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Paladineguru
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Posted - 2008.10.14 10:45:00 -
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With a job in the military youve finally gotten down to removing the only incentive that kept me coming back to resubscribe for 5 years. the extra week to a month of sp was usually the incentive for my coming back. now i guess the next time i ask myself the question why should i give eve my money instead of another game , i wont have any answer .
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Paladineguru
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Posted - 2008.10.14 19:55:00 -
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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.
and pray tell how did you notice it. this game to record has never erased a single unused account. how many of those un renewed subs with a skill training training still were trials that DIDNT WANT TO COME BACK. how many were older players, a breakdown on where your getting your numbers might help.
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Paladineguru
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Posted - 2008.10.15 12:36:00 -
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Edited by: Paladineguru on 15/10/2008 12:42:32
Edited by: Paladineguru on 15/10/2008 12:39:14
I myself have used this feature.
I have not abused this feature.
My job in the military can sometimes force me away from entertainment for unspecified amounts of time. far more than the month for bs 5. in fact i trained bs 5 active.
and you know. i did miss and think about eve. the friendly guys i play with ( and shoot at) were a nice reminder of a different life than the crap i happened to find myself assigned to. Any goverment employee will tell you how crap the pay is.
while eve wasnt exactly 100% on my mind. when i came home it was one of the things i had to budget for will less money due to how my job pays. ( more isk per hazard, kids etc...) so coming home from duty means less money. one of the things that kept me returning wasnt the pidling week or two i got of free training when my skill finished.
It was however the fact that a company cared enough about customers with my kind of schedule and real life conflicts to give a little back. thats why ive played this game since 2004 and paid for it whenever i had the time to play. that and the community ive had the priveledge to be part of and get to know.
only ccp can do the numbers but wouldnt it be more reasonable to leave a non abuser unpunished and leave the feature in. it might cost less on the bottom line to simply monitor it and pay someone to ban abusers, one more report on a gm's desk part of a list of names to be banzored. it shoud be relatively easy to tell whos ripping you off, and who is using a feature as intended.
though i would guess you can tell who the isk farmers and sellers are also after all isk only exists on your db. wouldnt eliminating them do more for you bottom line.
i guess farmers pay thier subs :( |
Paladineguru
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Posted - 2008.10.15 18:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Charoline De'Lanari
According to the Revelations Patch notes way back in history CCP applied a fix to the china server (Serenity) for this "bug", if this was a "bug", then why wasn't this done on Tranq at the same time?
I find this lag of time disturbing, especially conssdiering the rationale behind this fix now...
because they were going to then the community *****ed so much they backed off. kinda like on the veldnaught. |
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