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xena zena
Catalyst Corporation
Dominatus Phasmatis
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Posted - 2008.05.23 04:15:00 -
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I have friends that are SERIOUS about quitting because they only pay via GTC's, the price rise and being forced to pay for 2 months up front is beyond what they want to do, so they're QUITTING! Bad idea. 
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xena zena
Catalyst Corporation
Dominatus Phasmatis
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Posted - 2008.05.24 07:06:00 -
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Edited by: xena zena on 24/05/2008 07:14:13
 Originally by: LeGlt
There are better things than choice - streamlining systems to make them more efficient and better for all. Sometimes less is more!
To give you an exmaple, there are only x amount of potential codes left under the current system and they're spread against types which may or may not sell very well. Has anyone even seen many of the 50/100 codes for sale? People had their choice and the majority ignored 50% of them. Why waste a large proportion of your potential codes on something that won't shift? By unifying the structure 100% of the codes have 100% potential to be sold.
Then there are the in-game Economic factors. At the moment a 30 day code sells for approx 150m and 90 days for approx 350m. Sellers of 90 day codes get a raw deal for their higher purchase cost whilst buyers save a good 100m opting to buy a 90 day code instead of paying 450m for 3x 30 days. This is plainly out of balance and unfair to 30 day buyers and 90 day sellers.
By limiting codes to 60 days only balance is restored - the buyer can pay a flat rate for their time and the seller won't get ripped off buying a higher code and selling it for less than it's equivalent value. Everybody wins... in theory...
The only problem I personally have with the 60 day codes is the price. $35 seems a bit steep for a 60 day GTC when you can get a 90 day ETC for $39?
One of my OLD OLD OLD gtc's 9MABZTUQ7VXN8Z8Y
they all start with 9MA, I THINK, so thats 13 digits extra, of letters and numbers so 36^13, or 170,581,728,179,578,208,256 possible combinations, presuming theres some algorithm that generates the keys (dosn't have to be) that only a sub-set of those is "valid" theres still an ASTRONOMICAL amount of key-space available in the existing code structure, and even if for some magical crazy beyond imagining reason they use up that keyspace, they can just add another digit to the code and get 36 times more codes!
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xena zena
Catalyst Corporation
Dominatus Phasmatis
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Posted - 2008.05.24 08:30:00 -
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Originally by: Stephen HB
/signed
Posting to support the raising of this issue at the CSM.
This situation (and the lack of clear - or ANY - communication) strikes me as just the sort of bone headed 'no-one will mind' stunt that the CSM is designed to defuse.
Theres been communication, follow Link for the official response until next week where we may hear more from CCP RyanD, also at the bottom of the page theres another little response from him...
Paints a clear picture on why they did it I think (the E14.95, or $23.60 per 30 day charge being circumvented by GTC's where they get even less due to the bulk discount to the resellers, imho.)
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xena zena
Catalyst Corporation
Dominatus Phasmatis
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Posted - 2008.05.24 08:32:00 -
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Originally by: Tonto Auri
/signed
Let it go.
I want to see how really impotent CSM are.
And this issue is a perfect one to show that.
I agree this will be a great yard-stick of how much influence they have.
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xena zena
Catalyst Corporation
Dominatus Phasmatis
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Posted - 2008.05.24 23:19:00 -
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Originally by: ninjaholic
[snip].. I've yet to see a bad decision.
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xena zena
freelancers inc
Pupule 'Ohana
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Posted - 2008.05.29 09:45:00 -
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Originally by: Karando
Originally by: Jade Constantine
Edited by: Jade Constantine on 28/05/2008 17:45:09
This is going to be the first player-raised issue on the agenda at the 2nd CSM meeting this coming Saturday. If it passes the vote it will be incorporated into the Iceland agenda and we'll be pressing for a detailed answer to the questions raised in this thread.
yay! oh, and consider all these people "signing" the thread without checking the "support this topic" option.
Exactly, I don't think there are any posts that are don't support the topic. I think it's just too confusing and new for people to notice taht check box to "support" It needs to be MUCH more obvious IMHO.
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