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Kaivar Lancer
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Posted - 2015.08.28 07:21:23 -
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I stopped playing Eve for awhile. My main reason:
- Steam just makes alternative games so much cheaper. For $15, you can grab yourself a few cheap games that can entertain you for a month. You can buy $3 bundles from discounters outside of Steam. Basically your library grows every month, and thus your entertainment options. And lets not forget the F2P AAA MMOs that have saturated the market (like SWTOR or LOTRO).
But with Eve, $15 just buys you the same experience. Meh. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2015.08.28 10:47:20 -
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Webvan wrote:[quote=Astral Azizora]
No you don't get support in lotro as an f2p. You gotta pay something every month, then you are flagged to receive support if you need it (vip I think it was). Otherwise you go to forums and maybe get help from other players there, or in player chat. Or I think a forum-GM will answer serious account issues there etc. But in game support, no no not at all period, you're on your own unless you spend something in the game shop within like 30 days. Someone wants to try to grief you in-game, you just gotta htfu and take it or log out, if you even make the que to log in anyway.
I've tried a bunch of f2p's, you get what you pay for (such as nothing).... unless you lose control and spend huge monies then you get less than you pay for, what they really hope for. f2p's are really for those guys. Nope, I stick to either classic subscription games (some have limited access to try it out) or indie hobby games that are actually free (full access) and not free to pay but usually take donations.
Even games like Battlefield (popular fps game) are junk now, everyone wants to link the item shop, just ruining games. And I don't like to play/group with people that are weak because they won't pay a dime which then effects me or our group. Just junk.
F2P MMOs are suited for casual players. When you have a stable of MMOs, you're not emotionally attached to any single one. This week I might play a bit of LOTRO because of an interesting update. Next week, I might play SWTOR to roleplay my smuggler and advance the storyline a bit. The week after, some Runescape to do some crafting. It's all free.
Or you can pay $15 to CCP for the same experience you had last month.
I still think that $15 is very good value for what you get in Eve. But these days, there are so many other options that are even cheaper or free. Mount & Blade: Warband, a sandbox medieval RPG, is going for $6.80 on Steam. In conjunction with free mods, that is unbelievable value. And it's a one-time purchase only, so it's yours forever. This is the marketplace that CCP is competing in in 2015. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2015.09.08 18:34:12 -
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Just came back to Eve, and all I can say WTF? I saw PLEX selling close to 1.15B in Amarr.
NOPE! I've seen the value of my ingame work halve over the last few years. I don't think people want to play a game where they must 'play' twice as hard just to keep up. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2015.10.11 17:12:32 -
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Heh, this game is over. I gave up once plex broke 1b isk. In that time, I've seen the value of my gameplay slash by 75% (I remember when plex was 350m or so). I used to manage 5 accounts at one stage during my "business empire" phase, but there's no way that's sustainable now. Meh. I'm letting this sub lapse until plex returns to reasonable prices, if it does at all. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2015.11.06 14:25:43 -
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The massive decline that started in May seems to coincide with the rise in PLEX prices. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.09 11:31:11 -
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Hey why was there a massive one-off dip during June 2015? Did something happen during that time? |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.09 11:40:16 -
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Oh and people should visit the ED forums. Lots of Elite players complaining about the game universe feeling "empty" and abandoning the game. I think Eve's decline has more to do with human nature (boredom and fatigue) than any specific fault with the game, as Elite is also suffering a decline.
What CCP can do is help lower (or eliminate) the barriers of re-entry for those people who want to rejoin the game. So if someone's sub expires, after three months, perhaps offer them two weeks of free time so they can see how the game's changed. Provide that offer indefinitely so there'll always be a carrot in rejoining the game. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.10 05:19:54 -
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Ever since June/July, the decline has turned into RAPID!!! |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.13 13:26:33 -
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Alot of people are leaving Elite Dangerous. Might be a good time for CCP to stand on Frontier's throat and start an anti-Elite marketing campaign. This may help stop the decline from turning into rapid. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.13 16:59:16 -
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SurrenderMonkey wrote:Kaivar Lancer wrote:Alot of people are leaving Elite Dangerous. Might be a good time for CCP to stand on Frontier's throat and start an anti-Elite marketing campaign. This may help stop the decline from turning into rapid. Implying that a lot of people were ever playing Elite Dangerous in the first place.
Frontier reported selling 825k units back in August 2015. By today, it'll probably be over 1m units, so that's 1m players. |
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Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.14 13:56:56 -
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Remiel Pollard wrote:
Go and take a look at how many copies of X-Rebirth were sold, and how many people are still playing it. Then look me in the eyes tell me there's a correlation.
You tell me. I'm not your errand boy. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.18 07:37:40 -
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Well I hope they integrate future games with Eve Online somehow. |
Kaivar Lancer
Placid Peace Corps
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Posted - 2016.01.18 16:27:35 -
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Yeah, I wish there was more to do in low sec. ATM, null is getting all the love. |
Kaivar Lancer
Pegeler Investment Fund
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Posted - 2016.01.24 07:40:34 -
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I've been station-trading in Jita for the last few days, and am surprised to see my orders staying good for hours! You used to be 0.01 isked within minutes. The decline is turning into RAPID!!! |
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