Setana Manoro
Firefly Inc.
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Posted - 2008.06.24 14:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Avalira
Edited by: Avalira on 22/06/2008 21:48:23
There are a few things that bother me with this rather sly announcement.
First thing is that this constitutes a price raise 35% while the announcement seems to try to avoid the very topic by saying it's "To simplify the ETC reseller program and attune our product offerings with industry standards". CCP if you want to raise the prices say so clearly, I hate having to take out my calculator just to see I'm being taken for a ride.
Secondly some of us find it useful to buy only a 30-day card or a 90-day card. What was the real reason in removing them? And since when does CCP obey to industry standards? Isn't innovating the way forward? Then why not actually give us more options instead of reducing them, like perhaps 120-day cards?
So in short the issue I want to bring to the CSM is:
- Have CCP tell us why they are increasing prices, and if this will affect credit card users. Edit: A sticky in the general forums says no. Only GTC prices are affected by this price change.
- Why remove the 30 & 90 day time codes and at the same time introducing a more expensive option.
- Bring them back, even if they have to be at the same price per month as the new prices.
And my concerns are that it will negatively impact the player base. It might not seem like a big raise to some but having to pay more might cause players to leave or not subscribe at all. So what are CCP doing to make sure that doesn't happen.
I'm apologise if this sounds like a little rant, I just feel CCP could at least have made a more informative news article for something this important.
Edit:
Originally by: Inanna Zuni
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This subject was discussed during the CSM-CCP
meeting today. Although both sides recognised
that this is a commercial decision for CCP and
not directly within the remit of the CSM the
issues involved have been taken on board by CCP
and any announcement by them will be made in due
course.
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CSM has no business dictating or advising CCP on it's billing practices. CSM just makes recomendations about some game mechanics change ideas if and only if, they get voted for by 5% of the playerbase - where the playerbase is the nr of accounts.
I haven't read the thread and i have no intention of doing so, but if any CSM actually took this thread seriously, it just goes to show you, that not even them, knew what they were voted for.
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