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Magosian
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.21 23:37:43 -
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Sorry if this was already covered, but I'm curious why the BC/dessy ship skins which come from lowsec besieged sites are 30-day temporary. |
Magosian
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.21 23:41:14 -
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Dangeresque Too wrote:Magosian wrote:Sorry if this was already covered, but I'm curious why the BC/dessy ship skins which come from lowsec besieged sites are 30-day temporary. It was already covered, like 5 or 6 times, even by dev posts on the first page or two. As well as in the blog. Yes, if it comes from a site drop, it will be time limited.
Yes but WHY? |
Magosian
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.21 23:47:36 -
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Ned Thomas wrote:Think about how many there are in game currently versus other skins that are NOT site drops.
If I do that, the only thing I can conclude is CCP/Aurum moneygrab.
I should probably state that I happen to have a few of these, and while it might appear that I'm trying to milk their worth, I'm really not. As you said, there are tons floating around; they're far from rare. It just sticks out like a sore thumb when ONLY these are temporary, and seem to contradict the whole concept of having a skinnable options in the first place.
Maybe a better question would be: what is CCP wanting to avoid if these were to become permanent?
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Magosian
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.22 00:41:50 -
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Ned Thomas wrote:They are avoiding a version that you spend real world cash money on being rendered obsolete from the outset because the version you spend internet space money on is dirt cheap due to over abundance.
Frankly, I think the rarity of the two types involved will sort that out rather quickly. One takes Aurum, thus being vastly more rare, the others you can buy for 5-20 mil. The apparel market has the same kind of scaling, and I don't see clothes causing any kind of market disruption.
Ned Thomas wrote:Surprisingly, CCP likes making money. Whodathunk?
All well and good, doubly so since we're ultimately talking about cosmetics. I just don't like the idea that a nearly worthless item at present becomes even more worthless by being basically a very limited, time-lapsed feature.
Tyberius Franklin wrote:How can there be a money grab for something that isn't obtainable with money? That's really the fundamental difference there.
The moneygrab is in essentially gutting the allure from the "common" BC/dessy ship skins because they'll be temporary, to the much more fascinating (also, rare as hell now, rare as hell in the foreseeable future) Aurum-provided perma-skins. |
Magosian
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.22 00:57:03 -
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Tyberius Franklin wrote:...Making them temporary preserves the market....
This is where we have vastly different conclusions then. I, for one, would never buy a skin that is temporary, and thus it becomes entirely worthless, at least to me. |
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