Scouting Party
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Posted - 2011.06.28 22:29:00 -
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Why sell SP? Sell +6 or +7 implants, or a slot 10 implant that gives a 5% boost to training time? Maybe even a set like the Crystal or Snake sets, focused on learning speed or stat boosts? +1 attribute point/implant, +10% for entire set, +15% for the slot 10?
SP gain=constant over a time (there's even the database entries for +6 and +7 implants isn't there?), the idea that you now train at a 'slower rate' than pre-learning skill removal can be thrown out, and CCP can make a fortune, as they watch every player buy a training clone with +6's in.
I mean.. at $2/implant, that'd be $12 for a full set... if one quarter of all players buy a full set (with maybe 'advanced cybernetics' thrown in as a skill from the market place for these new NeX implants, requiring Cybernetics V... also providing an isk sink of a kind) then that's about 1.5m dollars? And then a slower stream of income as newer players etc. start to want these shiny new implants.
Who doesn't have a training clone for holidays?
Ofc, this probably comes under P2W, but the microscopic gain of SP/hour that it'd bring would only pay for itself in the VERY long term. Not that it'd stop people from investing... look at people who buy +5's at the moment!
Failing that, PLEX allowing you to train multiple characters on one account? PLEX allowing you to train at 1.5x speed for a month?
Slightly offtopic I guess, but:
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AUR used for partial subscriptions? I'd love to be able to buy myself a smaller subscription using AUR rather than an entire month sometimes. Charge 8AU/hour and you're making a profit (it works out at about 6000 AUR/month, or about 1.5 PLEX....) Obviously, you'd have to disallow it for trial accounts subscribing, or at least set a minimum amount (2 weeks?)
The notion of buying my friend 2 weeks of EVE seems a lot less hardship than buying them an entire month.. especially if they then get hooked thanks to having an entire month rather than just the 21-day trial.
AUR for more buddy invites? 1500 AUR/invite maybe? Given that we can get a month's subscription out of it, it doesn't seem unreasonable. Naturally, you'd have to monitor the system being misused (ie. people starting alts using it).
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