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Posted - 2007.11.24 23:13:00 -
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CCP is pragmatic; this way they get money from the RMT that would inevitably occur no matter what they did.
As for people succeeding in game due to RL money:
a) There are so many people at so many different points in this game that a few artificially speeding up their development will make no difference
b) Just having more ISK is not success, and just getting ISK will not make you successful.
But yes, it is cheating.
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Posted - 2007.11.24 23:50:00 -
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 Originally by: Cpt Fina
Legalizing something just because you can't effectively stop it?
Nice logic.
Would you prefer that CCP tried to stop it on principle, knowing that all they would achieve is cutting off this revenue stream?
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Posted - 2007.11.25 00:05:00 -
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Originally by: Liv Forever
Yes Crumple I would prefer they stop it on principle. I would pay more per month if revenue is the concern. They have a good game and this aspect spoils it. Blizzard don't do it and they have the highest revenue game of all MMO with 9 million subscribers. They don't need to do it to make money. Imo this game is as good as WOW and suit some ppls playing style more. So, yes they should stop it on principle.
I don't think they really depend on it too much as a revenue stream - I meant more in principle, that if somebody is going to be getting money from ISK buying, that somebody might as well be CCP.
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Posted - 2007.11.25 00:27:00 -
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Originally by: Jonny JoJo
Hang on
Some guy spending 500 bucks on GTC's is "cheating".
What if the same guy uses the same money to buy multiple subcriptions and afk the accounts while they collect datacores? That is exactly the same thing
What about the person who uses a 2nd account to haul his ore, just so he can avoid having to do it with 1 account? Again, use of extra cash for money. Is this cheating?
This GTC thing is actually quite intresting. It brings in a lot of poor people who could not afford to ever play this game, and helps to destroy isk farmers.
At least if you use alts you are putting in more work (e.g., being both the miner and hauler at the same time).
With ISK buying someone unconnected to you puts in the effort and you simply, well, buy the ISK.
I'm not disagreeing with you really, the two are similar, but I think multi-accounting is somewhat more 'virtuous' since you at least put in the extra work yourself.
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Posted - 2007.11.25 00:33:00 -
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Originally by: Liv Forever
Lazuran-that is a good point-u say Eve is a RMT game. Well,perhaps we could get an officail response there. If Ev is a RMT game then it changes everything. I remember reading about a Japanese viking game where ppl bought ships with rl money. that was part of the game. So if Eve is intended to be a RMT lets get the devs to state this so we know what we;re in for. Otherwise stop making it one and stop b%$^ Sh%&%^& in EVE insider as i quoted in the OP
RMT is unavoidable, not intended.
And it doesn't change much of anything. EVE is too diverse and dynamic a system for simple ISK redistribution to have a significant impact on your gameplay. Unless you actually encounter the person directly, it will not have any effect on your gameplay.
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Posted - 2007.11.25 15:03:00 -
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Originally by: Minerva Vulcan
It's really not cheating if the owners of the game condone it, now is it?
It's more like extreme metagaming. From your characters perspective you suddenly get ISK for no reason at all.
But yeah, it is hard to call it cheating when it doesn't actually break any rules...
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Posted - 2007.11.26 01:16:00 -
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Originally by: Cpt Fina
Edited by: Cpt Fina on 26/11/2007 01:12:43
Originally by: Akita T
Originally by: Cpt Fina
Legalizing something just because you can't effectively stop it?
Nice logic.
Actually, it IS the most logic course of action possible, and REAL-LIFE governments could learn a thing or two from that practice.
Does "prohibition" ring a bell here ? You know, that thing in the early 20th century in the USA, when alcohool was illegal ? You know how great that turned out to be, and how long it lasted.
Depends on if you are willing to sacrifice a little integrity to gain a little bit of order.
My personal opinion is that integrity, both on a personal and a national level, is far more important.
I hope you are never in power in a country near me 
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