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Who buys PLEX from CCP

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Col Arran
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-04-21 06:39:44 UTC
Someone has to be doing it, who are you? I want to give a big thank you to you. Because you buy PLEX I don't have to spend my, very limited, RL money on my sub so once again Thank You.
Romar Agent
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-04-21 06:44:58 UTC
You're welcome
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-04-21 06:46:26 UTC
Romar Agent wrote:
You're welcome


What he said

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Ai Shun
#4 - 2012-04-21 08:20:26 UTC
Col Arran wrote:
Someone has to be doing it, who are you? I want to give a big thank you to you. Because you buy PLEX I don't have to spend my, very limited, RL money on my sub so once again Thank You.


You're welcome. Thank you for helping me out with ISK so I can focus on the bits I enjoy.
Rory Orlenard
Eve Pilots Revolutionary Army
#5 - 2012-04-21 08:33:33 UTC
A few plex enter the market from people that know how to play but don't have old toons. They buy implants, meta 4's, and get a bank roll.
Boomhaur
#6 - 2012-04-21 09:45:27 UTC
Never had the RL money I wanted to spend on ISK, in fact usually all my isk goes towards PLEX in general, and before that it was trading isk for 90day GTC's on the forums. I remember back in the day a 90day cost around 350mil isk, thought it was expensive too, ohh how little I knew.

Welcome to Eve. Everyone here is an Evil Sick Sadistic Bastard who is out to get you. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either trying to scam you or use you.
Lord Dravius
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-04-21 10:49:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Lord Dravius
Col Arran wrote:
Someone has to be doing it, who are you? I want to give a big thank you to you. Because you buy PLEX I don't have to spend my, very limited, RL money on my sub so once again Thank You.

I bought a few to get myself going again when I came back to the game. Gotta pay for skills and implants somehow, right? I also used one to upgrade my alt's account from a trial cause I'm too cheap to pay the $5 upgrade fee. Sold PLEX, sent money to alt, bought PLEX back.

Rory Orlenard wrote:
A few plex enter the market from people that know how to play but don't have old toons. They buy implants, meta 4's, and get a bank roll.

That would be me. Cry
Pohbis
Neo T.E.C.H.
#8 - 2012-04-21 12:04:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Pohbis
A lot of people do.

Others spend anywhere from 5 to 20 hours*, depending on their ISK/hour ratio activity, earning the 500M.

Some people prefer earning ISK to pay for PLEX, at a rate of anywhere from 3.5 to 0.875 USD per hour, compared to if they had plunked down the 35USD for a GTC to get 2 PLEX.

It's all about preference. How do you earn your ISK?

* yes, I know some of you can earn more than 100M ISK / hour. Be happy Lol
Col Arran
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-04-21 18:26:04 UTC
Pohbis wrote:
How do you earn your ISK?


Incursions in a full shiny fleet, officer/deadspace and Tech 2 fit Machs, Nightmares with Widow jammers. With TVP we generally clear 3-4 HQs in an hour for 90-120mil ISK/hr
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#10 - 2012-04-21 18:39:11 UTC
Lord Dravius wrote:

I bought a few to get myself going again when I came back to the game. Gotta pay for skills and implants somehow, right? I also used one to upgrade my alt's account from a trial cause I'm too cheap to pay the $5 upgrade fee. Sold PLEX, sent money to alt, bought PLEX back.



This is the main reason mining sucks as a profession. Or any ISK generating profession short of Incursions, for that matter.

Why play the game as intended when you can buy a half billion ISK for $15.00 (or whatever they cost now).

PLEX selling on the open market for ISK is ruining the game, period. Get rid of it or make it tradable for gametime only to the original buyer. Same for GTCs as well.

Mr Epeen Cool
Galatorie
The Red Pill Taker Group
#11 - 2012-04-21 18:47:46 UTC
You're welcome. If you are a taxpaying American the thanks is mutual because you pay for my salary.
Renturu
In Glorium et Decorum
#12 - 2012-04-21 20:51:17 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Romar Agent wrote:
You're welcome


What he said


I second this

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Aiwha
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-04-21 21:53:05 UTC
I feel the same way. Because you grind isk to buy plex from me, I don't have to.



Sanity is fun leaving the body.
Cyprus Black
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-04-21 22:10:51 UTC
I do because my game time is limited and I would much rather spend RL money for ingame money rather than spend the time farming it ingame.

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Romar Agent
Doomheim
#15 - 2012-04-22 08:09:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Romar Agent
I guess now is the time to thank the OP and others like him, who buy my PLEX.

This way we both can play the game the way we want to.

This method of balancing the time/money availability between customers is ace.
Ai Shun
#16 - 2012-04-22 08:15:38 UTC
Col Arran wrote:
But anyway before you make a comment and offhandedly insult someone try to think deeper of their financial situation. No I'm not living on sofa change but 15$ a month can be spent on something more important. Though I still don't know why you felt you needed to post that in a thread thanking people but based on your posting history I guess you're just that kind of person.


Apart from all that, a MMO subscription is some of the cheapest entertainment - dollar for dollar - there is. It is much smarter to play a MMO than to spend every weekend out, etc. if you are on a shoe string budget.
clixor
Celluloid Gurus
#17 - 2012-04-22 12:10:42 UTC
Mr Epeen wrote:
[quote=Lord Dravius]

PLEX selling on the open market for ISK is ruining the game, period. Get rid of it or make it tradable for gametime only to the original buyer. Same for GTCs as well.

Mr Epeen Cool


You're wrong my friend. Consider the alternative, there are NO plex at all and there are only subs. Now, players with an established high income source will have no incentive at all to continue their activities after a certain wallet size. They will stop looking at market opportunities f.i. Remote stations would not be supplied as much and there will be less supply in general.
Result, (massive) deflation making player (aside the said super rich) more risk averse.

Players who convert PLEX to isk generally use the isk which is good. Consider a player who spends a plex or 2 on PVP activities, that's at least a few fights per account EVE will see less if this option wasn't available. Multiply this by the x number of PLEX buying accounts and you'll see that EVE will become a very dull place.

Then there are the options for people who can't affort the sub, they would be forced to leave simply because they can't pay. And the opposite, players with little RL free time who with the help of PLEX can still add something to the EVE universe.
CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#18 - 2012-04-23 11:48:22 UTC
Off topic and inappropriate posts removed. Please stay on topic and polite, thank you.

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Halete
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2012-04-23 11:59:15 UTC
Thank-you for enabling my crippling, horribly lazy approach to ISK so I can focus on the things I enjoy, OP.

"To know the true path, but yet, to never follow it. That is possibly the gravest sin" - The Scriptures, Book of Missions 13:21
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#20 - 2012-04-23 12:12:47 UTC
You're welcome.

And thank you for supplying me with the ISK I need to buy ships to blow you up with.

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