Marcus Tedric
Zebra Corp
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2016.03.03 15:28:40 -
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Curiously I'm not sure how it could really be 'abused'...
If you create an account purely for what you suggest; then yes, you could probably get 21d + 30d 'free' - at the end of which you'd have a character with something over 3m SP. An alt for SP farming would need Cyber V to get to the maximum of 2700 SP/hr
You'd then need to spend over another month - which you'd have to pay for at least - to get to the magic 5m lower extraction limit.
Thereafter you could, if maxed, generate just under 2m SP per month - if PLEX'd at ~1.2b isk per month.
Cost of 4 extractors ~1.2b - total cost 2.4b. Sale of 4 Injectors ~2.4b (okay a bit higher just now).
I am sure PLEX will rise a bit more to exactly balance this out. So I don't see what's to be gained.
What am I missing? 
Don't soil your panties, you guys made a good point, we'll look at the numbers again. - CCP Ytterbium
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Marcus Tedric
Zebra Corp
Goonswarm Federation
59
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Posted - 2016.03.03 15:47:06 -
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Neo Kathura wrote:..........................The Recruit Program is intended for you to encourage new players to join EVE Online. Violating the purpose of the Recruit Program in any way or form is prohibited. Abusing the Recruit Program is considered an exploit and will not be tolerated. So from that reading, existing players using it to get about 1.7 plex worth of gametime for free would be abuse.
You can definitely make a few hundred million per month on top of running costs selling all of their SP.
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Oh, I'm not disputing that - and yes, just now (due to the large number of PLEX sales the price has gone down) there seems to be the possibility of making a few 100 million per month.
But whether you have spent 1, 2 or 3 PLEX to get there - or bought a 5m+ SP character to start with (for isk/PLEX) I cannot see it lasting. PLEX will naturally rise in line.
It just doesn't seem sensible to run accounts/characters just for that.
However, if you have a maxed miner/ratter and then train and sell all additional SP - then yes, it could, just like PI. If done, however, this too will serve to drive PLEX prices up.
Don't soil your panties, you guys made a good point, we'll look at the numbers again. - CCP Ytterbium
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