Originally by: Julian Assagne

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quit eve and join Perpetuum Online, mecha eve WITHOUT ****ty overpriced Clothings!

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Originally by: Ciar Meara

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Originally by: Seleene

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[ 2011.06.22 00:23:09 ] CCP Zinfandel > Elina Tan - we are introducing new clothing fashions in sets with themes. This set is themed "Military" and will continue for months. We also have fashion designers creating a line for "Corporate" and one for "Cyberpunk."

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Oh god I just threw up in my mouth I little when I read cyberpunk.

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Originally by: Galandole Tsuramananda

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Originally by: MotherMoon

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Originally by: Galandole Tsuramananda

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UGH IM SO ****ED OFF BECAUSE CCP IS FORCING ME TO BUY THESE CLOTHES WITH MY HARD EARNED MONEY/ISK AND EVERYONE WILL THINK I'M GAY BECAUSE I WAS FORCED TO BUY THIS AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE GAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BUY IT TOO--

What? We don't have to buy it?

You sure?

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so if you eat at a taco bell. and they start selling taco with human meat. and chrage like 400$ a taco. It's ok becuase you don't have to buy that taco?becuase the other menu is still there?

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No, I don't have to buy that taco because I can make a ****ing sandwich (aka not spend money on the problem), because I'm not being forced to buy the taco.

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Originally by: Sedilis

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Nicely done CCP. If I want to buy a vanity item I don't want every noob to have it.

@ the whiners... STOP BEING SO TERRIBLE AT EVE AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM

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Originally by: Hans Jagerblitzen

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Originally by: Atedar Kerane

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I'm not as angry about the NEX prices as I'm worried about the future of CCP
They must be in some serious financial trouble to pull off a stunt like this.

I've seen other games offering vanity items before, and I found those to be overpriced. Seems like I was wrong... I believe I've now truly learned the meaning of the word "overpriced".

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"overpriced" in other games they may be, but they sell like hotcakes. CCP isn't gambling as to whether or not they'll sell. They have an economist and team of marketing experts going off actual sales data across the MMO market to support this. They will probably sell a good number of vanity items in Eve too, if people give it few days for all the screaming and panic to subside. Most people are still too busy replacing their graphics cards, when they're done spending that RL money they'll spend it on vanity junk.

Everyone saying that the high prices of AURUM items somehow spells CCP's doom is basing this on the false assumption that CCP is relying on the AURUM to keep their game afloat. I think its pretty damn obvious that they cant support their game on MT, not at these prices, and not with less than a dozen items in the NeX, but they've always been frank that that's not the aim. Too bad everyone thinks they know CCP's intentions better than CCP.

Can anyone show me where CCP has stated that "micro" transactions (lets stop splitting hairs and just say cash bought items, micro/macro whatever) were supposed to be the new income model?? As in, replace subscription fees?

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Originally by: Hans Jagerblitzen

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Originally by: James Hawkins

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so we are down to market analysts and economists to design expansions ? O.o

fly safe

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I certainly hope that CCP employs these types, and takes their opinion into consideration. Without money management and a growth outlook, CCP and EVE would not exist, and no one in these forums would have anything to complain about in the first place.

This is business management 101. You cant fault them for actually making sure their game will continue to profit in the changing market. Not if you actually want a game to play.

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Originally by: Hans Jagerblitzen

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Originally by: Calisto Thellere

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that said, there will always be morons with more money than sense who will go against the grain and buy this stuff. To them, good luck and enjoy your worthless prop, i'll be in space playing pewpewpew on a pewpewpew space game.

That is what EVE is right?......

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I was about to go off about XBOX live community and EVE community being about as comparable as apples and oranges, but this is actually a really good point. There will always be morons with more money than sense, and who want to buy this stuff.

There is also morons with more isk than sense, and scammers profit off them every day in New Eden.

What is hilarious is players playing a game of ruthless capitalistic freedom whining that they are being "ruthlessly capitalized" on.

Here's a pro tip - the reason you always see those autocannons and ships on the market for what others see as laughable prices.....is cause they actually sell. Sooner or later, someone actually takes the bait, gets drunk, makes a mistake, and a profit is made.

CCP isn't even pulling a bait and switch. They never promised two dollar monocles, and the price on the NeX is for what you're actually getting. Yes, your monocle will actually cost you a carrier.

People will buy these. And CCP may even chuckle a little to themselves and enjoy the extra cash. But guess what, its their game, they can do that. Like you said, most people will still be in space playing the pew pew game. I know I will. Monocles wont hurt me one bit.

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Originally by: Hans Jagerblitzen

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Edited by: Hans Jagerblitzen on 22/06/2011 10:29:13

Originally by: James Hawkins

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so
1. those morons will buy stuff for aurum
2. CCP realizes "Hey this works out fine"
3. ...
4. CCP adds more content for morons and none for the "real" spaceship pilots that loved this game since it started in 03

yay for no real content in the upcoming years

fly safe

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Put your money where your mouth is - lets sign a gentlemen's agreement, with Chribba notarizing. If after 2 calendar years from today's date, and your predictions are correct and there is no new content other than in the NeX store, you can have all my stuff. As in, all my assets, wallet, ships, on all my accounts, and I'll transfer all my characters to your accounts.

If after two calendar years, there are new developments OTHER than more micro transactions in EvE, you will give me all your stuffs, characters, ships, isk, accounts.

Whichever one of us is wrong, has to start over from scratch, or ragequit in a fit of tears and shame.

And yes, I'm quite serious.

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Originally by: Doctor Ungabungas

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Originally by: James Hawkins

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PS btw the RMTing websites and the rates in the NEX might possibly be the end to eve as we know it ;) (imagine you dont have to spend 80$ on PLEX but can spend 40$ on the isk to aqcuire PLEX ingame to get your monocle or Dodixie Droners Baseball cap or whatever there will be)

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Let me blow your mind. Imagine you can buy isk from an RMT site and use that isk to buy PLEX to pay your sub.

Imagine.
That.

Is your mind blown?

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Originally by: Doctor Ungabungas

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Originally by: James Hawkins

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Originally by: Doctor Ungabungas

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Originally by: James Hawkins

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PS btw the RMTing websites and the rates in the NEX might possibly be the end to eve as we know it ;) (imagine you dont have to spend 80$ on PLEX but can spend 40$ on the isk to aqcuire PLEX ingame to get your monocle or Dodixie Droners Baseball cap or whatever there will be)

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Let me blow your mind. Imagine you can buy isk from an RMT site and use that isk to buy PLEX to pay your sub.

Imagine.
That.

Is your mind blown?

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no it just proves my point of leaving eve cause CCP gives a **** about enforcing the EULA and hence gets those ISK farmers botters into the game

fly safe

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I think it just proves you're slow. Because when this was implemented -several years ago- it didn't end the game.

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