Teckos Pech
Amok.
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2017.03.21 23:52:24 -
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Mr Mieyli wrote:I'll point out one gigantic flaw, or benefit depending on viewpoint, and that is plex. Plex serves as a mechanic to allow legal RMT in one direction only, supposedly to put off isk farmers and account hackers. It allows you to convert one hour of real work into X hours of isk farming in eve, so now to the problem. If I can obtain X hours worth of isk, which is only attainable by putting yourself at risk normally, then why would I go the slow route and farm X hours? I'd just buy a plex to sell for isk to fund whatever.
When players are required to invest time in your game, they have to find the game enjoyable, which means creating content they will enjoy. If players don't have to invest time, but only log in for :content: someone else has created we are going to run out of 'someone elses' eventually.
What you are missing is spending time to get the ISK in the first place is not generally considered fun which is why it is called "grinding". Especially early on when you are grinding for skill books and just to be able to buy a second or third ship. The idea of PLEX lets players accumulate enough ISK early on to do more, take more risks, and not have to spend as much time on the boring aspects of the game. Further, it will help redistribute ISK from those with substantial amounts of ISK already to those without. You can buy alot of T1 PVP firgates and the like for a billion ISK.
Seriously what is fun? Mining in a venture? Maybe for some, or selling PLEX and then finding a group to go and have fun in LS or NS? And as the player gains more SP he can develop some of the better ISK streams and become less dependent on PLEX.
Seriously, this idea is about as silly at the dignity of work arguments. These arguments are silly because if I offered a person the same pay at half the hours spent working they'd jump at it. More leisure time and no loss of income? Only a workaholic would turn that down. Work is a cost, labor is a cost. These are things to be minimized. If PLEX represents an improvement for both new players and veterans...who cares?
"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design."--Friedrich August von Hayek
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