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Lord Mizore
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Posted - 2010.12.20 06:19:00 -
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So, nobody likes RMT and the botting associated with it, but obviously there's a demand in game for ISK from out-of-game sources, and at a cheaper rate than buying and selling a GTC/PLEX.
Right now the only legal way to turn real money into ISK is to buy a 60-day GTC at ~$35 and sell it in game as two PLEXes. Depending on PLEX prices this usually nets someone anywhere from 500 to 800 million ISK.
Now, I'm not sure how much ISK the usual illegal RMT purchase is for, but often times people who are low on ISK don't want or need nearly that much ISK - maybe they're just down on their luck and need money for a battleship to get back in the game and make ISK - and don't want to spend $35 in real money for ingame money.
A possible solution I'd like to propose is to start selling 30 day GTCs (convertible into one PLEX), for about half the price of the current 60 day ones. It would be more affordable for some people who need a little ISK.
Personally I would go so far as to encourage selling 14-day GTCs and adding some kind of 14-day PLEX to the game to enable the exchange of even smaller levels of ISK/game time. I think in general making the whole market more liquid would be a good thing. But I'd be content to see even 30-day ones as I concede adding some kind of half-PLEX would be unlikely. |
Blane Xero
Amarr The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2010.12.20 06:23:00 -
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While we're at it, bring back 90 day GTCs too. _____________________________________ Haruhiist since December 2008
Originally by: CCP Fallout Been there. Done that. Need antibiotics.
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Zhim'Fufu
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Posted - 2010.12.20 06:48:00 -
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Never understood why they got rid of the 30 day and 90 day gtc in the first place. Hell I bet ccp would make even more overall gtc sales if there was an $18 30 day gtc as probably more people would be tempted to get one on impulse to turn into isk.
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Zombie Jeebus
Amarr Alt Holdings llc
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Posted - 2010.12.20 07:02:00 -
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While I don't think this will do anything about the rtm problem, I have to admit that bringing back 30 and 90 day timecodes or, as an even simpler solution, sell add more options of buying pless via the account page.
They limit you to 6 per account per day... so why not let you buy them 1 2 3 and 6 at a time. That would cut down on the number of transactions you have to make to get how many as you want. I rarely buy plex to sell but when I do.. the fewer times my bank can ding me for a foreign currency transaction the better.
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CCP Spitfire
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Posted - 2010.12.20 07:15:00 -
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Moved from 'EVE General Discussion'.
Spitfire Community Representative CCP Hf, EVE Online |
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Pan Crastus
Anti-Metagaming League
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Posted - 2010.12.20 07:43:00 -
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OP is probably trying to actually make things easier for RMTers. When an account paid for with a 60 day GTC/PLEX is banned, it hurts. When they pay in 14 day chunks, it will hurt much less.
I'd rather see 90 days+ GTC/PLEX only.
How to PVP: 1. buy ISK with GTCs, 2. fit cloak, learn aggro mechanics, 3. buy second account for metagaming
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