| Pages: [1] :: one page |
|
|
| Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
Taylor Jaeckel
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
   |
Posted - 2012.08.13 05:31:00 -
[1] - Quote
As above, when did the PLEX system come into existence?
I looked through the list of expansions on a few websites, but it made no mention of PLEX being added with any of the expansions, yet I have been told It was not originally in the game. When was the system added? |
mkint
859
|
Posted - 2012.08.13 05:41:00 -
[2] - Quote
It was with Quantum Rise. The patch notes don't identify it by name for some reason, but that's where it first kicked in.
http://community.eveonline.com/updates/patchnotes.asp?newpatchlogID=2843 |
malaire
467
|
Posted - 2012.08.13 07:30:00 -
[3] - Quote
Also, in the beginning it was not possible to transport PLEX in ships, that was added later. (I don't remember when.)
New to EVE? Don't forget to read: The Manual * The Wiki * The Career Options * and everything else |
Vilnius Zar
Ordo Ardish
118
|
Posted - 2012.08.13 07:40:00 -
[4] - Quote
Plex were introduced around 2008 iirc, before that you could buy GTC and sell those for isk so even though there weren't plex yet you could play for free using ingame isk. Being able to move Plex was added late 2010.
Amat victoria curam. |
Taylor Jaeckel
State War Academy
Caldari State
0
|
Posted - 2012.08.14 06:30:00 -
[5] - Quote
Vilnius Zar wrote:Plex were introduced around 2008 iirc, before that you could buy GTC and sell those for isk so even though there weren't plex yet you could "buy isk" or play for free using ingame isk. Being able to move Plex was added late 2010.
Hmm, I thought one of the major reasons plex was introduced was to curb the illicit RMT that was occurring. My understanding of CCP's position was "they are gonna do it anyway, so lets give them a system to do it so at least we are making money off it and other players are benefiting", probably a gross-oversimplification. If there was already a way to buy isk, and play for free, why was the plex system introduced?
When was the GTC system added to the game, or was it there from the start? |
mkint
862
|
Posted - 2012.08.14 06:59:00 -
[6] - Quote
I think the rationale was in the patch notes, maybe the devblog.
It was to make the GTC trading more accessible (to help curb RMT). I think it worked beyond what anyone at CCP could have predicted. I'm pretty sure most people didn't even know you could trade GTC's for isk. I'm pretty sure most people don't even know what GTC's are any more now that you can buy plex right from the website. |
Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
182
|
Posted - 2012.08.14 11:10:00 -
[7] - Quote
the oldest post in the old forums in the gtc subform was on: 2007.06.26 17:48:00
that said gtcs were in game since before that. my history doesn't go much further back than that, I would have been a pretty green nub then. |
Velicitia
Open Designs
1070
|
Posted - 2012.08.14 12:51:00 -
[8] - Quote
GTC have been around for a long while ... since '06 or earlier. Pre-QR, they had 30 and 90d GTC (~150m and ~350m -- effectively 10m ISK per USD). With QR they split the difference (60d GTC) and allowed it to be split into 2x 30-d "Pilot's License Extension" ingame tokens, so as to make the transfer easier.
Before this, the process (somewhat simplified) was
0. buy n GTC from a reseller (e.g. Shattered Crystal)
1. post on GTC Forum -- WTS n (day) GTC, (price)
2. get people to reply
2.5 update GTC sale post as people buy them
3. go to GTC transfer page
4. type in the name of the recipient (copy/paste)
5. type in the ISK amount you were selling it for (copy/paste)
6. type in the GTC code (copy/paste)
7. repeat steps 3-6 n times, until you run out of GTC.
8. wait for other person(s) to accept (or 24 hours, which was about "standard" for cancelling an offer that wasn't accepted)
new method is
0. buy GTC from a reseller
1. Fly to market hub of choice
2. esc menu
3. GTC to PLEX button
4. copy/paste GTC code
5. repeat steps 3 & 4 until you run out of GTC
6. stack everything
7. right click -> sell on market and get your ISK. |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
4462
|
Posted - 2012.08.14 13:48:00 -
[9] - Quote
Taylor Jaeckel wrote:Vilnius Zar wrote:Plex were introduced around 2008 iirc, before that you could buy GTC and sell those for isk so even though there weren't plex yet you could "buy isk" or play for free using ingame isk. Being able to move Plex was added late 2010. Hmm, I thought one of the major reasons plex was introduced was to curb the illicit RMT that was occurring. My understanding of CCP's position was "they are gonna do it anyway, so lets give them a system to do it so at least we are making money off it and other players are benefiting", probably a gross-oversimplification. If there was already a way to buy isk, and play for free, why was the plex system introduced? When was the GTC system added to the game, or was it there from the start?
The GTC system was old when I started playing (2006). I have a vague apprehension that it was legitimized sometime in 2004. PLEX was basically CCP supporting GTC trades directly through game mechanics. It's an extremely clever system, one of the things that CCP unambiguously Did RightGäó.
Malcanis' Law: Any proposal justified on the basis that "it will benefit new players" is invariably to the greater advantage of older, richer players.
Things to do in EVE:-áhttp://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/ |
|
|
| |
|
| Pages: [1] :: one page |
| First page | Previous page | Next page | Last page |