Hmm, you can buy boots, that no-one can see unless you manage to get an avatar pics showing 'em.

So really, why are people still upset about a totally defunct feature?

I wouldn't say I'm "upset" more than puzzled. I really believe that this micro-transaction thing could sort-of work, especially discussing it at length with my corp/alliance.

Just about everyone I asked said they'd would at least my drunken impulse purchases if the stuff was 1/10 the current price. And a lot of those same dudes said they'd be all behind a corp/alliance uniform idea, but once again, IF and ONLY IF the prices were 1/10 of what they currently are, like a corp jacket for 250 AUR.

And to balance-the-books, and to add even more flavor to the upcoming podmails this winter, it'd be sweet for those same, cheaper, NeX items to be on there as well.

Is CCP sticking with the pricing?

Will the stuff in there ever be destructible (just as PLEX were allowed out of station)?

I rather enjoyed the original vision of podding someone destroying their NeX purchases they had on them, but feel it would be better served (for all parties involved) if the current prices were 1/10 of what they currently are.

This way, people would be more likely to purchase crap, especially impulsively, and things would be destroyed, so MORE things would be sold.

Oh, and is there any way we could possibly have a template shirt that we can apply custom colors to, like the medals, and have corp/alliance logos on the shoulders, like uniforms?

Nex items should have blue prints

Nex items should be destructible

Aurum should burn

Nex store should burn

MT store in subscription game like EVE is more then out of place. Its an insult to players. Whoever suggested that idea should be fired out of the company since he/she have zero understanding of processes in EVE or its playerbase.

So really, why are people still upset about a totally defunct feature?

Right now the continued existence of the NeX store is the only thing preventing me showing some faith in CCP and resubbing my main account for a year with a credit card rather than paying with PLEX.

As long as NeX is there it reminds me that CCP have a nasty streak of short-sighted greed runing through their senior management and it does significantly damage my opinion of the company.

NeX also ensures there will be no addition to character creator options, or significant player content through incarna - while continuing to threaten a return to overt content-robbing greed with aurum ship skins/alliance logos etc.

To symbolise the end of MT folly in eve and win back the trust of the player base I believe NeX must go and CCP need to be fearless enough to reassert their position as an independent developer concerned with the integrity of the single server player led economy over sheeplike subservience to the bleating herd elsewhere in the games industry.

Kill NeX and restore Eve.

When I started playing the game, I could buy stuff in game with money. But I didn't call it a NeX store. I called it a plex. I could even buy Caldari navy ammo with the isk I got with the plex too. Amazing! "Pay to win" has been in the game for ages.

I guess the only problem with the NeX is the price of the stuff. I've seen others say that it should be totally removed. Which is a bit odd since plex has been in game for ages.


Am I too young in the game though? Was there a big fuss made when plex was introduced?? I probably wasn't playing back then.

Is CCP sticking with the pricing?

Will the stuff in there ever be destructible (just as PLEX were allowed out of station)?

I rather enjoyed the original vision of podding someone destroying their NeX purchases they had on them, but feel it would be better served (for all parties involved) if the current prices were 1/10 of what they currently are.

This way, people would be more likely to purchase crap, especially impulsively, and things would be destroyed, so MORE things would be sold.

Oh, and is there any way we could possibly have a template shirt that we can apply custom colors to, like the medals, and have corp/alliance logos on the shoulders, like uniforms?

You are not playing now too. Try doing things without buying PLEX. May be you will suddenly see that EVE isn't that easy walk in the park for theorists like you full with money to spend and used to ruining games and switching to others. Why wont you pay attention to WoW or WoT? Plenty of money to spend there. And you won't help killing the game in there. But may be that's your reason of staying in EVE.

When I started playing the game, I could buy stuff in game with money. But I didn't call it a NeX store. I called it a plex. I could even buy Caldari navy ammo with the isk I got with the plex too. Amazing! "Pay to win" has been in the game for ages.

I guess the only problem with the NeX is the price of the stuff. I've seen others say that it should be totally removed. Which is a bit odd since plex has been in game for ages.


Am I too young in the game though? Was there a big fuss made when plex was introduced?? I probably wasn't playing back then.

EXCEPT that the crucial caveat in the $/-ú 35 -> PLEX -> ISK -> STUFF transaction is that the ISK was generated by another player, and the STUFF most likely was as well (In the case of faction ammo, I'm assuming you bought it or the base ammo off the market, rather than built your own ammo and used that in the LP store).

In the $/-ú 35 -> PLEX -> AUR -> GOLD AMMO, you're 100% cutting out the player economy.

When I started playing the game, I could buy stuff in game with money. But I didn't call it a NeX store. I called it a plex. I could even buy Caldari navy ammo with the isk I got with the plex too. Amazing! "Pay to win" has been in the game for ages.

I guess the only problem with the NeX is the price of the stuff. I've seen others say that it should be totally removed. Which is a bit odd since plex has been in game for ages.


Am I too young in the game though? Was there a big fuss made when plex was introduced?? I probably wasn't playing back then.

And with things like the Caldari Navy ammo, where did it come from? I'll tell you, someone played the game to get LP and then used that to get the ammo which they then put on the Market for you to purchase. It didn't magically appear out of nowhere and the whole process remained true to the sandbox.

No different than if you buy a ship or anything else with that PLEX, someone made it or played the game before being able to put it on the market.

And the rediculous pricing in the NEX Store isn't the problem, the fact that it circumvents the sandbox is.

When I started playing the game, I could buy stuff in game with money. But I didn't call it a NeX store. I called it a plex. I could even buy Caldari navy ammo with the isk I got with the plex too. Amazing! "Pay to win" has been in the game for ages.

I guess the only problem with the NeX is the price of the stuff. I've seen others say that it should be totally removed. Which is a bit odd since plex has been in game for ages.


Am I too young in the game though? Was there a big fuss made when plex was introduced?? I probably wasn't playing back then.

While pay to win has been a concern, if you read Jade's post, for example, you'll notice it says nothing about pay to win. Pay to win is not the only problem with NeX.

Am I too young in the game though? Was there a big fuss made when plex was introduced?? I probably wasn't playing back then.

LP store is a bit like NeX, you just use a different type of currency.

Once upon a time the capsulers of New Eden could not even afford there own Battleship BPO's. Corporations owned the Original Blueprint as a collective. Titan was suppose to be a rare super weapon. ISK was hard to come by and the Eve universe was truly a harsh environment to be in.

The golden rule used to be "Don't fly what you can't afford to lose". Today it's "I fly whatever, i have dollars". People ain't as afraid of there items as they used to be. The whole mentality is different since PLEX came along. To bad you weren't there to see it. It was the peak of Eve Online.

But speaking of LP, wouldn't it have been more interesting using LP that you have accumulated with a faction to purchase a special piece of clothing with them rather than have these things in the NEX.

Other people would know instantly that you have a high standing with a certain faction in the game. And that could also spill over into items to add to your CQ or even special logo's for your ships. Things that you can have some pride in showing off, knowing that you earnt them.

DUST 514 will not require a subscription fee to play, instead using a micro-transaction model. DUST will have two currencies, interstellar kredits (ISK) and aurum (AUR). ISK is the same currency as in EVE Online and will be earned in-game through completing contracts, conquering planets and mining resources. AUR can only be bought with real money.

Wait, so you purchase LP with a credit card/PLEX/Aurum now? Here I was thinking that you had to earn LP through playing the game, have I been mislead?

Okay kidding aside they really aren't alike. But speaking of LP, wouldn't it have been more interesting using LP that you have accumulated with a faction to purchase a special piece of clothing with them rather than have these things in the NEX.

Other people would know instantly that you have a high standing with a certain faction in the game. And that could also spill over into items to add to your CQ or even special logo's for your ships. Things that you can have some pride in showing off, knowing that you earnt them.