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Buzzy Warstl
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2012.04.03 14:39:00 -
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The more incoherent objection I see to the OP, the more I suspect there may be a good idea in there somewhere. |
The Hamilton
Definitive Exploration and Excavations The Watchmen.
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Posted - 2012.04.03 14:55:00 -
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I think this has a different solution. Just give more specified roles for low SP characters in the game then make these roles LESS effective as they gain SP. This will give new players a feeling of being able to do something useful (I.e. Rifter tackling). More of these, but in all aspects of the game would be helpful to show that EVE isn't always about skill points, but about player skill too.
NOW LET THIS THREAD DIE! |
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
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Posted - 2012.04.03 15:17:00 -
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eve is about Time to skill not PLEX to skill.
get the f*ck out |
Buzzy Warstl
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2012.04.03 15:40:00 -
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EvE is about a lot of things.
Time to skill is hardly what I would call a "core value" despite a lot of people's attachment to it, and trading money for time is a proven money maker for game designers.
Yeah, it's a cynical position, but do you really want to hold CCP to a higher standard than any other player in their game? |
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
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Posted - 2012.04.03 15:50:00 -
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the answer is simple as that, no SP for PLEX. Take the time to train. |
Simi Kusoni
HelloKittyFanclub
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Posted - 2012.04.03 15:55:00 -
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Buzzy Warstl wrote:Time to skill is hardly what I would call a "core value" despite a lot of people's attachment to it, and trading money for time is a proven money maker for game designers. "A lot of people" is a slight understatement.
But besides, it does kind of goes against Eve's prior ethos. Eve has one of the highest retention rates of any MMO, once a player has been playing Eve for a certain amount of time they are unlikely to ever leave. Where do you think that high retention rate comes from?
It's because players are invested in their characters, not merely financially invested but they have spent in most cases years crafting them. A player who simply buys his way to high SP would not have the same attachment, and it would also be heavily resented by those who have skilled up the hard way.
But whether or not you believe it would be a positive mechanic is irrelevant, as you said a lot of people are attached to it. How many of us do you think would unsub if any scheme to pay for in-game advantage were introduced? Remember last year, the largest dip in Eve's player base ever seen?
CCP would never risk that happening again, so whether or not it is desired by some players is a moot point. It just isn't going to happen.
Buzzy Warstl wrote:Yeah, it's a cynical position, but do you really want to hold CCP to a higher standard than any other player in their game? Well, yes, of course. That's like asking me if I really expect the makers of GTA to refrain from killing hookers and stealing cars.
--Will Support Your Terrible Forum Thread For ISK-- |
Buzzy Warstl
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2012.04.03 16:36:00 -
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Well, I don't expect CCP to go around in Rifter-inspired catamarans shooting people on the high seas, but the case against them selling skillpoints is purely hypothetical: will more people stop playing because they can have instant gratification than currently stop playing because they are forced to wait for access to certain parts of the game?
I fully recognize that if CCP implemented this the resulting player butthurt would make the NeX protests look like a normal afternoon in EMBF, Wisconsin, but I suspect that the vast majority of players (you know, the ones who normally don't even bother to read the forums, let alone post here?) either wouldn't care or would breathe a sigh of relief before opening their checkbooks wider to CCP. |
Xemnus
Dark Star Confederation
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Posted - 2012.04.03 16:41:00 -
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Do you know how expensive PLEXs would be if this was allowed? |
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CCP Phantom
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2012.04.03 17:04:00 -
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Thread locked upon OP request. CCP Phantom - German Community Coordinator |
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