GinSu San
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Posted - 2011.08.07 13:52:00 -
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I agree that ISK in the game needs to be managed.
However there is a bit more to it than just raising taxes, cutting bounties, and reducing mining yields.Simply because if it takes to long get or achieve something people will give up and quit. If some of the drastic measures mention in this post were implemented the game play of eve would be severely compromised. The whole point of eve is ôsandbox game playö not ôdirected game playö. Some people group up some like to solo, ISK management should not dictate game play.
I think we can all agree that bots and cheats are the number one problem when it comes to unchecked ISK entering the game. Something else that has not been mentioned in this ISK balancing post is PLEX. So if the ISK balancing is not done carefully the players who grind ISK to buy PLEX may not be able to afford them. This would be a potential real world wallet hit for CCP due to the loss of accounts. This model has to be considered when rebalancing is done. Players who buy PLEX would have less people to sell them to therefore there is less incentive to buy the PLEX.
The ISK faucets do need to be revised and perhaps one or two new faucets could be carefully added. What would make a good ISK faucet? This is the question we need to answer. If players see the ISK faucet doing something then it is less invasive to game play. Here my thoughts on a good faucet. We all like eve videos right? So why not let us spend some ISK on videos that could be watched in game? Perhaps even a news channel that charges a reasonable ISK subscription. This way all players can be up to date one the game lore and or the chronicles. Why not even make videos about player corporationÆs wars and other activities? This is a good faucet for two reasons it takes ISK out and the player gets something in return.
Now this is only an example of how a good faucet works. There are many variations of this kind of faucet. Yes this is a voluntary type of faucet; however it is a better start at finding a way to balance the ISK in the game than hacking and slashing at present faucets that donÆt work. Nor does it change game play.
In my opinion micro transactions would have been a better ISK faucet than real world transactions. I personally have no intention to buy PLEX to buy novelty items. Now if it was a reasonably priced novelty market I see billions of IKS being spent. Just think of the things you would spend ISK on to personalize your eve experience.
Now things like missions, complexes, ratting, insurance, incursions, planetary interactions, and mining of all types need to have the rewards revised. Perhaps use a sec status scale as a measure. As you progress down the scale towards low sec and null sec the rewards are, maybe upgraded or receive a better kill to reward ratio to a point.
We all agree that ISK management is an issue that needs addressing, letÆs just do it with something other than an fire axe and one way game play dictation. ThereÆs no need to make game play a **** victim when it comes to ISK management.
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