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Aerasia
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.09.18 00:34:51 -
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Daichi Yamato wrote:Those active players are not giving ccp money. They lose nothing if those players leave. They get more money if these players switch from plexing to paying for their sub. Only if you assume that the vast majority of PLEX exist due to "click my link to sub" bonuses.
30 days of subscription is markedly cheaper than PLEX, so ideally for CCP they would have a few dedicated sub players who then routinely buy PLEX to keep others subbed. |
thebarry
Calamitous-Intent
Feign Disorder
12
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Posted - 2015.09.18 00:39:03 -
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Daichi Yamato wrote:Those active players are not giving ccp money. They lose nothing if those players leave. They get more money if these players switch from plexing to paying for their sub.
Instead, the more isk plex is worth, the more ppl who are inclined to buy plex with rl money and cash in the isk. This means ccp get more money.
Tl:Dr
The higher the plex price the more money ccp make.
Since all plex are paid for with cash, ccp makes money whether the account is plexed or not. If the price of plex is so high that the university/underemployed nerds(who are almost always the ones driving content) unsubscribe their spare accounts or win eve, then this reduces content for the rest of us, and income for ccp.
Can we at least agree that if ccp does implement such a policy, that afterwards I should be referred to as theGRRRy? |
Amyclas Amatin
SUNDERING
Goonswarm Federation
688
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Posted - 2015.09.18 05:58:08 -
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It's like there are less people playing this terrible game, and those who are left play it play for free. I know I wouldn't play if I wasn't playing at someone else's expense.
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Aerasia
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
96
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Posted - 2015.09.18 07:07:41 -
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thebarry wrote:If the price of plex is so high that the university/underemployed nerds(who are almost always the ones driving content) unsubscribe their spare accounts or win eve, then this reduces content for the rest of us, and income for ccp.
Maybe CCP should keep an eye out for a correlation between PLEX hoarding and sub numbers?
CCP Terminus wrote:When prices do skyrocket for short periods of time, we monitor the subscription rate carefully to see if we need to intervene with a sale of some sort, or let the fluctuation smooth itself out.
Oh. They do. |
Daichi Yamato
Xero Security and Technologies
2735
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Posted - 2015.09.18 11:19:42 -
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@ aerasia
And they will as well as people who use plex for other services like dual-training. If the majority of plexing accounts switched to subscribing the price of plex would fall, which would mean players will switch back to plexing. Clearly the price of plex is not high enough yet.
@ theBarry
CCP dont just make money if the account is plexed or not. It makes money if the plexed account exists or not. And the higher the isk reward for plex the more inclined we all are to do it to save ourselves hours of game time grinding.
EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided" "So it will be up to a pilot to remain vigilant wherever they may be flying and be ready for anything at any time"
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Aven Valkyr
Aven's Flight School
Zero Fux.
6
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Posted - 2015.09.18 11:30:07 -
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If my 2 cents were worth anything, which they are not, but if they were this is what I would say on the subject.
The only people that the insane costs of plex are hurting are the new players, who can just barely afford the monthly subscription fee and want to continue playing the game by plexing. It can be very difficult for a new player to earn the insane amount of isk required to continue playing. So they subscribe for a month, reading all this awesome stuff online about how they can plex to keep their account running, realize their poorly fitted T1 cruiser can't cut it in making the 1.2 bil per month required to plex, and they quit playing the game literally because they cannot afford to keep a sub going.
HOWEVER. It HELPS new players in that if they CAN afford to sub the game, an extra $15 gets them 1.2 bil ISK to buy ships and all kinds of other things with. Although it's sad that plex has gotten uncontrollably expensive lately, it's a "coin" issue, where there are 2 sides to it. Is it hurting CCP directly? I highly doubt it. if anything, I see more and more plex out there and I hear more and more people talking about PLEX. I see many new players come to the game because they spent even $30 on top of their subscription which they are happy paying and became instant billionairs.
I think CCP is going to sit on this subject for a while and let it roll. I'm sure they are monitoring their PLEX purchases carefully. "IMO", plex is a non-issue. |
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