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Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 16:52:00 - [1] Destroying a PLEX through a gank is no different from destroying 300 mil's worth of goods in a similar fashion. Really it's not. You may have paid for the PLEX with RL monies but once it's in game it's just the same as any other item. Also, nobody is forcing you to undock with PLEXs in your hold.
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 17:03:00 - [2] Originally by: TimT7 Originally by: Larkonis Trassler Destroying a PLEX through a gank is no different from destroying 300 mil's worth of goods in a similar fashion. Really it's not. You may have paid for the PLEX with RL monies but once it's in game it's just the same as any other item. Also, nobody is forcing you to undock with PLEXs in your hold. This is where people go wrong. No-one paid CCP for lossed titan. No-one paid CCP for lossed Jump Freighter. No-one paid CCP for lossed faction BS. Someone paid CCP for that lossed PLEX (15euros). What if they used PLEXs to fund their expensive toys?
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 17:21:00 - [3] Originally by: CopyCatz I sure hope this is legal in all the subscribers home countries.. If I buy a subscription to a magazine, and the paperboy gets podded along the way, I still have the right to receive the copy I paid for. Since when would an online game allow people's subscriptions to be stolen... If anything some annoying US lawyer could have a field day with this Wow. You're dumb. Once the PLEX has been redeemed in game it is in your posession. If your paper gets stolen from you after you've taken delivery of it then you don't have the right to demand another copy from the publisher.
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 17:31:00 - [4] Originally by: CopyCatz Originally by: Larkonis Trassler Wow. You're dumb. Once the PLEX has been redeemed in game it is in your posession. If your paper gets stolen from you after you've taken delivery of it then you don't have the right to demand another copy from the publisher. The purpose of a plex is not the item itself but the month of gametime it stands for. You're not buying an icon you know... Essentially you're buying game time in advance, and this is basically CCP saying damned if we care if you can't apply it. I know this game is supposed to be all about griefing, but when real money gets involved, real life can get involved too. Considering that, as it stands, you can scam PLEXs I really don't see this making much difference. The vast majority of people who buy PLEXs do so for resale (protip: subscriptions are generally much more efficient RL money wise than PLEXs). And as has been said, nobody is going to force you to undock with a PLEX in your hold. Once you have ownership of a PLEX it is no different to any object with a similar value up until you trade it for game time.
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 18:02:00 - [5] Originally by: AdZc Originally by: Larkonis Trassler The vast majority of people who buy PLEXs do so for resale (protip: subscriptions are generally much more efficient RL money wise than PLEXs). How so? I cant afford 2 account subscriptions....so i make isk in game and pay for it? End of month u out of pocket - Ç30 or so Me - nothing! I love the fact that eve allows this. I was implying that buying PLEX to apply to your own account with RL money isn't as cost effective as directly subscribing.
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 19:15:00 - [6] Edited by: Larkonis Trassler on 09/07/2010 19:16:27 Originally by: Cyrus Doul Originally by: Larkonis Trassler The vast majority of people who buy PLEXs do so for resale (protip: subscriptions are generally much more efficient RL money wise than PLEXs). Actually lark. Unless there are systems in place such as taxes that stop this. 60 day gtcs are 35 USD which is equal to 2 plex, For me to buy two months on sub it cost me 15 US dollars, for someone in Europe it cost them 27 euros to get a plex. for a Brit to with GPB its only 23.20. Could be completely wrong, I live in the USA and don't know how much monopoly money you make per hour or if there is some weird tax added to internet purchases. But if it does translate to where you make 10 pounds an hour and i make 10 USD an hour for the same job, Subs only make sense for Non Euro players. Meh, YMMV. It used to be quite cost worth it to buy GTCs in dollars and apply them to your account if you lived in the Eurozone. Now, not so much. A $35, 60 day GTC works out at around 28 Euros, so marginally worth buying if you are funding two individual accounts on a month by month basis by splitting the GTC (if you sub for longer periods at a time you get a discount). But then again, if you are purchasing PLEX in such a fashion to fund your own accounts why the hell would you need to undock with them?
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 20:49:00 - [7] It's not that hard a concept to grasp. You buy a GTC. This is now your 'property'. You own the code and can redeem it for play time, sell it for ISK on the forums, give it to a friend, sell it for cash somewhere or redeem it for PLEX. If you redeem it for 2xPLEX these are now in game items and become the property of CCP, they can be scammed, traded, trashed and very soon popped by nefarious pirates/gankers/psychotic virgins. Whatever happens to it once you turn it into that little golden ticket, it belongs to CCP. Simples.
Larkonis Trassler EMIX INC	Posted - 2010.07.09 21:45:00 - [8] Edited by: Larkonis Trassler on 09/07/2010 21:46:32 Originally by: Sky Marshal Ok... So CCP, you want to remove the "special status" that players gave to Plexes. Well, I don't care. But as long than Plexes are the ONLY item who can be bought using real money to a GTC in this game, and also the only one who can be "redeemed", they will KEEP their "special status", whatever you do. Live with it. But apparently, it is more interesting than expected... After all, you successed to find maybe like one hour to (try to) change the "special status" of an item, and write a dev blog about it. But YOU STILL FAIL TO FIND FIVE FRAKKING MINUTES TO CORRECT ROCKETS who are screwed since 22 MONTHS ? Are you just stubborn to refuse to correct them, or dumb to prefer to change secondary stuff only for the sake of change ? Hi, you must be new here. There's a lot more to balancing rockets than tweaking some stats and hoping for the best... Substantially more time than 5 minutes it will take. I suggest you:

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