Yes lets make PLEX cheaper so we can all continue to play for free, I mean, like, CCP doesn't have overheads right? EVE is a charity right?

I am stepping way out on a limb with this comment, but here is my two cents.

Why would CCP want to taylor toward players that do not spend real money? You are basically asking for market manipulation so you can continue to play for free. If you can't afford PLEX with ISK then save up ISK or focus on your priorities in real life. As a new player $10 a month for EVE is about the least expensive entertainment I have access to.

Has there been a broad evaluation of the IG economy, and if so, what does it look like? If ISK is easy to get, and I guess I'd have to agree that at this early stage it is skills and not ISK that keeps me from flying what I'd like, then what difference does it make that costs have gone up?

These are honest questions, and I'd be glad to learn folks' thoughts on them.

OK. If ISK is easy to get how can PLEX'es be too expensive?

OK. If ISK is easy to get how can PLEX'es be too expensive?

Hello, I am an old eve player, I have 3 accounts... and less and less time to play due to work. I do love the game, I have never paid with real money because the work that i do hardly brings enough money to survive / pay bills.

CCP don't control the market price of plex.

I am stepping way out on a limb with this comment, but here is my two cents.

Why would CCP want to taylor toward players that do not spend real money? You are basically asking for market manipulation so you can continue to play for free. If you can't afford PLEX with ISK then save up ISK or focus on your priorities in real life. As a new player $10 a month for EVE is about the least expensive entertainment I have access to.

Why would CCP help players that don't spend money? Because they are the ones you go out and want to kill. Because they are working hard for their isk so they can pay their PLEX, well... mainly because THEY ARE PLAYING. If all those that won't pay, quit... what will you do when you search 3-4 low-sec's and you find no one to kill ?

Eve needs communism.

I am stepping way out on a limb with this comment, but here is my two cents.

Why would CCP want to taylor toward players that do not spend real money? You are basically asking for market manipulation so you can continue to play for free. If you can't afford PLEX with ISK then save up ISK or focus on your priorities in real life. As a new player $10 a month for EVE is about the least expensive entertainment I have access to.

Story:
Hello, I am an old eve player, I have 3 accounts... and less and less time to play due to work. I do love the game, I have never paid with real money because the work that i do hardly brings enough money to survive / pay bills.

Problem:
PLEX prices went mad.

1'st possibility:
PLEX prices remain the same. CCP gains lots of $ in a short time. Game gets frustrating; less and less appealing to others like me. Players start quitting EVE. Only those with too much time and too much money remain in game. At one point they will not be enough to populate the huge world of New Eden. Game will become less appealing to them too.
(don't have actual statistics but I have noticed that the number of players has already decreased from what I have been used to)

2'nd possibility:
CCP develops a strategy to counteract 1'st possibility. Makes the game fun to play again. Rekindles the spark that makes us log in every time. The first step to do so would be to drop the PLEX prices. But they shouldn't stop there. The game still needs improvements if it is to survive a market with games like World of Tanks and what not...


Conclusion.
I realy hope something will be done, as I will soon run out of ISK and time, and I will probably join my other friends (that have already left the world of EVE for the one in WoT).
This is MY view of things. Don't know if it's from the right angle or not, but i do feel that others are exactly in my situation.

PLEASE SAVE EVE.

Someone paid real money to put that PLEX on the market. CCP got paid.

OK. If ISK is easy to get how can PLEX'es be too expensive?

Option 3: You downgrade to the number of accounts you can afford.

I am stepping way out on a limb with this comment, but here is my two cents.

Why would CCP want to taylor toward players that do not spend real money? You are basically asking for market manipulation so you can continue to play for free. If you can't afford PLEX with ISK then save up ISK or focus on your priorities in real life. As a new player $10 a month for EVE is about the least expensive entertainment I have access to.

Yes lets make PLEX cheaper so we can all continue to play for free, I mean, like, CCP doesn't have overheads right? EVE is a charity right?

I don't always post on the EVE forums, but when I do it's in a whiny 'EVE is dieing' thread.

Dude, just get a RL job if you can't afford plex.

Either get a job so you can afford all of your interests, or stop paying for adult sites.

@OP:

There comes a time where paying $15 a month is worth more than the time you'd invest grinding for a PLEX.

You need to decide when that time is instead of coming here to complain on the forums.

If you cannot afford $15 a month to play EVE, you should re-address your life and probably shouldn't be playing it in the first place.

you are missing the point.
This point is written by me, but is not only about me !
There are / were more people in my situation... and they might quit (or have already done so). And if a good majorty of the 'non-paying' players quit... to whom will you sell your precious PLEX ? what will happend to the game? will you have enough people to play with?

This post was made to serve as a friendly warning. It's my view on things. We'll see what the future holds for us. I doubt it will reach the ears of those I wish.

Yes lets make PLEX cheaper so we can all continue to play for free, I mean, like, CCP doesn't have overheads right? EVE is a charity right?

Someone paid real money to put that PLEX on the market. CCP got paid.

you are missing the point.
This point is written by me, but is not only about me !
There are / were more people in my situation... and they might quit (or have already done so). And if a good majorty of the 'non-paying' players quit... to whom will you sell your precious PLEX ? what will happend to the game? will you have enough people to play with?

This post was made to serve as a friendly warning. It's my view on things. We'll see what the future holds for us. I doubt it will reach the ears of those I wish.

[quote=Atomyc'al][quote=Zagdul]@OP:

It did not seem like a freindly warning, it seemed more like a cry thread that states you need plex to play, we are not here to help you make isk for plex, nor is CCP. I will never feel bad about people who use isk to play, I would be fine if they removed plex, and just made a feture to buy ISK. Now that I think on it, this would seem the best way to halt plex prices.

To carve a successful niche for yourself in EVE you need to be able to out sell, out produce, out fight, out run, or out wit your competitors.
If you can do none of the above, your only option is to complain on the forums that somehow you are at a disadvantage using the exact same tool set as the rest of the player base.
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Yes lets make PLEX cheaper so we can all continue to play for free, I mean, like, CCP doesn't have overheads right? EVE is a charity right?