Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
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Posted - 2016.02.19 22:36:21 -
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Hairpins Blueprint wrote:it's more about insane market, and how few traders have total control over a meta game item. It's a player driven economy, one of the foundations of Eve is that the economy is driven by players.
CCP are not responsible for the exchange rate of Gé¼ to z+é, your subscription/PLEX is a luxury; given that you claim to be able to buy a weeks worth of groceries for Gé¼15, the cost of living in Poland is considerably lower than elsewhere in Europe.
A monthly sub of 70 z+é is equivalent to -ú12.39 or Gé¼16 at today's exchange rates; sub cost for the UK is -ú9.99, for Europe it's Gé¼14.95. Hardly hard done by and percentage wise players in Canada and Australia pay far more, 37 and 34% respectively, because of loss of value due to exchange rates.
A PLEX at 90 z+é is equivalent to -ú15.91 or Gé¼20.60 at today's exchange rates, CCP sell them for -ú16.99 in the UK and approx Gé¼20 in Europe.
You can buy a PLEX from CCP for less than people in the UK and on a parity with the rest of the people who pay in Gé¼. If you shop around you can pick up a PLEX, from CCP partners, for within a few percent of a sub price.
WTF are you moaning about?
Quote:I know people that have stacks, thousands of plex. Same thing will be soon hit extractors/injectors. And?
PLEX is the gold standard of Eve, it is unlikely to reduce in value and even if it does it's got a floor price of $14.95, Gé¼14.95 and -ú9.99; that is the base value of what it represents, 30 days of game time.
Quote:People should invest in diffrent things than meta game items. Build stuff etc, intead of buying plex because it's guaranteed not to fall under current mechanics. See my original point; player driven economy, deal with it.
Quote:CCP is losing money on this ... the more plex cost the less people buy. Supply and demand, there's obviously people who are willing to buy it with isk at current prices, and plenty of them. If there weren't PLEX would be cheaper to buy with isk.
CCP don't lose money, every person that pays by PLEX indirectly puts 20%+ more money into CCP's wallet than they would if they paid by sub; primarily because every PLEX that gets consumed was A: purchased with hard currency and B: costs more than the equivalent game time paid by subscription.
TL;DR: Until you can demonstrate that you understand the hows and the whys of the way the current system works beyond "My country's foreign exchange rate sucks the big one and CCP should fix it.", the answer is nope.
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