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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 01:38:00 -
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One thing I'm rather curious about...and I typically keep my accounts active unless by oversight I somehow miss the due date to get a GTC turned in.
Anyway last time my main expired, I couldn't post on the forums,i.e. try and get in touch with someone so I could get a GTC to turn my account back on...this being my main...well it does have the bulk of my isk in it both personal and corp. And lets say by chance I have an extended leave from EvE on both accounts. Essentially with a couple of billion sitting yet I can't post on the forums...which I assume was some effort to cut farmers out of the forums...but it is also working against actual players.....how about addressing this issue?
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 01:44:00 -
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I've never personally 'ghost trained' was considering it...but guess that option is non existent....butI am rather curious to see why I can't post to get a gtc to reactivate an acount.....other thatn the fact that ccp is basically trying to access my personal financial crap which they completely dropped the ball on when I originally started 2 years ago...and is the entire reason I use GTC's now to run my accounts.
If they in anyway think I'll give them credit card #'s or personal financial info again...... I'll quit.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 01:46:00 -
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 Originally by: Feng Schui
not too mention free trial accounts can't post on the forums :p
Exactly....nor could I when my main expired....butt I was able to jocky enough isk to get a GTC at that time...course tha was before the started selling at 480m plus.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 01:50:00 -
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Basically what I want is an assurance from CCP that ok I got to leave EvE for some time say 90 days due to whatever....yeah it'll suck I can't train....but I'm also shut out of the option to post on the GTC forums to use the assets(isk) I have spent alot of time to gain...and I'm supposed to just pony up actual money to play EvE when CCP couldn't properly bill my finances when I started....
I think not.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 01:52:00 -
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Originally by: deadEd
You know, if the announcement from the beginning would have been something along the lines of "ok, you've had this for years, but sorry guys, gravy train's done, we want to cash in on this", it would have been a lot easier to swallow. Trying to spin it as a balance issue (which was so stupid it was insulting) and now trying to say you're fixing a bug is just spitting in everyone's face for no reason.
Hate to admit but I agree.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 01:54:00 -
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This so needs a live Dev Blog immediately!
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 02:47:00 -
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Edited by: Khwalik on 14/10/2008 02:48:40
I look at it this way, this is yet another attempt by CCP to try to money grab in what I figure has been a rather rough few months.....Reintoduction of 'Power of Two' shoulda been a sign for many of us myself included but the idea of paying to move all my toons around for a bit of a discount didn't appeal to me at the time.....had I known the inflation that the new 60 day GTC's would have come to....I'd dpne it....but hindsight is well whatever.
What I am honestly concerned about is where does this all end? Been alot already that has occured in our game and I stress this fact EvE is 'ours' it's not CCP's outright, and I'll don the tinfoil and get ragged but this is a blatant attempt to manipulate the player base in my opinion. Started with the GTC thing and is now carrying over...the 'ghost training' thing honestly woulda made more sense to implicate first but whatever....
Ask yourselves, what is next....loss of assets after 90days or perhaps god forbid character deleation?
I find this quite amusing that all of this starts as we prepare to ellect yet another 'lame duck' and tactically inept CSM.....undoubtedly the biggest waste in the history of EvE to this point imo.
Just what exactly did CCP pay to have the meet and greet in Iceland of the CSM....just what has the CSM accomplished for us the player base anyway? I've not seen a whole lot.
My basic point with this rant is we the player base actually control the game...not as directly as we may like but we determine CCP's future not Dev's and GM's.....
EvE has always prided itself and 'sold' itself on thinking and working outside the box of other MMO's and is now really becoming no different than anything else.
just my .2 isk worth
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 02:54:00 -
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I'll make a suggestion....Reintroduce 'Power of two' and allow existing accounts to use it rather than try and railroad us to swap toons about and make more money CCP.
And allow inactive accounts after say one year old the ability to post on the forums to aquire a GTC with isk assets.
That'd answer alot of my problems for the time being.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 02:58:00 -
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Honestly I percieve this to be the 'end of days' for EvE.
And don't try and say they are diversified in other Euro markets or the states.
Another thing I strongly encourage.....Boycott Fanfest! if it even happens.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 03:05:00 -
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Originally by: Shidousha
I wonder what happens to CCP if we all pull out our subscriptions for just one month. We are the players, and we are the ones deciding what course this company should take. One month won't make CCP go bankrupt, but it will show CCP who the real power behind the game is. All it needs is you to tell the people in your corporations and your alliances that they should stop their subscriptions for 30 days, three months after this change hits Tranquility. The people in eastern germany managed to bring a few million people together within a few days - so how bad are we if we can't get 150k people over three months? These millions said "We are the
people." - we are the players, CCP shouldn't do something like that and get away with it so easily!
that's the kinda thing I'm talking about...I'm not gonna re-up anymore GTc's personally.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 03:12:00 -
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I honestly call for a sensible boycott of funding any alt accounts if it works for you. I'm dropping mine next month.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 03:51:00 -
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Still what I have issue with, and I have never ghost trained an account...this is really going beyond the whole 'ghost training' thing it has been for some time well before Icelands econ went in the **** scoop.
What I must say and I think a few of us are getting it, is the fact that CCP are honestly treating their player base like utter *******s...and I for one am not buying it...
If the whole operation is going into the crapper...which I must assume it is....be honest to the player base....don't just **** us without the common decency to give us a reach-around.
As I'm saying this goes well beyond the whole 'ghost training' wake up people.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 03:55:00 -
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Originally by: Haldane Fisher
Originally by: Zareph
Originally by: Duckbar
One funny thing to do if you really and truly are done with the game, is if you just paid up using a real life credit card, and not a timecard, ask for a refund. If denied the refund, charge it back. Easy as pie, it's an internet charge, and possibly even an international one.
It's all spelled out in their merchant agreement that they can't bait and switch.
been there done that on my brand new power of 2 alt, debating doing it on the other two accounts that I just resubbed within the last week. All cash transaction, no isk.
I'd get as many of your compatriots to do it as well, then you might be able to do something nice for the eve community :P.
Also, get your inevitable CSM to kick up stink about it.
CSM? now that's a laugh like it'll matter one outgoing....nearly as bad as the election here in the States having any meaning.
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Khwalik
Ghetto Kings
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Posted - 2008.10.14 04:00:00 -
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Just somethingelse to chew over....what about all these CCP outings I've heard about over the years to nice 'exotic' locations for staff.....How much did all that cost?
This isn't about 'ghost training' people it's about accountability and CCP I think has blown a big fat wad of blanks on a fat chick.
just my .2 isk worth
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