Andre Coeurl
Gallente
TOHA Heavy Industries
TOHA Conglomerate
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Posted - 2011.07.05 18:22:00 -
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That the CSM "have been convinced" is no assurance at all, given that they could easy have been shown just the reassuring side of CCP's future plans. And, by all means, CSM's words have no legal value, just a personal trust value.
On the other hand, the wording of CCP's statement may sound reassuring, but it isn't at all when you read the phrases with some attention.
"It is CCPæs plan that the Noble Exchange (NeX store) will be used for the sale of vanity items only. There are no plans, and have been no plans, as per previous communication and CSM meetings, to introduce the sale of game breaking items or enhancements in the NeX store."
This is a very obvious backdoor, saying that the NeX won't sell "game breaking items or enhancements" implies that some other virtual store will quite possibly do that.
That phrases are very, very different from saying: "There won't EVER be any sale of game breaking items or enhancements in any part of EVE online."
Since they didn't say it after all this fuss, they don't want to say it. Plain and simple.
"The investment of money in EVE should not give you an unfair advantage over the investment of time. The CSM, under NDA, has been presented with CCPæs plans for continued evolution of the business model and agrees that nothing they saw breaks this principle. CCP has committed to sharing their plans with the CSM on this front on an ongoing basis."
This, in other words, obviously means that the investment of money in EVE should give you a FAIR advantage over the investment of time, not an unfair one.
So, as long as the advantage is fair, it will be possible to invest money to have all sort of elite treatment. How this "fairness" will be defined will obviously be a point of further discussions with CSM up there in the Iceland scenario, maybe in a hot pool with some caviar and champagne and maybe with a few blonde masseuse easing the post-flight stress. Just maybe. But the need to discuss each "step forward" in person with CSM is written, is it not. Fair exchange. Noble, we could call it.
What about things like "ship personalization", previously taken back on the ground of "game performance issues"?
Now those "issues" vanish in front of that good old miracle-maker and lag-killer called CASH.
Boy says to Girl "I love you so much (I want your xxxx)"
Girl says to Boy "I'm just 3 months out of a very important story with my ex (no xxxx)"
Boy says to Girl "Here's a diamond necklace to prove my love (will pay for xxxx)"
Girl says to Boy "it was just a one month long story after all (here's the xxxx)"
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