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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.11.25 10:59:00 -
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The current big price driver is the 'get 5 days free' for an old inactive account. The "Offer expires November 21st, 2010", add 5 days to that and the current demand will top off by the 26th (tomorrow). Before that there was the 'Power of 2' for which you could pay with with PLEX. And the information on paying for character transfer an portrait swap with PLEX. So that explains the price rice from last month...
8th November - 26th November => 'get 5 days free'
5th November - 14th November => 'Power of 2'
6th November => 'character transfer an portrait swap'
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.11.25 19:18:00 -
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And now we have another thing that will drive up the PLEX price. Steam has a new account code for $5/Ç5, although it can't be used for adding time to an old account or with the buddy program (like last time), it'll attract new players. Players that have between 30-51 days to earn enough isk to buy a PLEX to extend their game time...
So add:
25th november til 25 december or 15 januari => 'Steam $5/Ç5 new account'
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.11.25 19:33:00 -
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 Originally by: Cash Equivalent
I'm half sure the "get 5 days free" deal required a CC to reactivate the account after the 5 days, plex weren't eligible. Could be wrong about that one.
You are wrong about that, I just activated three accounts that way, you did get the oppertunity to extend the 5 days with 60 days for only 19.95.
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.11.30 10:54:00 -
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We have no idea what your value of RL cash vs. time is and whether you have a large surplus of RL cash. If you need the cash for essentials I doubt that you would consider buying PLEX for isk. I'm one of those foolish people that find it devalues the gaming experience for myself, I won't judge you for it, because I perfectly well understand that folks would rather spend an hours salary then spend grinding hours upon hours grinding (especially young pilots). At least it gives me the opportunity to play the game for 'free' ;-)
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.11.30 12:13:00 -
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Originally by: Drake Vos
Edited by: Drake Vos on 30/11/2010 11:57:29
I can understand how some would feel it devalues the game, but as least I'm using PLEX rather than paying an ISK seller :p
And for that we're all thankful! Another PLEX to the market...
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.12.01 20:44:00 -
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F2P isn't really a strain on other MMO's (on the system), if they need more capacity, they just roll out extra servers. EVE has serious issues at certain key systems (such as Jita) and with Fleetfights. I doubt CCP would see much benefit in adding a bunch of non-paying customers to EVE online that strain the system even further, not only that, the big sale item is the actuall accounts, many folks have multiples of those (currently have four active). How would you propose F2P? No skill training? Buy Skill points, skill training at only half speed? Hell, even if there was no skill training I would activate a sh!tload of accounts (that I have dormant) and those will make a lot of isk without having to pay for it through subscription or PLEX.
As for the 500M isk for PLEX within the year, I'll believe it when I see it.
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.12.01 22:10:00 -
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WoW isn't going to lower their monthly subscription, they would loose way to much money and people are still willing to pay it. Nor do I see Star Wars: The Old Republic or Final Fantasy choosing the F2P distribution model. And unless EVE is going to loose significant amounts of players to games like Black Prophecy and Perpetuum due to competing pricing, I don't see things changing for EVE for years. EVE attracts a certain kind of person, and as said before, that kind of person is usually willing to pay for this experience...
I would also make a wild guess and say that a large amount of the resources that are expended PLEX/GTC/subscription are done by old timers that have made a huge investment (of time/energy/money) in EVE online and will not quickly leave it for a cheaper game. A lot of folks do look at other games for different experiences. I have a lifetime subscription for LotRO and have made a little investment in DDO Turbine points, I also have EQ2E on my PC, all have different experiences. I also have an interest in SWtOR and BP, but not because they are the same as EVE and certainly not as a replacement. I had access to the Beta of Perpetuum, but to be honest it's not much of a different experience than EVE, so I never really pursued it.
Do you know why certain rock bands can ask $200 for their tickets and get it and others can't get $20 for a ticket? A loyal following, EVE has that in spades!
I also suspect that CCP would need to change to much of the game to see it move to F2P. If CCP would do a F2P game, it would be the WoD game, it can be designed from the ground up to be F2P...
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Cergorach
Amarr
The Helix Foundation
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Posted - 2010.12.04 20:44:00 -
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It's currently 362M/354M in Jita...
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