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Jonathan Calvert
Minmatar
Empire Mining and Trade
Matari Visionary Coalition
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Posted - 2009.08.11 19:49:00 -
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I also think its kind of unfair for someone to be able to use real money to buy isk and thus out compete with me. Say a new ship comes out and you have to buy 10bil worth of BPOs to produce. One person can spend time in game to earn the money to buy the BPOs. Someone else can buy 10bil ISK. How is that fair?
Sure, the PLEX cuts down on stealing CCP property, but it also means CCP is endorsing paying to avoid playing.
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Jonathan Calvert
Minmatar
Empire Mining and Trade
Matari Visionary Coalition
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Posted - 2009.08.13 12:08:00 -
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 Originally by: Gnulpie
Originally by: Jonathan Calvert
I also think its kind of unfair for someone to be able to use real money to buy isk and thus out compete with me.
I think it is kind of unfair for someone to spend real life money to buy a game item and then loses it within seconds.
See? That argument goes both ways.
If I would buy 10 bil with GTC I would have to sell 30+ PLEX which would cost way over $400.
So risking $400 for just some internet spaceship which can explode any moment is nothing for the light hearted.
Actually I would prefer to lose 10 bil in game money instead of losing $400. But if someone wants to pay that much and enable other people to play the game cheap or even 'free', then I do not mind.
I think the PLEX trade is one of CCP's most brilliant ideas over the years.
Theres no reason CCP cant accept ISK for time without selling the isk for cash, as long as there are enough paying customers. If they simply enforce their EULA ruthlessly, everyone wins. No isk farmers, no pay to win players, people still can play for free.
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Jonathan Calvert
Minmatar
Empire Mining and Trade
Matari Visionary Coalition
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Posted - 2009.08.13 12:11:00 -
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Originally by: Nova Sato
As a new player the possibility that I could sell a PLEX or two is an exciting possibility for myself.
I am on a limited budget so I can not afford too many, but selling one or two will give me the starting capital I need to get a running start at the game.
And it is killing three birds with one stone so to speak, The gold/isk sellers get a kick in the teeth when CCP makes them unable to compete and hopefully this will drive them out of EVE and on to other games where it is easier to make money, and secondarily it will reduce the amount of begging for cash from new players, Because a player with modest means can sell a PLEX or two to an established player in a fair trade and both of them will benefit, the established player will get a valuable commodity in the form of a PLEX that they can keep and sell on or a month of game time that they did not have to spend real cash for, and the new player will get a nice boost of cash that will see them through to difficult early stages of the game and into the mid stages of the game,
And finally as a consequence of this they will be far more likely to stay once they become established like this and the game in general will benefit by gaining another long term player.
See perfect example. The rest of us work for our isk. You want a running start, which means you wont learn those lessons, especially about how hard and harsh eve is. As as you say, that type of player will be more likely to stay.
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