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ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.07.28 15:03:16 -
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Plex has gone through the roof because it's now used for everything. MOST people use it for game time, correct me if I'm wrong. But they are paying an over inflated price for something quite frankly they just don't want or need.
Many just want to pay for game time, not I game commodities.
I really wish we had the GTCs back and have the correct price just for game time and not everything else.i don't want |
ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.07.28 16:28:16 -
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Algarion Getz wrote:By now, most of the PLEX in game are probably used as gold item or as input material for SP farms.
How did these game time codes work? Where did you get them?
Used to be able to get them in eve forums bought from third parties and cap
Had 30, 60, 90 day GTCs
You could buy them in forums via isk or for cash via the above. They could ONLY be used for game time. |
ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.07.28 18:48:58 -
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Kueyen wrote:Won't work. Every item that can be legally bought for real-world currency and be sold for in-game currency will gravitate towards the same isk/$ ratio, regardless of what it is or can be used for. e.g. - a Plex costs 20$ / 500 units, and sells ingame for 1.6B isk / 500 units, used ingame for 30 days of Omega time, or all kinds of other things.
- You propose that an alternate item Plox exists, that also costs 20$ / unit, but sells ingame (e.g. on forums) for only 800M isk / unit, and that can be used only to buy 30 days of Omega time.
A person looking to $ into isk GÇö the only reason to buy plex from CCP AND then sell it on the in-game market (as opposed to buying Plex from CCP and then using it to buy services or nexus store items) GÇö can now choose to either - get 80M isk/$ by buying Plex and selling it on the market, or
- get 40M isk/$ by buying Plox and selling it on the market (or on the forums as you so fondly remember, with increased hassle).
No-one is going to go for option B until it offers the same (or better) isk/$ ratio as option A. This phenomenon is what prompted CCP to merge PLEX and AURUM in the first place. You seem to think there will be this item Plax, that sells ingame for 800M isk / unit, and can be used to buy 30 days of Omega time. The phenomenon described above indicates this is only possible if CCP sells Plax for only 10$. This item would have conversion parity with Plex, and therefore be viable. In summary: every request for an alternate currency that is - bought from CCP for real-world currency,
- can be traded to other players for isk, and
- can only be used to buy Omega game time
basically boils down to asking CCP to reduce the number of $ player A has to pay to allow player B to play as Omega for a month. Just campaign for CCP to reduce the number of Plex needed to buy a month of Omega time then, instead of these convoluted schemes that won't work anyway.
Excuse me but you do realise that GTC where available from the start of eve? I'm not suggesting creating any thing new at all. The fact is plex is overvalued purely because it has multiple uses and not just for adding game time However I bet the majority of people.use plex.for adding game time.rather than dual char training. I personally don't care for that added value.and the extra cost it's giving me I just want game time. Using GTCs will allpw.people to buy and sell and ofc that CCP still profits. The prices should drop significantly. PLEX should then be used for everything else. Therefore the price of PLEX reduces also. As people will only buy it for ingame commodities. |
ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.07.29 10:47:48 -
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Nana Skalski wrote:First CCP would have to give you checkbox for not making your payments recurring when buying subscription. I think that would make people more happy when they would not have to cancel their "forever" subscriptions, because CCP have to get your cash, no matter customer preferences.
You can cancel a recurring sub anytime.. just some of us and even myself forget to do it, then find a 6 month sub for 3 accounts just gone out of your bank |
ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.07.29 15:39:06 -
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Bjorn Tyrson wrote:So kinda like the old system where plex was for game time, and arum for everything else? That system that saw plex prices between 1200-1400 before rhe split? Your dreaming if you think things will EVE go back to 600m per month again.
ermm get it right PLEX was STILL USED for everything else, and aurum was just for clothing... jeez... |
ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.07.29 15:39:57 -
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Thomas Lot wrote:ImYourMom wrote:Plex has gone through the roof because it's now used for everything. MOST people use it for game time, correct me if I'm wrong. But they are paying an over inflated price for something quite frankly they just don't want or need.
Many just want to pay for game time, not ingame commodities.
I really wish we had the GTCs back and have the correct reasonable price just for game time and not pay for everything else i don't want Wrong... most used aspect of PLEX is skill extractors for the multiple hundreds if not thousands of farms. (I am counting the PLEX that goes towards omega'ing those farms as well) Solution is to double the isk cost of Extractors and grab the popcorn as dozens of skill farmers scream and unsub their worthless, economy ruining accounts.
OK if you say so... dumbest suggestion yet but meh |
ImYourMom
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Posted - 2017.08.01 17:04:07 -
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Kunming wrote:ImYourMom wrote:Plex has gone through the roof because it's now used for everything. MOST people use it for game time, correct me if I'm wrong. But they are paying an over inflated price for something quite frankly they just don't want or need.
Many just want to pay for game time, not ingame commodities.
I really wish we had the GTCs back and have the correct reasonable price just for game time and not pay for everything else i don't want If you have 2 different currencies ppl will buy the one (paying RL money) that will bring them most ISK for their purchase. I can already counter your counter argument, which will be that ppl will buy the PLEX currency for ingame skins, cloths, injectors etc and the GTC currency wont be effected, well who buys GTCs? Ppl who want to sell it for ISK, so you would end up with not many ppl buying GTCs or the 2 currencies reaching an equilibrium in demand/profit, hence coming to the point we have now...
So.your saying GTCs will still be 1.5bil for 30days I don't believe that for.a second |
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