The literate is unlikely to learn much from the illiterate.
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Memphis Baas
1108
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Posted - 2016.02.11 13:00:27 -
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Gedrick frogue wrote: I'm probably going to get a fair bit of grief about this but I want to know why CCP has devalued Eve and by devalued I am referring to SP trading.
Because they probably made a cool $1 million in one day, compared to in 1 month previously.
As far as all that in-game social stuff that you value, look at it from a non-gamer's point of view: you're such a loser for wasting your life with a GAME, lol! You could be out there making friends and getting laid in RL.
Basically, it's all worthless.
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Nat Silverguard
Aideron Robotics
282
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Posted - 2016.02.11 13:02:45 -
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legit question, how do you "win" in EVE? what does "winning" mean to you? can you please give an example of "winning" in EVE? thank you.
Just Add Water
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Daniela Doran
Ministry of War Amarr Empire
458
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Posted - 2016.02.11 13:15:55 -
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Nat Silverguard wrote:legit question, how do you "win" in EVE? what does "winning" mean to you? can you please give an example of "winning" in EVE? thank you.
Ignore this guys post. He is a troll and will troll you endlessly of this same question over and over again regardless of the facts you present to him.
To the OP, you are correct. This game have been greatly devalued with the addition of this pay2win feature and can no longer be called Eve. This game is now called World of Spaceships, Eve is dead!
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Nat Silverguard
Aideron Robotics
282
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Posted - 2016.02.11 13:37:36 -
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Daniela Doran wrote:Nat Silverguard wrote:legit question, how do you "win" in EVE? what does "winning" mean to you? can you please give an example of "winning" in EVE? thank you.
Ignore this guys post. He is a troll and will troll you endlessly of this same question over and over again regardless of the facts you present to him. To the OP, you are correct. This game have been greatly devalued with the addition of this pay2win feature and can no longer be called Eve. This game is now called World of Spaceships, Eve is dead!
i'm a troll? lol, look at our post histories and find out who's post are toxic and s2pid.
you choose not to answer my questions because you can't. this is not your typical themepark game wherein level and gear determines your success in clearing dungeons and raids.
Just Add Water
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Jenn aSide
Shinigami Miners Test Alliance Please Ignore
13567
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Posted - 2016.02.11 16:02:08 -
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No, the new skill trading is not "pay to win".
And yes, yes it did Devalue some very important things in the game. In odd ways too, last night was the 1st ngiht in a long time I didn't play EVE for at least an hour. I've got 20 bil in my wallet just from selling unwanted SP from alts I don't even use, and this is without touching my main characters (the 4 I use everytime I log in) or the 4 other alts I sometimes use. But last night it was like 'what's the point, it's not like I need the isk lol'.
And I will be able to do it again and again and again because of my +5 learning implant SP farming toons. This lessens the need to fly around in space actually doing things to get isk, which lessens the excitement of getting a good spawn or good drop or finding a good complex or exploration site.
Even if the demand goes down, it won't go down far. Just like there is always a new demand for PLEX (and other things like SOE items , which is why even after all the SOE mission farming people are still doing it), there will always be players who want an SP short cut.
Problem is that CCP just gave some of us even less reason to actually play the game. Before this change, the "SP farmers" were the guys who could stand to deal with the horribly inefficent Char Baazar. Now's it's, well everyone. |
stg slate
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.02.11 16:17:52 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:... last night was the 1st ngiht in a long time I didn't play EVE for at least an hour. I've got 20 bil in my wallet just from selling unwanted SP from alts I don't even use, and this is without touching my main characters (the 4 I use everytime I log in) or the 4 other alts I sometimes use. But last night it was like 'what's the point, it's not like I need the isk lol'.
And I will be able to do it again and again and again because of my +5 learning implant SP farming toons. This lessens the need to fly around in space actually doing things to get isk, which lessens the excitement of getting a good spawn or good drop or finding a good complex or exploration site...
First world problem... I have too much money in my internet spaceship game so it isn't exciting anymore.
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Jenn aSide
Shinigami Miners Test Alliance Please Ignore
13568
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Posted - 2016.02.11 16:29:44 -
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stg slate wrote:Jenn aSide wrote:... last night was the 1st ngiht in a long time I didn't play EVE for at least an hour. I've got 20 bil in my wallet just from selling unwanted SP from alts I don't even use, and this is without touching my main characters (the 4 I use everytime I log in) or the 4 other alts I sometimes use. But last night it was like 'what's the point, it's not like I need the isk lol'.
And I will be able to do it again and again and again because of my +5 learning implant SP farming toons. This lessens the need to fly around in space actually doing things to get isk, which lessens the excitement of getting a good spawn or good drop or finding a good complex or exploration site... First world problem... I have too much money in my internet spaceship game so it isn't exciting anymore.
You do know we're playing a game right?
How fun would soccer be if you got 10 goals awarded to you just by stepping on the field? Isk/wealth is already too easy to make, now it's even easier and will be easier still when CCP adds that 'tribute' scheme.
For anything to mean anything, it must be fairly rare and not so easy to get a hold of. That's why Gold is a precious metal and dirt is dirt. CCP keeps adding new ways to make isk into dirt.
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Fa Xian
Furious Timewasters
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Posted - 2016.02.11 16:49:17 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:Isk/wealth is already too easy to make...
Too much money? Try spending it.
If you think EVE is about ISK, I think you've missed the point. ISK is just a grind in front of the fun things. Unlimited ISK? No grind.
Sounds like heaven to me.
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Fa Xian
Furious Timewasters
39
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Posted - 2016.02.11 16:51:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:For anything to mean anything...
You do know we're playing a game right? |
SurrenderMonkey
Space Llama Industries
1862
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Posted - 2016.02.11 17:01:23 -
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I'm not terribly fond of the injectors, myself, but all the histrionics are far worse.
"Help, I'm bored with missions!"
http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/
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Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
125
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Posted - 2016.02.11 17:06:52 -
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Nat Silverguard wrote:legit question, how do you "win" in EVE? what does "winning" mean to you? can you please give an example of "winning" in EVE? thank you.
Apparently just being James 315 is winning.
--Gadget - not winning EvE
Work smarter, not harder. --Scrooge McDuck, an eminent old-Earth economist
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stg slate
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.02.11 17:07:09 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:You do know we're playing a game right?
How fun would soccer be if you got 10 goals awarded to you just by stepping on the field? Isk/wealth is already too easy to make, now it's even easier and will be easier still when CCP adds that 'tribute' scheme.
For anything to mean anything, it must be fairly rare and not so easy to get a hold of. That's why Gold is a precious metal and dirt is dirt. CCP keeps adding new ways to make isk into dirt.
I don't see how this invalidates my point.
If you are so awesome at this game that you can't even spend all the money you get I assure you that isn't a widespread problem. ISK isn't dirt to most players because most players aren't goblins or tryhards.
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Dibz
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
30
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Posted - 2016.02.11 17:19:07 -
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It's not pay to win. But the game feels different now.
Before, there was a hard cap on your character's SP gain. Didn't matter how rich you were, your character advanced at the same max speed as everyone else.
Now your character's advancement is limited by your wallet, and of course by the number of injectors on the market.
EVE now has a two-tier character advancement system: time based basic tier, and time+money based premium tier. |
Fa Xian
Furious Timewasters
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Posted - 2016.02.11 17:58:33 -
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Dibz wrote:EVE now has a two-tier character advancement system: time based basic tier, and time+money based premium tier.
You mean "bought it from another player who earned it earlier on the basic tier" tier, right? |
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Michael Turate
The Scope Gallente Federation
124
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Posted - 2016.02.11 18:42:00 -
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You can't buy social skills, intelligence, cunning, the ability to work in a team, communication, tactics or any of the stuff that really matters in Eve. There have never been short cuts in Eve. There still aren't, there's just an enormously expensive alternative route that looks like a short cut but which, for most, will just be a dead end. |
Kelby
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Posted - 2016.02.11 18:50:43 -
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Injected SP could have been limited to 5-10mil SP per year in an effort to keep everyone happy-ish but any damage that was going to be done is now most likely done.
Maybe characters that inject SP should get an indicator on their character information :) |
Lan Wang
Knights of the Posing Meat FETID
2422
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Posted - 2016.02.11 18:58:11 -
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Kelby wrote:Injected SP could have been limited to 5-10mil SP per year in an effort to keep everyone happy-ish but any damage that was going to be done is now most likely done.
Maybe characters that inject SP should get an indicator on their character information :)
it wont be hard to see on api's that your sp just doesnt add up to time you have played
"Yeah. Put your tears in a jet can and leave them on your undock for your assailants to pick up. If they're camping you, I'm sure they're going to get thirsty." - Darth Squeemus
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2016.02.11 19:01:46 -
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I'll miss building chars to sell in the Character Bazaar. They were my perfect little babies, every skill focused, not one wasted SP....
Joen: "If everthing is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection."
Drunken blacksmith: "You're lucky. You believe in your own twaddle."
Joen: "Who says I believe it? I just like giving advice."
-The Seventh Seal
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stg slate
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.02.11 19:22:51 -
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Khergit Deserters wrote:I'll miss building chars to sell in the Character Bazaar. They were my perfect little babies, every skill focused, not one wasted SP....
Yup... Alexis Valigarmanda, Corwin D'Loa, Xelena Shellar, you are the last 3 Slate Manufacturing BrandGäó toons to enter the world born solely for eventual sale. |
Ibutho Inkosi
Irubo Kovu
112
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Posted - 2016.02.11 19:25:41 -
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Wouldn't be the first time someone misread their own strengths and led with the wrong foot. Won't be the last.
As long as the tale of the hunt is told by the hunter, and not the lion, it will favor the hunter.
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Idris Maelfa
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.02.11 19:41:12 -
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My view on this.
I have had to take a break from the game due to Real Life issues for a few years. So that I could keep on training I have been paying my monthly fee to CCP so that, at least, I can have some skills into my characters that I can use when I return.
Most of these are Industrial so these don't really require Real Life Behind The Keyboard Pew Skills.
I then find that I could instead just buy SP.
I feel very short-changed. |
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
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Posted - 2016.02.11 19:47:18 -
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Gedrick frogue wrote: Eve's greatest strength has always been that you had to earn, learn and grow within Eve, you learnt how skills, ship's, fittings, weapons, industry et all worked
Being able to purchase something that you get anyway for doing nothing more than having a sub changes none of that.
Sure, you can buy skills, but you still need to learn to use them. And you can't buy experience. That's what sets this game apart from most MMOs. It's not about how many SP you have. It's about investing the huge amount of time needed to use them.
I wish people would learn the difference between SP and experience. Though, if they did, the forum wouldn't be near as entertaining..
Mr Epeen
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. You just saved one of them by typing 'u' instead of 'you'.-á Congratulations, dumbass!
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Yonis Kador
KADORCORP
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Posted - 2016.02.11 19:50:44 -
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Daniela Doran wrote: To the OP, you are correct. This game have been greatly devalued with the addition of this pay2win feature and can no longer be called Eve. This game is now called World of Spaceships, Eve is dead!
I'm calling our new game BERNICE ONLINE... EVE's slightly less-attractive, overweight cousin.
I've even come up with some new taglines since HTFU is out...
BERNICE ONLINE: You know you'd still hit it.
BERNICE ONLINE: Drink until she's pretty enough to take home.
YK
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sero Hita
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
124
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Posted - 2016.02.11 20:24:17 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:No, the new skill trading is not "pay to win".
And yes, yes it did Devalue some very important things in the game. In odd ways too, last night was the 1st ngiht in a long time I didn't play EVE for at least an hour. I've got 20 bil in my wallet just from selling unwanted SP from alts I don't even use, and this is without touching my main characters (the 4 I use everytime I log in) or the 4 other alts I sometimes use. But last night it was like 'what's the point, it's not like I need the isk lol'.
And I will be able to do it again and again and again because of my +5 learning implant SP farming toons. This lessens the need to fly around in space actually doing things to get isk, which lessens the excitement of getting a good spawn or good drop or finding a good complex or exploration site.
CCP did not devalue EVE, you did by your choice. Nobody is forcing you to have SP farming toons. That was your choice. I don't have farming alts (A choice I have made) and I enjoy the game. If it kills your enjoyment, don't do it and log in instead and do what you enjoy. Seems like your greed has been your own undoing, not CCPs.
"I'm all for pvp, don't get me wrong. I've ganked in Empire, blobed in low sec. Got T-shirts from every which-where.. But to be forced into a pvp confrontation that I didn't want is wrong ccp." RealFlisker
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