Same thing as all CCP features

2 weeks of half assed work, implemented on the TQ in an unfinished state and then completely ignored to chase something shiny.

So....... yeah. Whatever happened to it? I need some new clothes(thong).

I want pegleg and a cyborg parrot

Horribly overpriced vanity items that didn't sell because they were horribly overpriced. CCP then gave away free AUR so people could buy the horribly overpriced vanity items for free and eventaully keep buying the horribly overpriced vanity items with their own money but this plan also backfired because they were horribly overpriced.

Yah. NO ONE has a monocle. You just never see them. What do they even look like?

Before it's release the NeX generated a certain amount of anticipation and controversy. Unfortunate for those who were eagerly awaiting the NeX the items were so outrageously priced as to utterly destroy their enthusiasm for this new feature save for those few with so much isk and that are the types that actually believe Nigerian scams who went straight for the gold standard in NeX product lines, the monocle. CCP having totally over-estimated the demand for virtual goods and their own ability to develop new technologies for WoD that didn't require super-computers to be able to render more than one avatar and one small room promptly concluded two things: 1) Not enough people were willing to shell out +$30 for virtual stuffs and 2) even fewer people can afford supercomputers to render more than one avatar and one small room. As such, the WoD developmental team was canned and along with them development on WiS and the NeX ceased. Afterall, both WiS and the NeX were testing features being developed for WoD.

And that is why the NeX is languishing.

anyways... i think the basic idea can work... the aurum costs need to be deflated, i thought CCP tested economic theroy when planning? oh well

It failed.

also thongs

You're an ass. If they don't bring in thongs in the next NEx update, i'm unsubbing. There has to be some sort of business attire in the store and thongs fit the bill.

Idea: Thongs with socks so they don't have to make any new textures and make toes.

So....... yeah. Whatever happened to it? I need some new clothes(thong).

Eliminate the Nex store and AUR.
It is (was) an attempt to introduce MT which would in time, evolve to "I win" buttons.

I thought CCP got the idea with the massive Jita riot. That was just at the mere idea of pay-to-win items. Imagine what would happen if that idea became reality.

even with +1k percent damage output implants and +10mil shield buff implant .. does not provide you any "win" ..

Sure you can win in high sec missioning.. with that .. but
once you get in real combat in low/null you just die.. simple as that..

You can keep telling yourself that. Everyone else will be living in what is called reality. You should check it out some time. Here is the Wikipedia article if you don't know what it is.

Anyone who disagrees with Jade Constantine's arguments is officially a moron, so I declare.

it was an argument ?

I took it as sarcasm ..
thats why i liked it. It made me laugh.

NeX is evil because it introduced indestructible player possessions into a game that once prided itself on risk/reward and the cold realistic nature of its game world. While Eve is happy to have players losing the value of a family saloon car when their Titan's explode the NeX commissars decided that Monocles would be invulnerable and eternal because thats the only way they could justify the ridiculous price. This made a mockery of the concept from the beginning and was a very sad day for eve.

Its evil because rather than having the new content brought into the game by loyalty point stores with factional agenda and backstory its all plonked down like a badly organized wallmart store with flashing neon $ signs on the outside.

In essence they (and the NeX store) posit that if you are a "loser" in real life (ie don't have a good job nice house and expensive clothes) then you should continue to be a "loser" in your virtual life where the lack of $ fed virtual currency will ensure you continue to dress in thrift store space fashions while aristocratic space bankers laugh at you with mink coats and monocles.

So much for playing games to relax and escape your worries for a while in the space opera of New Eden - so much for playing a member of the "capsuleer elite" (who can own planets and access a luxury lifestyle throughout the length and breadth of space. Oh no, these guys want you to be reminded of your RL credit card bills and overdraft everytime you look at some overdressed gimp in a shiny leotard knowing that your capsuleer can't even afford a pair of socks without selling off your fleet of battleships.

How else are they going to introduce clothing?

don,t tell me you are naked in this game,can,t handle that

lets see.. you will fly an interceptor.. engage in battle with other ceptor, you get jammed .. scrambled and hot dropped.. how does taht 500k dollars worth of implants worked for you ?

And uber implants for sale is the worst case scenario .. If they sell just ships with those bonuses then .. heh ..

I thought CCP got the idea with the massive Jita riot. That was just at the mere idea of pay-to-win items. Imagine what would happen if that idea became reality.

How else are they going to introduce clothing?

I'm sorry. I missed the time where I was podded and had to buy my clothes again. Oh wait. That didn't happen. Why would they make clothing that is destroyed when you're podded when no other clothing in the game does that?

How else are they going to introduce clothing?

How else are they going to introduce clothing?

I thought PLEX could be bought with ingame currency and converted into AUR just the same as a PLEX bought off of CCP or an ETC reseller.I agree with you to an extent with what you're trying convey but your arguments seem to make no sense.

1/10 for getting me to reply. And it's called an apostrophe. Use it some time.

correction, no sane person spends THAT much money on cosmetic items in ANY game, dumb insane people spend that kind of money on advanced weaponry, not a friggen monocle.

my gear was bought on the market for low prices (40 mill is not alot of money guys, even if i don't make that much every day right now)

anyways... i think the basic idea can work... the aurum costs need to be deflated, i thought CCP tested economic theroy when planning? oh well

Lacks sufficient content.

OP or NEX store?

Hmmm implants do it. Monocle describes itself as an implant. Yet its invulnerable. As for "other clothing in the game" I'm guessing you mean the default clothing.

Easiest solution chuck it all in the character designer. Slightly more complicated - introduce rarer stuff through the factional loyalty point stores and/or rat drops.

Better solution, combination of the above with player industry to research and manufacture these things perhaps having extremely rare pigments/garments attracting top isk on the player market because they are well, genuinely rare (as opposed to being at the click of every sucker with a CC)

I don't think you've been paying attention to these forums! But that said, sure, I do probably feel a little more sensitive this year than most years on my RL income because I've put all my worldly wealth into a fixer upper new house, but its not about me really. My point is that people play games to relax and suspend their disbelief. Being continually reminded of the bank account balance to purchase virtual clothing in game is just a slap in the face really. Especially when the $ price on the virtual clothing is combined with gameplay detriment and a less value for money in your basic subscription.

Well you aren't really trying to follow them otherwise you'd see why the ISK->PLEX->Aurum is such a problem by denying traditional gameplay in eve online for starters. As for the rest, well, have a deeper think about it is my best advise.

That's the problem: CCP got the idea with the PLEX for Remap d+¬b+ácle. Then they forgot that lesson less than six months later. This bout of industrial-grade amnesia got them the Jita riots, the mass unsubs, and 20% layoffsGǪ so I give them about 12 months before they forget it this time, especially with NeX remaining as a constant reminder of what a GÇ£goodGÇ¥ idea they have that might be iterated onGǪ

How did they introduce T3, Tier-3 BCs, Orcas, PI CCs, CONCORD equipment, Noctium, SBUs, and any of the other stuff that has been added in recent years?

Must have assless chaps!