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Ingvar Angst
Amarr
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
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Posted - 2011.06.27 14:53:00 -
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A subscription price increase would also imbalance the Plex market. People sitting on a stockpile of Plex right now would have a sudden wealth increase. RMT markets would go crazy.
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Ingvar Angst
Amarr
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
Talocan United
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Posted - 2011.06.27 18:43:00 -
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 Originally by: Kunming
@ Akita T:
The PLEX is a change of gametime (payed by another player) for ISK. No item is being generated no player gains an upper hand in anything. Sure the player selling PLEX get some ISK which allows him to buy stuff, maybe even stuff he wouldnt be able to get on his own like a titan, but the ISK circulates within the EVE economy. And the PLEX is turned into gametime, hardly something that will effect the game economy in anyway.
Plex is ultimately purchased with real money. If you increase the sub-price, you increase the value of Plex. If you increase the value of Plex, then all those stockpiles now are worth a greater value. Increasing the sub-price will directly throw the economy off by changing the value of the Plex, increasing the amount of ISK you can get per Plex, and depreciating the value of ISK.
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Ingvar Angst
Amarr
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
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Posted - 2011.06.27 19:50:00 -
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Originally by: Medidranda Livoga
They could just up the sub cost by 10%. That would pretty much double their profit margin. But I`m not sure how much they are going to spend on WoD development, which is probably art intensive effort. Not to mention working on their new engine too.
33% increase in one swoop is indeed too much, trick is once again make cost increase seem nominal and stay below pain treshold of most subbers.
Increasing the sub would throw the economy off. Plex prices are directly tied to subscription prices. If a month's play becomes more "valuable", Plex prices will increase. Everyone with Plex's stocked up will find themselves with a sudden increase in fortune. Isk will be devalued.
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