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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.14 00:53:00 -
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Originally by: wide
Quote: Now a single customer that doesn't log into the servers may not weigh heavily on our database infrastructure, just as a single snowflake isn't that heavy, hardly a measurable quantity. But it's hard not to notice an avalanche if it hits you. And that's what was starting to happen in our database.
Is it just me or is this argument completely lacking in logic?
Excuses need not be Logical.. They just need to sound like a good excuse.... They make it sound like they are going to pull everything out of the database when you quit, but instead they are just telling us lies....
I would welcome a DEV to tell me that it's the TRUTH and not a LIE...
I expect no reply..
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.15 11:39:00 -
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Originally by: Inara Dex If they disabled the Queues of research jobs on inactive accounts that i would not complain about :)
you sound as silly as CCP... chances are there are few/no queued up research jobs owned by inactive accounts.. I am sure you would love labs to open, but there's no way that people are installing 15d jobs and then dropping the account.. We would love to think that someone is buying 90d codes, installing jobs for 3 months, then taking 15 day breaks!
If you go by what ETC sells for (in ISK) then character churn is also highly doubtful.. Why will people spend say 200$ for gametime and 20$ transfer for a char that will reach the same level of isk that 150$ worth of timecodes will get them.. They wont!
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.15 22:40:00 -
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Originally by: Aryen Striker Just lots of people whinning about a free-bee.
Good on you CCP, paying subscribers only ... clean out the DB trash.
Actually... It adds a little more to the DB.. CCP was telling porkies as it'll grow the DB a bit more.. I think that things in game are tied together in such ways that purging details is something they cant do without suffering a huge chance of making it all go BOOMAH |
DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.16 12:14:00 -
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Originally by: Grimnir
Originally by: Don Shadow
Show me ANY mmo where you need at least 1(ONE)YEAR of training to be able to use a ****ing armor or sword!
Show my ANY mmo where you can use the biggest and best armor or swords without having to either pay for your account or spend any time at it.
The argument is Moot, someone who's spent 3 years paying for an account to have it go inactive to train something (I dont like ghost training in many ways so dont take it as a sign of support for it) really shouldnt be penalized..
The only "fair" point to this all is that it will make some of the old uber-sp chars die gracefully now. CCP have yet to list a reason why they did this, I am waiting.
They did tell us a few (and I must really say this) CRAPPY spins regarding "bugs" and "managed cost" and "database cost"..
ETC's are automated so I dont think paperwork has to be managed per-char but if they want to tell me EVERY transaction is reviewed by staff (even ETC ones) then feel free.
Bugs - uhhh, lets just not go there
As for the database cost.. I guess you need to think of it this way, nothing in the database is changing now! Some processes however have MORE code and more checking to do because of this change.. In essence, removing the simple time*lpgainrate and replacing it with a more complicated comparision feature.
The upshot is (for those of us who use ETC's) is that if our account lapses and we spend a week looking for codes, our skills may have potentially kept going..
CCP are PROBABLY seeing all of the accounts getting dropped and assuming it's because people want to ghost train, the reality is probably much more different in that people are just fed up paying for extra chars! |
DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.17 09:58:00 -
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Edited by: DeODokktor on 17/10/2008 09:59:12
Originally by: BIind
Originally by: Mithrantir Ob'lontra
It's the fact that you know that your character still exists and is the same old one you left alongside with the game, with all his assets. Something no other MMO gives you as far as I know.
What are you talking about? Name one MMO that deletes characters after a period of inactivity.
LOL, yea... People fighting the cause with non-valid arguments ;P.... They get so much sphel from companys giving false spin on everything that they feel they need to take part ;P
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.19 13:34:00 -
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Originally by: Duskadantor Edited by: Duskadantor on 19/10/2008 09:06:53
DONT SAY THAT!
I dont want CCP to change the GTC from 60 to only 90 days.
Besides, using time codes simply means you'll have to pay for more game time than opposed to a shorter 30 day stint for 14.95. So I'd argue that your giving them more money and business using the GTC route. Anyways I dont want CCP or eve to die, so urm :P to you. So why I'm even bothering to mention this could possibly be due to the fact... i wantz to see the number 5000.
EDIT: "Whoo hoo. I gave birth to page 152!"
Iceland took a huge dip in monetary loss due to the recent banking crisis.. As such ccp's bank balance and income have gone up by 20% while the staff pay has not moved.. MMORPG Companys "typically" make a mint after a few years of rolling, unless they are plowing every penny extra back into a new mmorpg then there's no way ccp would let this go..
A lot of us feel this was just a quick knee-jerk moneygrab..
CCP giving a 3 month warning on this change (or warning before pushing people to buy 2nt accounts) would have made a world of difference.
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.27 16:17:00 -
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Originally by: h zebra so why has this been unstickyed?
They dont know why it's unstickyed. In two weeks they might be able to re-stick it...
At least they havent tried making the thread not show up in the subgroup so it wouldnt be visible to most people..
I am sure that the next accident will not be the complete deletion of the thread. |
DeODokktor
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Posted - 2008.10.30 23:12:00 -
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Edited by: DeODokktor on 30/10/2008 23:12:42
Originally by: Ranger 1
I'd like to thank you for so eloquently proving my point. Last time I checked,paying 50% less than someone else for an account with a character of equal skill is indeed a fraction of the cost. And of course, that would be 50% less for each account that they ghost train on. Much obliged.
*Signed*.. People paying 50% less for each account is obviously a bug.. Americans and Non-EU folk have had the joy of this for years!..
The recent **** of the icelandic currency means that now locals in iceland are paying 50% less for ETC's than yanks, and a lot less than europeans..
CCP, Your FanBoi "Ranger 1" who is on your side says MAKE IT FAIR... Forget the windfall profits you are making this month on your currency going to pot, change all billing methods to ISK, Pass on the 50-60% discount to players!
To make it fair, also ban all Americans for 3 months (for every year they have owned the account) and Icelanic folk 5 months (for every year they have owned the account)..
CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE BUG NOW, FAIR PRICES FOR ALL, EQUALITY FOR ALL...
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DeODokktor
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Posted - 2009.01.22 11:14:00 -
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Originally by: Lesique Its all fair and well you stop Ghost training, but if its only availible for paying customer. Why cannot I train all my other toons on my account. Hey I pay for the account so I can train... Or is this an over sight for cash is king?
I would suggest that you allow other characters to train at slower speed from your main toon.
I am sure CCP can make a new sales ploy... Or is it all about the money?
Actually, The dollar has gained enough so that CCP now gets 1.8* what they once received (the markets will move back in blance one day tho).. As they said they save most of the money as euro/usd then they instantly made enough just through the conversion to retire a couple of staff members ;P... Of course, they could say "We didnt benefit cause the cost of food went up" but I doubt they gave all staff a 80% pay rise!
Some of us were hoping for things like "skill queues" as the ONLY reason they ever gave for not doing it was that people wouldnt play, well, now people must be paying to skill so I dont see why it didnt roll..
Oh well, I am sure they are enjoying the economic downturn as their company has made a mint because of it!. |
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