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Ever Flow
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Posted - 2008.11.09 04:06:00 -
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 Originally by: Jacob Mei
Edited by: Jacob Mei on 09/11/2008 03:54:45
Originally by: Lorac Caladon
Originally by: Minsc
You guys are just finding that now?? That info has been out for weeks.
All you people complaining about CCP getting rid of 30 day timecodes need to seriously learn to pay at least a small amount of attention. With the new ingame trading mechanics a 60 day GTC turns into 2 30 day GTT (Game Time Tokens) that can be traded on the market. Only want 30 days of gametime buy 1 token, 60 days buy 2, 90 days buy 3, etc. It gives you MORE flexibilty than the old timecards and should also help bring the cost down a bit because they can be freely traded.
I know that it's bad form to quote your self but I think this post is relevant:
Originally by: Lorac Caladon
Originally by: Rachel Voegel
On a positive note - the ability to buy 30 day subscription times again in-game has to be a good thing.
I have not read the entire thread, so this may have been mentioned already. I can't see where making GTC's available via the ingame market is going to do anything but raise the price. 90's used to go for 350-375 on the forum. Now 60's are 550-600 on the forum. Breaking a 60 into 2 30's will only make the 30 sell for 350-400 via the market. So, 1/3 the play time for what you used to get for the same amount of ISK. How does this help anyone except the GTC seller? CCP has not said anything about bringing 60's into line with a 60 day CC sub, so again, where is the benefit?
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This just reminds me of the gas price speculators. They say it may go up to such and such and sure enough it does because the public expects it too.
- The global economy is currently in the worst crisis it's been in for several decades
- Less people are willing to use their own hard cash to by internet spaceships
- Several major economies are struggling against the us dollar, making gtcs (usually sold in usd) more expensive to purchase
Thus, prices continue to increase. It's not public perception of the value of gtc's changing, it's changes in the real world affecting eve. The number of people buying game time for isk far exceeds the supply of said time. As time goes by and the economy gets worse, this ratio will only increase. Thus, gtc's will rise. People playing the game with isk have 4 choices: 1- Accept the price rises and continue to play, 2- ***** on the forums, then accept the prices and continue to play. 3- Refuse to pay and quit the game, 4- Pay with real life money.
The cost of my subscription is rising too, given the weakening of the aud compared to the usd. The difference is I'm not naive enough to complain to ccp to fix the global economy, which is what the gtc whiners expect them to do
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