Kharylien
Gallente Masked Rider Project
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Posted - 2011.01.18 00:49:00 -
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Originally by: Khyara
-Your net worth in a meaningful way. What I mean by meaningful is that I cant ask for a loan from anyone based on the assets I own. There is no way to 'assign' a portion of an asset to someone - like a Carrier, and say that if I default on my loan from you, I owe you X BN's of isk, and that my carrier can be repo'd to pay for that. -And/or a r/l tie that is meaningful. For instance - if you knew that X person that ripped of EVE Bank for billions of dollars and started a new account (which is what they always do), and that they were playing under another name, life would be very uncomforatable for them in EVE, and they might find it hard to find allies again in the game. This could only be solved by an e-passport of some sort so that each individual was listed in the game, even if it was first initial last name, and the number of accounts associated with that person. (this of course would cause some people to use their spouses credit card, but you get the idea)
With some of those changes, we could have a stronger, more solid meaningful economy. Dont think it will happen however unless they take EVE Gate in that direction.
Wow, no.
First, assets.
You can perfectly well use assets as a collateral on a loan - it generally involves surrendering those assets for the duration, but then, let's say, as in your example, it didn't. You take a loan based on the value of your carrier.
What happens when your carrier gets blown up?
Okay, ships are easy to lose - let's say I take a loan and use my researched Dominix blueprint as collateral.
What happens if I decide to move it, and lose it in transit?
In EVE assets are pretty much always things that you can lose, in ways that generally don't apply to things that qualify as assets in the real world - particularly because I can't insure that Domi BPO.
Second, tying to real life identity.
Hell no. And I don't say that as a scammer, scammer alt, or anything like that - I say that because this is a game where people get very, very worked up about weird things. There are people in this game who I DO NOT WANT to know my real name. You say "just first initial and surname", but if you had my first initial and surname, you would find me with a single Google search, and I don't want you to do that. Some of us have unusual names.
Whereas your scammer types will get around this easily enough. Apart from anything else, if someone's made a fortune and is starting a new account for a new identity, that account is almost certainly never going to be touched by a credit card - they'll use a buddy invite then activate it with a plex.
And no, I don't think the plex system should be removed.
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