Mithrantir Ob'lontra
Gallente
Ixion Defence Systems
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Posted - 2008.10.17 08:59:00 -
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 Originally by: Lord Fitz
Originally by: Ecco Storm
I've yet to hear one solid REASON other than "we want it, it isn't fair" from anyone in this crowd.
Then you're not listening.
The reason why it's has been a good idea for them to have all these years is because it creates and incentive for players who have 'quit' to reactivate their accounts. Running a corp I lost count of the number of people who I saw quit and come back a few months later because they wondered what it would be like with the skill that finished while they were away. I really doubt any of them would have returned without it.
I object not because it will affect any of my training (I've had 3 accounts active for over 4 years now). But because I think it will negatively affect the number of players in the game, and CCP's revenue.
I also object because the 'reasons' given were a steaming pile of bullshit. If they just came out and said they wanted more money, or even raised the subscription price, I would not have a problem with that. I also haven't had any problem with ANY of the game play changes, which have generally been responsive to player feedback.
The handling of this issue has been a complete farce.
Money? This is not about money for me, I really couldn't give a crap if the subscription was twice what it is.
Are you really believing what you are saying here?
The incentive to come back to the game after a year or even 6 months, is not the fact that you may have trained a measly skill of 1 month (we are talking about a lv5 of a skill you already have it to lv4).
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.
The reason one comes back is because he likes the game deep down and just got nostalgic for the people he knows through this game. All the excuses about the incentive a skill can provide to someone, who really quit the game, is just plain old bullshit.
The ghost training that was allowed until recently was being overused by a number of people not because they couldn't play on a regural or semi-regural basis, but because they wanted to have a fully grown and advanced character with minimal costs.
That is what forced CCP to disable it. So I guess if you and the rest want to vent at someone, you better start looking for the ones who overused this so called feature (while CCP devs have multiple times in the past said it was a bug that was left untouched as a gift of sorts) and forced CCP to revoke it.
You are the ones to blame and not CCP.
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