Make no mistake in thinking that PLEX and AUR are two different things. Because they aren't. Both are meant to convert real money into virtual assets.

Just because it currently doesn't see any use doesn't mean that Aurum is worse as a currency than PLEX is. There simply was no reason to use Aurum until the skip skins came along.

CCP makes less money; people quit because they have to grind, so CCP makes even less money; RMT, with all the problems it creates, increases so CCP makes less money. Also, the velocity of ISK slows down significantly and the market becomes inefficient.

It would have a huge amount of negative effects and no positive ones.

Cause it made me chuckle.

I posted a legitimate question to see how others would have answered and maybe be enlightened myself about some facet of the whole PLEX model i may have been unaware of.

It made me laugh at the fact you took the time and effort to actually post in the thread, but posted nothing constructtiive, other then the fact you increased your post count by 1 you accomplished nothing.

EDIT Oh yeah I liked your above post as well cause of the same reasons.

Not that I am advocating it, because I am not. But what if CCP said "Enough" we have RMT under control, we need more influx of cash and we are tired of dealing with the additional hassles that PLEX create.

No more playing without paying. AUR, resculpting and transfers are only availanle through cash payments.

What would the ramifications be?

Other then forum threadnaughts and an initial decrease in the active players.

Would CCP actually make more money in the end? Would the playerbase be reduced by 20% or more? How would it effect you?

Seeing your signature...

I think I once ganked an alt of the guy who runs bulk trade.
He had the same letters and numbers like him,
but I don't recall it anymore.

I ganked his frig or noobship and his pod,
because he was afk at the gate.

Let me tell you, that guy is nuts. He didn't actually lose anything of value,
but he got so butthurt as if I had entered his house and stole
the virginity of his barely legal daughter.

I've heard a lot about this guy and the summary pretty much is
that he's a douche, ****, dork, donk and doofus.

I'm glad there are alternatives like yours.

Actually flipping burgers at MacDonalds is a more efficient way to make isk than to grind level 4's.

as some one who has done both.

level 4s are more enjoyable.

Game Design said that, long-term, they would like to collapse things to just two currencies. Several CSM members pointed out it would be quite simple to sell game time through the store: one month game time: 3500 Aurum (the conversion for one PLEX).

What if CCP eliminated PLEX?

GǪand that is why AUR is completely pointless. Nothing it does could not already be done through existing means when it was introduced and nothing has been introduced since that gives it any meaning or requires its use. It was implemented to provide content for a part of the game that was abandoned. It was retained to provide an EVE-Dust link that seems to be abandoned. It relies on code that was never finished and that replicated what was already in the game but without any of the pre-existing features.


There still is no reason to use AUR GÇö the game has two and a half currencies as it is, two of which are trivially transferrable and one that could be made transferrable just as trivially if they chose to.

CCP needs to eliminate PLEX, it's a stupid useless item that can be easily replaced with the already existing Aurum system. Buy gametime with Aurum tokens instead of a specific PLEX item.

Mining the meat at the McD, ey? :)

what if CCP said "Enough" we have RMT under control, we need more influx of cash and we are tired of dealing with the additional hassles that PLEX create.

Ignore my explaination. Okay. Sure. Guess that settles that then.

your mother was our most frequent customer.

What if you had to pass a IQ test to post in GD?

What if Greedo shot first?

What if you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bullshit?

I'm not ignoring it. I'm saying that none of what you describe needs AUR to happenGÇöit is a completely pointless addition to the game.

Same could be said for PLEX since they're essentially the same thing. Now what?

But what if CCP said "Enough" we have RMT under control...

From the CSM minutes:



People may not be able to buy PLEX with cash in the future, they'll have to buy 3500 Aurum from CCP, exchange it for a PLEX from the store, and then sell the PLEX on market. Or maybe they'll even do away with PLEX as an item and require people to buy Aurum for ISK, from people who bought Aurum for cash... then use the Aurum to buy non-transferable game-time. In which case, PLEX will be "eliminated". That would kinda suck though...