Atlas Phoenix
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2011.09.20 21:36:00 -
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Akita T wrote:Well, thing is, you don't need to "try out" EVE on a 14-day trial account.
You could be doing that instead on a 51-day FULL account at minimal cost (or even absolutely no cost) if you can only find a FRIEND(ly enough) player that has some reason to trust you.
Allow me to explain how that is supposed to work.
We have these 21-day "buddy" trial invites that current players can send out (right now it's max 10 per month per paid account).
When (or, well, if) the "buddy" activates his trial account to turn it into a full account with one of the accepted payment methods (and PLEX is one of them), the one that invited him gets either a PLEX or 30 days of gametime (he selects his rewards when he sent you the invite).
So, basically, if you can find a player that trusts you enough to loan you a PLEX for a few seconds in order to use it for activation, he can get his PLEX back from the system, while you basically get 21+30=51 days of FULL gameplay experience, no trial account restrictions whatsoever, at no charge at all.
Obviously, you could be somebody's alt and just scam him for that PLEX, so sending this type of invite and assisting the newcomer in this particular way is best reserved for people you actually do trust (so, people you know well in some other game, or at least RL acquaintances).
Wouldn't this bring about sanctions against the person using an alt to scam the PLEX? I just started a trial account (after abandoning the burning ship that is WoW) and I too was curious about how much could be done in 14 days, which lead me to this thread.
Obviously for new people like me the scenario that Akita has described sounds ideal, you essentially get a fully functioning account for 51 days, and the person that offers their PLEX just gets another back. This is of course, as pointed out, the person accepting the invite isn't a scammer. Which brings me back to my original question, wouldn't CCP punish people who essentially stole these PLEXes as an abuse of a recruiting tool? Or would they just say "well it's your own dumb fault for offering a person your PLEX to begin with"? Sounds like an awesome way to let people dive a little further into the game and build up a bigger investment in time and interest that may be harder to walk away from than a 14 day trial.
I"m leery of these deals that offer free ISK for signing up and getting someone a PLEX from their buddy offer. Sure they give you 200 isk for free and show you how to grow it. Later on when you're off doing something with a valuable ship and/or valuable cargo they come find you to "collect" on their investment and harvest you like a ripe fruit. Let the person make a ton of money, act like their friend, and then come and take it all back. Of course that's just the pessimist in me talking, but from the sounds of it, a little cynicism goes a long way toward not getting butt hurt =P.
Also, is anyone able to provide a link to a thread that could help figuring out some the EVE terminology? I'm not having much luck using the search feature to find a link on the specific slang for this game. Some terms are universal in the gaming world, like Carebear, for instance, but I have no idea what a tackler is XD. This game is a LOT of reading and learning, and I've got a million questions, so starting with learning the jargon will go a long way into deciphering some of the terminology used in these threads. Thanks in advance =) |