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RtoZ
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Posted - 2007.08.06 00:40:00 -
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As my EVE "career" progresses I become aware of more and more things with the game that really annoy me. Today's pet peeve and topic of discussion is trial accounts and should the system be overhauled? This because there are several very major problems with trial accounts as I see them now:
1) The ISK selling spamathon. This has to stop, my block reflexes aren't enough and im getting spammed on more and more channels. Chat restrictions of some sort have to be implemented in trial accounts. Blocking the evemail system and making them viewer only on system channels would be a good idea imo.
2) The tactical edge. Eve is rampant with metagaming in the alliance and corporation sphere, everyone knows that, and to a degree everyone is guilty of it. I use two accounts myself so I am not exactly innocent when it comes to metagaming. My own personal redline is the third account, with which I would be forced to qualify myself as a "game junkie" and probably hang myself off a bananatree. But some think I'm too far in allready. Anyhow, this problem is compounded with the tactical usage of trials. Now this is really annoying, how people use trial accounts as a stealth tracking mechanism, trying to keep tabs on their targets whereabouts. IMO this should be dealt with, as it is a perversion of the game mechanics and also the spirit of trial accounts. What could be done to prevent this?
Well, one thing would be to reduce trial account duration. Two weeks is too much when you start with 800k SP. Reduce them to a few days. I would suggest three. Also restrict the scope of trial account gameplay more. Keeping them in highsec is an option to consider imo. Possibly restrict the functionality of local on trial accounts? Another option is to reset trial account location to newbie systems on logoff, while alerting the player that this would be removed with full gameplay. Still, I don't pretend to have the solutions, but I would be happy if people would also consider this a problem.
If ccp consider trial accounts a problem and do something to clean up the system I am certain that server performance would improve. EVE is a junkies game, sorry, but we all know it's true, and I am pretty sure a significant number of trials belong to people who allready operate multiple accounts. This is a problem and should be addressed...
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Patricia Bateman
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Posted - 2007.08.06 00:42:00 -
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the trouble with tribbles! I GET IT!
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Dred'Pirate Jesus
Amarr
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:06:00 -
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Restrict trials to rookie and *maybe* npc corp chat.. Bind trials with the users Ip address.. Problem solved.. 
 Originally by: David Hackworth
ò If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
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RtoZ
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:10:00 -
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I thought about the IP address thing, but you would get hassles with legitimate trials on shared IP's for example, plus people can get around that via proxy. Something which would take isk spammers about 5 minutes to figure out.
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Dred'Pirate Jesus
Amarr
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:12:00 -
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Yeah true nuff.. TBH its not an easy thing to restrict someone from teh internet.. 
Originally by: David Hackworth
ò If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
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DubanFP
Caldari
Four Rings
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:18:00 -
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Edited by: DubanFP on 06/08/2007 01:18:34
IP this, IP that... WTF is with all these people who think IPs are the end all be all to stuff like locking trial accounts to 1 per IP. Anyone with a stick and DSL can just restart thier modem and switch to a new IP.
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Dred'Pirate Jesus
Amarr
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:29:00 -
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Originally by: DubanFP
Edited by: DubanFP on 06/08/2007 01:18:34
IP this, IP that... WTF is with all these people who think IPs are the end all be all to stuff like locking trial accounts to 1 per IP. Anyone with a stick and DSL can just restart thier modem and switch to a new IP.
Nerf dynamic Ip addresses!! 
Originally by: David Hackworth
ò If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
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Allen Ramses
Caldari
Typo Corp
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:41:00 -
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The trouble with trials are that they are openly available and they are not verifiable. The idea behind them is to allow new players to see how the game works. Problem with that is the fact that nothing at all can stop me from signing up multiple trial accounts for selling ISK every 14 days. All I have to do is provide a disposable email address and I'm good to go. This is how the system is abused, and securing the trial registration is the best way to patch that up.
I would like to see a system where the 14 day free trial is not gimped, but requires invitation from a currently active player. Each active player can have a set amount of invites per set period of time (perhaps 1 invite every 3 months, or 3 per year). That way, I can still abuse the system, but it would be a very inefficient method of doing so. I believe it would cut the amount of trial bots significantly. And it's a great way to allow trial accounts to witness the Eve galaxy without cutting them off from all contact with trade/help/local channels.
My $0.02...
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Tortun Nahme
Minmatar
Heimatar Services Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:48:00 -
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they need to add a skill testing question to allow login
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RtoZ
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Posted - 2007.08.06 01:51:00 -
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CCP would not want a restricted access trial system, as it defeats the customer gathering purpose of the trial a bit. No, imo, the solution to the above problems has to be done by restricting the functionality ingame of an open trial.
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