Lord Monarch
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2008.10.17 02:34:00 -
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I have 3 unsubscribed accounts now :)
You see, i am very busy with life and had no time to play eve. And with the recent global financial crisis the AUD dropped to 65 US cents. That means that i would be paying around 75 dollars a month to play the game!
With the previous changes to timecards i can no longer afford to buy them with isk. They used to be 130-140mil for a 30 day card, and i had finally gotten some good things going to make isk, but alas because o f your stupid decision to screw with the time card system that was around for 5 years you ruined that avenue for me. Why though? You would still have received the same amount of real money. It was this kind of afford ability that enabled people to run multiple accounts simultaneously. YOU STILL RECEIVED THAT SAME AMOUNT OF REAL MONEY REGARDLESS!!!!!
Now i had my accounts subscribed on my credit card continuously for quite a long time. I rarely ghost trained but i thought it was a great "FEATURE" of this game. It makes absolute sense with the time passive manner of character advancement in this game. I had intended to resubscribe my three accounts and train them for a month, and then set a long skill like carrier V. I had planned to come back in December/January with some new abilities ready to go. With out this incentive i do not feel any 'compulsion' to come back.
I used the word compulsion because this game is structured to be time addictive.
There is a saying with interest rates that 'this was one interest rate hike too far' well this was one manipulative price gouge too far!
The combination of the current global financial situation, the very recent awful awful changes to the time card system, and finally this dishonest, dismissive, announcements of the 'bug' of ghost training have combined to force me to stop playing eve permanently. I sympathise with the situation in Iceland right now, it looks truly awful. But these recent decisions will not gain you any new customers. They will lose you many loyal and addicted veterans. These are the people who encouraged others to play the game with them.
It has not been your advertising that has gained new customers, it has been the good word of your long time players (i was one of them!). |