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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2010.06.27 23:47:00 -
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 Originally by: Eva Darkstar
Seems to me the only possible reason people do not want sp being sold is the catch up reason. After all people always like to keep any advantage they have over others.
Really? Who's more likely to use such a feature? Old players who are already hooked and who have invested more than they want to calculate already, or new players who are just coming in and having a look around? If anything, buying SP would increase the gaps rather than let people "catch up" (as flawed as that notion is in EVE). Even a best-case scenario would only mean that the exact same gaps exist, only now they're between 80M SP newbies and 180M SP oldies.
No, the reasons why people don't want this are numerous: it causes vast disparities between the "haves" and the "have-nots"; it destroys variety and chocie; it removes all sense of effort, investment and reward, and kills player retention; it destroys the progression balance that the skill system relies on; it makes interaction far less interestingà
In fact, I'd even go so far as to say the opposite: there doesn't seem to be any reason why it should happen beyond some flawed notion about "catching up" that doesn't apply to this game and which somehow hinges on the mechanic magically not being used by the people you want to "catch up" to.
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“If you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡…
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.”
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
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Posted - 2010.06.28 13:38:00 -
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Originally by: Zill
hell I have gotten 3 mates to play this year an none of them lasted the full 2 weeks, because of the grind an slowmo progress that we all did.
They didn't last because they confused skill training with "progress" ù if I were to guess, I'd say it's because that's how it's measured in other gamesà which unfortunately have no bearing on EVE.
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What about The Bazzar ? people trade accounts daily, or even buy them through plex sales.
I guess we need to stop that, because it allows newbe players an "unfair" leg up.
As has been pointed out many many many times over: not the same thing. The character bazaar is like item trading; buying SP is like item duping. This should also explain why it's a bad idea.
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“If you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡…
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.”
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Posted - 2010.06.29 10:56:00 -
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Originally by: Gavjack Bunk
No, I have lots of ideas
Where did you get them from?
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'm not reacting to my ideas, I'm reacting to other people's words.
So how come you've only ever seen variants of "no", when plenty of other reasons have been presented?
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“If you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡…
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.”
— Karath Piki |
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Posted - 2010.06.29 11:06:00 -
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Originally by: Gavjack Bunk
Well I didn't get them from the vast majority of childish spit throwing on these forums.
So again, then: you have no idea why people think it's a bad idea ù after all, you didn't get it from them (and you'd have to since they're the ones who have the idea to begin with).
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Each one has been exposed for what it is.
And what is that?
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“If you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡…
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.”
— Karath Piki |
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