Teckos Pech wrote:Toobo wrote:You know what all these Alpha toons are gonna call Omega toons?
Pay to win!
When all these Alpha toons see current players (Soon to be Omega pilots) flying and using things they can't on a free account, and stomping all over them everywhere, they will not think EVE is F2P game, they will see itnas Pay To Win game.
So ironically, EVE will become pay to win by allowing F2P lol.
So let me get this staright.....
CCP gives players a way to play an unlimited trial account for no RL money. But because years ago I decided to pay for a sub and train my characters I'm....cheating?
Of course, CCP has given these guys a way to catch up to me instantly, yes it means opening up one's wallet. Seems only fair given that I have spent quite a bit of RL money to get where I am, requiring a new player to "instantly" catch to cost RL money....my God what a crazy idea.
How about you grow up and learn how things work both in game and in RL?
Dude, I'm not talking from an existing player's POV, which I obviously am and will immediately become Omega when this goes live.
I'm talking from a new Alpha players' POV. For me, who's been playing the game for nearly a decade, it doesn't change what I can do.
I said what I said because I believe CCP is introducing Alpha account as a marketing tool, not for players like you and I, but total eve virgins.
For them, it will seem like P2W, and I'm not sure that is a good perception for these noobs to have, so I'm questioning the pros and cons of Alpha accounts as a marketing tool and from brand management point of view.
That's how things work RL (as you ask me to grow up in RL...) - free stuff can be good, but it's not always the best marketing/sales strategy. I've seen companies suffer negative long term consequences because they managed free events and promotions in a wrong way.
Sure, you can say CCP is a successful company and has a dedicated professionals working on marketing and sales strategies so they 'should know better than you, forum idiot'.
Guess what, I too work in a marketing/sales/business development as a professional. I'm not commenting on this as an EVE vet or whatever, I'm genuinely questioning whether these Alpha accounts will have good long term beneficial effect as a marketing tool.
Even companies in Fortune 50 sometimes make major marketing blunder. There are valid questions we can ask to CCP whether something they have in plans is a good idea or not.
Getting back to the topoc - as a player I really don't care. I already have my SP and I can fly all the ships and fits I want. And yes I've paid for my subs long enough that I'm happy that I have something these free players won't - so I'm not arguing against you.
But from Alpha players' perspective, would it offer them good experience to commit cash to the game over long term?
That is debatable.