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kylia maleus
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Posted - 2011.05.27 04:26:00 -
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Any else notice the constant rise in plex? Care to share. :)
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Jean Baptiste Johansson
High-Tech Duct Tape DUCT TAPE UNION
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Posted - 2011.05.27 04:31:00 -
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Eve-Search is your friend.
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enterprisePSI
Unimatrix 0.1
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Posted - 2011.05.27 06:26:00 -
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Yes i noticed the constant rise in plex. No i do not want to share plex's with you.
The Pod Log. ||| I MADE TWEET Y U NO FOLLOW!? |
Hanneshannes
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Posted - 2011.05.27 08:30:00 -
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Supply vs demand thing =P
With the way the prices are going atm, I might consider buying (with RL ISK) GTCs and selling them. ^ If more people considered this, the price would drop again.
The first reply suggests that there is something evil going on with the prices though, so I don't know.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
Gallente Bison Industrial Inc
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Posted - 2011.05.27 13:54:00 -
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Yup. Had to put 1 of 2 Alt Accounts in stasis......and I'm not the only one.
Too much ingame money needed now. I'm over a year old player, but with prices dropping and PLEX going up, it's not worth it any longer. I DO need to buy ships and other items that actually contribute to the economy after all.........and allow gameplay.
Anyone else notice the incrementally fewer people on each and every weekend lately ?? **************************
"God is nothing but the power of the Universe, as a whole, to organize itself." - Lee Smolin Three Roads to Quantum Gravity |
Mister Rocknrolla
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Posted - 2011.05.27 15:14:00 -
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Originally by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Anyone else notice the incrementally fewer people on each and every weekend lately ??
Yes. (from Eve-offline)
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Krixtal Icefluxor
Gallente Bison Industrial Inc
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Posted - 2011.05.27 15:47:00 -
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Originally by: Mister Rocknrolla
Originally by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Anyone else notice the incrementally fewer people on each and every weekend lately ??
Yes. (from Eve-offline)
Thanks for the evidence. The left hand side (these graphs are chronological from right to left)clearly shows the lowering 'spikes'. **************************
"God is nothing but the power of the Universe, as a whole, to organize itself." - Lee Smolin Three Roads to Quantum Gravity |
Cate Wolf
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.05.27 16:34:00 -
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they are trying to manipulate the PLEX market as we speak
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Amar Pi
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Posted - 2011.05.27 16:40:00 -
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Originally by: Mister Rocknrolla
Originally by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Anyone else notice the incrementally fewer people on each and every weekend lately ??
Yes. (from Eve-offline)
You scared me there since I was reading your graph the normal way from left to right.
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Mr LaForge
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Posted - 2011.05.27 16:55:00 -
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Buy PLEX now while its cheap...er.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
Gallente Bison Industrial Inc
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Posted - 2011.05.27 17:51:00 -
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Originally by: Mr LaForge Buy PLEX now while its cheap...er.
ROFL.
You are probably correct, now that PLEX can be broken up into the new "AURA" currency in Incarna, so that folks can wear pretentious monocles and have their ships painted Jungle Red or whatever.
"A Pilot License Extension (PLEX) is an item that adds 30 days of game time to your EVE Online account. It can be converted from any game time code and, like any other item, it can be traded on the EVE market. PLEX offers an alternative way for people to pay for their subscription without the use of our more conventional payment methods. Using PLEX, pilots can earn game time simply by playing EVE." - http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/30_days_Concord_Pilot_License_Extension
But it WAS a good thing while it lasted.
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"God is nothing but the power of the Universe, as a whole, to organize itself." - Lee Smolin Three Roads to Quantum Gravity |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.05.27 18:20:00 -
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Originally by: Mr LaForge Buy PLEX now while its cheap...er.
My guess is that once the initial fad of "ooh, shiny crap" is gone, PLEX prices will plummet back to relatively low levels. Probably higher than recent averages, but most likely below current levels. Just wait and ride out the bubble. _
Make ISK||Build||React||1k papercuts
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Randy Taylor
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Posted - 2011.05.27 18:20:00 -
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Originally by: Cate Wolf they are trying to manipulate the PLEX market as we speak
A hour or two after DT today I saw all the Plex for sale in Metropolis and Heimatar (price ~380-390M) get bought up. Plex in those regions is now going for 440M.
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The Illustrious Juden
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Posted - 2011.05.27 18:31:00 -
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Buy 1 or 2 if you haven't and then check where it's at when the AUR store is released.
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Diomedes Calypso
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Posted - 2011.05.27 19:29:00 -
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I don't think they'd want plex to go too much higher at this point and might introduce supply -- the plex for buddy referal option was a move that whay and they might dream up a few others. (by implementing the fractional-plex for smaller cosmetic items they could introduce those into circulation via mission rewards etc...)
The ideal price of plex in terms of their goals does not necessarily need to connect to the where the free market price settles for game-time vs isk .
The ideal price for CCP is based on other factors (which also might conflict slightly) 1) they sell the most plex for the extra $ generated 2) the price minimizes the attractiveness of no sactioned RMT 3) the price sustains a viable free-to-play option that ultimately producers real $ by retaining players who attract friends to the game who use real money (or sustain the same) 4) is realively stable in trend , enough that people are not unnecesarily shocked or angered out of the game or don't get in the habit of delaying purchases with real $ without their purchase volume having increased...(i.e didn't have the isk to lose during that period so only lost cheap ships.. no net increase)
My impression that an isk recieved target is as important to buyers as the last 20 to 30% of the cost in $ . Not always but frequently enough to skew volume, people will decide to buy a carrier with real $ >plex > isk . If they could get a billion isk with 2 plex instead of 3 plex, those type of buyers will only need to spend less $ for their goal.. (the GTC 2plex thing messes a bit with that specific example but over time)
Too high of a price also would tend to widen the gap between players who don't spend $ to buy pvp ships and those that struggle to find the isk for their pvp ships but don't want to spend real $ to get ahead in a game.
The ISK rich people using free to play mode will find that harder, and some might drop accounts to eventually help the market settle, but that price could settle at a higher pice than is optimal for pvp player sense of fairness.
A large portion of the buyers of plex with isk ..free to play.. are making so much isk with their accounts that it would take a far higher price for them to drop many of them .
400 million starts being a lot of ship and a lot of time to grind for an average non-power grinding or industialist pvp'r .. it starts to be unbalancing when expecation of the ships they can fly isn't attainable via their normal game play.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
Gallente Bison Industrial Inc
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Posted - 2011.05.27 20:29:00 -
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Originally by: Diomedes Calypso
A large portion of the buyers of plex with isk ..free to play.. are making so much isk with their accounts that it would take a far higher price for them to drop many of them .
400 million starts being a lot of ship and a lot of time to grind for an average non-power grinding or industialist pvp'r .. it starts to be unbalancing when expecation of the ships they can fly isn't attainable via their normal game play.
This is the definition of hitting the nail on the head. Indeed there is the long-time player/less than 2-yearish player imbalance in PLEX affordability ATM (not a year ago).
The curent 1.1 Billion/Month for 3 PLEX accounts pretty much halts any real gameplay beyond grinding for those who are not long-time players with ISK to eat for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner...and Second Breakfast.
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"God is nothing but the power of the Universe, as a whole, to organize itself." - Lee Smolin Three Roads to Quantum Gravity |
Sig Sour
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Posted - 2011.05.27 21:03:00 -
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PLEX also reflects the overall health of the game vs real world economics.
Yes that graph goes from right to left, but the trend since the beginning of this year has been a downward one:
If CCP lowered subscription fees and GTC prices, things would change dramatically.
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Brut D'or
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Posted - 2011.05.27 21:22:00 -
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Originally by: Randy Taylor
Originally by: Cate Wolf they are trying to manipulate the PLEX market as we speak
A hour or two after DT today I saw all the Plex for sale in Metropolis and Heimatar (price ~380-390M) get bought up. Plex in those regions is now going for 440M.
This happened in Devoid as well, though at time of writing there were no new sell orders.
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Raid'En
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Posted - 2011.05.27 21:23:00 -
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and you find it strange that all cheap plexes disapear when jita's price explode ? seems pretty normal for me...
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Ghost Rider86
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.05.27 21:35:00 -
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Aurum is the cause for the rising of plex prices. |
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.05.27 21:57:00 -
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Originally by: Ghost Rider86 Aurum is the cause for the rising of plex prices.
Excessive hype based on the presumption that people would use a lot of AUR(um) is the cause for PLEX speculative hoarding which lead to PLEX price increases.
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Make ISK||Build||React||1k papercuts
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
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Posted - 2011.05.27 22:02:00 -
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Edited by: Tau Cabalander on 27/05/2011 22:05:39
Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: Ghost Rider86 Aurum is the cause for the rising of plex prices.
Excessive hype based on the presumption that people would use a lot of AUR(um) is the cause for PLEX speculative hoarding which lead to PLEX price increases.
Prediction: Jita 4-4 is gonna be overrun with cats.
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2011.05.27 22:09:00 -
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Originally by: Tau Cabalander Prediction: Jita 4-4 is gonna be overrun with cats.
Pfft, cats. Cats are easy. Try FEDOS ! No, wait, not fedos... TRIBBLES !!! _
Make ISK||Build||React||1k papercuts
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Ghost Rider86
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.05.27 22:16:00 -
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Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: Ghost Rider86 Aurum is the cause for the rising of plex prices.
Excessive hype based on the presumption that people would use a lot of AUR(um) is the cause for PLEX speculative hoarding which lead to PLEX price increases.
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Diomedes Calypso
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Posted - 2011.05.27 22:24:00 -
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Originally by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Originally by: Diomedes Calypso
A large portion of the buyers of plex with isk ..free to play.. are making so much isk with their accounts that it would take a far higher price for them to drop many of them .
400 million starts being a lot of ship and a lot of time to grind for an average non-power grinding or industialist pvp'r .. it starts to be unbalancing when expecation of the ships they can fly isn't attainable via their normal game play.
This is the definition of hitting the nail on the head. Indeed there is the long-time player/less than 2-yearish player imbalance in PLEX affordability ATM (not a year ago).
The curent 1.1 Billion/Month for 3 PLEX accounts pretty much halts any real gameplay beyond grinding for those who are not long-time players with ISK to eat for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner...and Second Breakfast.
To elaborate a bit more on my point and add to yours:
- I'm not sure that it is necessarily all about lenghth of play so much as type of play that different people enjoy. It probably does take over a year to learn the ropes and build skills and capital enough to make running a few highly profitable accounts effectively (someone really putting their mind to it could do it far more quickly yet most people are dabbling with lots of other content before finding a few golden gooses with upkeep time/efforts that fit their idea of idle pleasure) - good point on the mutiple accounts ... lots of 0.0 play is made vastly less tedious with an alt account, in terms of supply and movment and even ratting or small gang fighting is made vastly safer with a scout cloaked on a gate on the approach pipe.... the perception of "have and have not" gets to be an incrmentally larger group for those who kept maybe one of their accounts active with isk>plex - reduction in force projection abiltity is gong to move more stategy towards parking alts on different fronts to be able to log into alternatively (even with only a couple months of training, a drake pilot could perform at over a 50% damage and tank level and be part of an effective line of defense -- yet those that can maintain a second account and or buy superior skilled characters on the char bazaar for other slots on their account will be more value ) - If an extra $15 buys a well fit tengu instead of a bit more than a maelstrom .. tengu's fleets might be more than a PL extreme... market mavens and people with rl expendable income or game philosphy that make paying a bit of rl to get ahead no sweat can find that an easy step ...but increasingly time consuming to keep up with ratting (and the anomolie change already gave a punchin the stomach in that regard)
So, plex prices going up in terms of hours it would take ratting/lvl4 missiong presents some real problems to game balance...(and if that hours to plex ratio fell too low , you get increasing RMT issues-- thats another long explanation)
Differential earning rates per hour and hours spent at that rate are causing problems in many areas and you can see the developers struggling with this . The difference was always there, but for various reasons, as the game goes on year after year it almost strutucally can't help but widen. As long as diminishing returns is worked into the game, its not too much a problem other than isk rich players becoming ever richer with no place to put their isk that does them any noticable good. But the more average person needs to be able to reach pretty high up that curve.
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Krixtal Icefluxor
Gallente Bison Industrial Inc
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Posted - 2011.05.28 01:29:00 -
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Originally by: Diomedes Calypso- I'm not sure that it is necessarily all about lenghth of play so much as type of play that different people enjoy. It probably does take over a year to learn the ropes and build skills and capital enough to make running a few highly profitable accounts effectively (someone really putting their mind to it could do it far more quickly)[/quote
Exactly.
Started March 2010 with this account and in August I started first alt to be Orca driver, and from September onwards was paying for both with PLEX by only mining, PI, and missions.
Got into Manufacture (mistake !?!? lol) and started 3rd alt for PI and Combat with all 3 humming along on PLEX. Now I MUST take it back down to 2 as I can't afford to even replace an exploded Crane ATM.
Just disappointing to come so far in 15 months and then to actually scale back......... Game working as intended ?? **************************
"God is nothing but the power of the Universe, as a whole, to organize itself." - Lee Smolin Three Roads to Quantum Gravity |
Johnathan Billabong
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Posted - 2011.05.28 02:47:00 -
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The increased demand is due to the increased fear of bot bannings. People who have accumulated a significant amount of isk through botting are liquidating their mineral stocks leaving them with large amounts of isk, then instead of leaving their money liquid they are buying up plex due to its tendency to be more stable longterm price wise than isk.
Theres increased demand but I highly doubt it completely correlates with an increase of people paying for their accounts with plex, especially when its getting priced so high that many players who used to be able to pay through plex, no longer can. That would have to mean that for every one player that can no longer pay for his account with plex, there are multiple players who now can.
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EdwinRothbard
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Posted - 2011.05.28 11:20:00 -
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Haha keep buying, plex to crash in 321...
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Rama Racist
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Posted - 2011.05.28 11:35:00 -
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Guise plex prices just cant rise! They just cant oommgg that would be so ufaira
Plex is just not gunna rise cuz i need it to be low so just like mie house isnt gunna burn down cuz i live in it an it not gunna
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Nathan Jameson
Talocan Vanguard Talocan United
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Posted - 2011.05.28 11:44:00 -
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Originally by: Rama Racist Guise plex prices just cant rise! They just cant oommgg that would be so ufaira
Plex is just not gunna rise cuz i need it to be low so just like mie house isnt gunna burn down cuz i live in it an it not gunna
wut?
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