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Hasak Rain
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Posted - 2008.05.23 18:08:00 -
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 Originally by: Lemony Snicket
Originally by: Kuseka Adama
If you want to leave leave. I really could give a damn there are plenty of people playing.
Thanks for the permission buddy, because I was just about to ask you... whoever you are.
I am a bit concerned about this because I run two accounts, one through monthly subscription and the other through a GTC that I buy with isk. The reason I am concerned is that the price of GTC's (relating to isk) fluctuates so much. I just bought a 3 month for 310 mil a couple of weeks ago since then the prices have gone back up to 400-410 mil. This price fluctuation is recurring. Since the price of the GTC is going to increase in RL currency (per month value) the price for the GTC in isk is going to increase but at what rate and to what level?
I'm guessing the price will be around 400 million isk for 60 days. In this case running the second account may not be worth the hassle of coming up with the difference in isk every two months as you can see if you do the math it is almost twice the cost based on these figures.
What are your estimates?
400 million isk divided by 2 months is 50 million isk a week. That is basically two lvl 4 Worlds Collides a week to pay for the GTC. 
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Hasak Rain
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Posted - 2008.05.23 21:04:00 -
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Edited by: Hasak Rain on 23/05/2008 21:03:57
This thread is turning into a Threadnaught. 
In one corner, you have the whiners. In the other, the usual morons telling the whiners to stop whining. Epic imo.
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Hasak Rain
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Posted - 2008.05.24 05:17:00 -
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Originally by: Kwa Kaine
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That's why we don't charge you for our bi-yearly expansions (which amounts to about $10 million a year in revenue we don't earn, that you keep as a benefit of our policies.)
That's a fallacy and you know it.
You don't charge for expansions because if you did the game would die for the simple fact everyone would have to have the expansion to play the game due to the way it works. It's not like other mmo's where the expansions are just another instance and you can keep playing even if you don't upgrade to the shiny new expansion.
I agree and quite frankly, I wish they (and some players)would stop using the "free expansion" excuse every time something gets screwed up around here. The last MMO I played was DAOC and it had ZERO downtime where as EvE requires an hour a day. Not to mention that the expansions in EvE can be a little bit thin compared to other MMO's which you pay for. When i say "thin" I don't mean they aren't quality or good but they usually include chunks of content which exclude a segment of the player base. The upcoming expansion is a good example as alliances will not be allowed to participate in FW. People play the game in all different ways and the things in the expansions are many times things people will never use because either they can't or would hav e to change their play styles.
I personally did not get a whole lot out of Trinity since my graphics card can not run the new graphics content and i know I am not alone of this. Not to mention i still can't use "Heat" to this day since I haven't trained up the 2 weeks Energy Management 5 skill.
The guy I quoted is correct. if you started charging for the expansions, the game would probably go under. EvE Expansions which include new ships which all have different purposes does not = different classes/races in other games. EvE is designed differently than most other MMOs so the expansions aren't simply just "more of the same."
Another thing: I am not sure why people in this thread are asking the Devs if Elves are coming to EvE and other stupid WoW comparison type questions. It has nothing to do with this issue at all. You clowns think that you are so hardcore but you really need to step back and realize that CCP is a company like Blizzard and are in the same industry.
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Hasak Rain
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Posted - 2008.05.28 11:41:00 -
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Originally by: Nikolae Varius
You know what bugs me? That CCP has to introduce the 60 day GTC to try to veil a price increase. I wish they just came out and said: Yep, dollar blows ass. So gonna raise sum prices for all that beer we drink. And respectively increased the 30, 60 and 90 day GTC prices. Instead of OOO LOOKIE! NEW GTCs! But then you cant blame em. Blatantly increasing the price would make ccp look like money hoggers. And yes. This is less blatant. 
I am not a CCP Fanboy by any means and I don't agree with this move either.
However, in all honesty, if they had come out and said "Hello..due top the weak dollar in the US, we are raising prices on our GTCs" the whine thread would be just as long if not longer than this one.
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