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Posted - 2011.03.04 17:09:00 -
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Edited by: G 0 D on 04/03/2011 17:11:41
I have recently quit EVE because my friend with loads of cash IRL started playing and it became apparent to me this game is not competetive at all.
The day he first logged in he bought 5 plex's and had more isk than I had made in my year and a half grinding missions and playing.
If everyone can Pay to win as much as they want, where is the competetive aspect to this game that every other p2p mmo has?
At least in other games when you buy in game currency for real money you run the risk of getting your accounts banned.
Not to mention anyone with IRL cash can buy all the high skilled characters then want through CCP's hands as well.
SP for $$
ISK for $$
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Pay to win
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Posted - 2011.03.04 17:44:00 -
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 Originally by: Xelena Shellar
Originally by: G 0 D
Edited by: G 0 D on 04/03/2011 17:11:41
I have recently quit EVE because my friend with loads of cash IRL started playing and it became apparent to me this game is not competetive at all.
The day he first logged in he bought 5 plex's and had more isk than I had made in my year and a half grinding missions and playing.
If everyone can Pay to win as much as they want, where is the competetive aspect to this game that every other p2p mmo has?
At least in other games when you buy in game currency for real money you run the risk of getting your accounts banned.
Not to mention anyone with IRL cash can buy all the high skilled characters then want through CCP's hands as well.
SP for $$
ISK for $$
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Pay to win
Basically, you're a small fry in the grand scheme of things.
I have no problem being a "small fry."
What I do have a problem with is that everyone with RL money to spare can be a BIG FRY.
Personally I play mmo's for the competetive aspect. I don't care if I blow up someones ship and they can spend 30$ and buy 100 more.
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Posted - 2011.03.04 17:50:00 -
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Pesky LaRue
Have fun playing the only p2p mmo with a cash shop.
And yeah, im just as dissapointed with the expansions ive witnessed in my time playing eve. Eve gate, PI, and this WIS crap have had nothing to do with why I picked up eve in the first place a year and a half ago.
I came for full loot pvp, left because of bad game direction and the cash shop.
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Posted - 2011.03.06 23:43:00 -
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Originally by: Cyaxares II
Edited by: Cyaxares II on 06/03/2011 10:50:55
Originally by: Xiozor
The competitive aspect in EVE is about "who can organize the largest group of people? who can win & keep the best allies?" - ISK helps in that regard but social skills and RL experience tend to be extremely important, too.
You can buy and keep as many allies and pay for as many large groups of people as you want by purchasing ISK for out of game currency and distributing it.
So is the competitive aspect of EVE who can buy the most plex?
The most basic social skills and RL money can build your empire without you doing much of anything in game. Rent your 0.0 sov buy your friends.
Eve is pay to play... yet it has an item mall that gives more of an advantage than I see in every free to play game.
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Posted - 2011.03.07 19:12:00 -
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Edited by: G 0 D on 07/03/2011 19:12:37
Originally by: Lynx Australis
ISK just enables you to buy ships and stuff for ships. The idea is not to grind one fat pile of ISK. The idea is to get ISK and spend it on ships.
ISK enables you to buy high skilled characters.
ISK enables to buy a faction fit ship that will always win vs the same non faction fit ship.
ISK enables you to rent your own sov, start an alliance ect.
ISK enables you to always have the best implants, so you gain skill points faster.
ISK enables you to hire merc corps to do your bidding.
Personally... I'd like to know the people that do these things in game were able to do this because they were good at EVE, not good at making money IRL.
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