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Marcellus Corteaz
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Posted - 2008.06.01 11:13:00 -
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Face it, learning skills are there to give CCP extra $15-$30 per character. It's a scam. You know, like that 90mil not-quite-navy caracal contract? Same thing. We've all been had. The difference is, some of the suckers are foaming at the mouth, claiming that their shiny new it's-not-navy-srsly caracal is just as good.
If you like learning skills so much, why aren't you asking for more time sinks? How about a rank-10 skill Pointless Waste of Time, level 4 required to fly any cruiser or higher? Anybody who doesn't like it can stick to frigates.
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Marcellus Corteaz
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Posted - 2008.06.02 04:56:00 -
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 Originally by: Farrqua
OK bright guy how do suppose to compensate everyones skill points?
Compensation? In EVE, you don't get reimbursed after falling victim to a scam. Instead, you try to avoid getting scammed in the future.
What plan do you require besides removing the darned things and tweaking the learning rates accordingly?
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Marcellus Corteaz
Alt Corp
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Posted - 2008.06.02 10:06:00 -
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Originally by: Herschel Yamamoto
No, really? You actually mean that? You actually mean to suggest that getting scammed by a player via a mechanism you ought to have known was susceptible to it, and having two months of skill training arbitrarily ripped off your character by the devs with nothing to show for it are the same thing?
On one hand, we have the unfortunate idiot who farmed missions for a week just to afford to accept a freeform contract.
On the other hand we all flipped enough burgers to make $30 and spend it in subscription fees to train learning skills.
Contracts were changed to be more readable in order to make scamming harder. Victims didn't get reimbursement.
Learning is just another stupid game mechanic. I don't see why its victims must get something back.
Is it because real money is involved? What if I buy 300mil ISK via GTCs, then lose it to a surprise extra-long session timer, do I get my money back?
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Marcellus Corteaz
Alt Corp
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Posted - 2008.06.02 18:06:00 -
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Originally by: ViolenTUK
That is quite the most stupid line of reasoning i have ever seen on these forums. Thankfully CCP arent going to pay any attention to you.
Thank you for your insightful contribution to this thread. Now go run along while the adults talk.
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Marcellus Corteaz
Alt Corp
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Posted - 2008.06.15 14:51:00 -
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Originally by: Fartarse
At the end of the day, Eve-Online has always been a game where effort = reward. Removing learning skills would be similar to starting other RPG's at Level 10 and in doing so, the players would miss an important part of the game.
What are you, straight from special ed? Clicking "train skill" doesn't take effort. Unlike, you know, grinding levels in WoW.
Now, you might argue that farming 22.5mil to buy learning skills is a fun activity that every new player must go through. It might be hard to understand for an industry-oriented player such as yourself (you are missing accel control 4 by the way), but not everybody enjoys running missions over and over.
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