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what is up with the plex in eve.
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Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#41 - 2012-10-09 19:13:22 UTC
If you don't have time to pay for EvE, how do you have time to play EvE?

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Reuqh Dew
Anasta.
#42 - 2012-10-09 19:19:06 UTC
Supply & Demand.
My theory is:
1. Those that provided PLEXs to market before went to FW because of the ridiculously easy ISK, and started paying for their gametime via PLEX, thus lowering supply and increasing demand.
2. Because even a monkey can farm billions of ISK in FW, people can create extra accounts and pay for them via PLEX, increasing demand.
3. What I've noticed there's always a spike in PLEX prices after one faction hits T5. And Minmatar have done it frequently in the past (and Gallente recently?).
lucious terrinous
Doomheim
#43 - 2012-10-09 19:20:58 UTC
cuz eve is a hobby id rather use my main to kill pilots not grind for isk.

and like i have said before i can afford to pay for the game but would rather not have to and well if im a noob and need to learn how to make money in eve then show me how to do it. why not teach others how to afford to play the game and save someone that may be less fortunate than you to play eve.
Christy D Floyd
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#44 - 2012-10-09 19:28:49 UTC
lucious terrinous wrote:
Sara Mars wrote:
INB4L for being disscussed on another thread.

Its called a free market economy, Deal with it or get a better job. Burger King can only pay so much.


Just because i cant afford to plex 3 accounts in rl does not mean i dont have a good job just other things that my money needs to go to first.

but honestly if the prices of plex keeps going up eve online will lose players because they dont have the time or the rl money to play the game anymore.



Good thats what eve needs is less douchebag players but dont worry those that are commited to eve will still survive.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Adeleda Adoudel
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#45 - 2012-10-09 19:29:21 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD TYPE40
Holder man24 wrote:
Here's how i see it
1. CCP has royally ****** this game up to where the little guy gets ****** over

2. CCP needs to fix their **** up and help the new players not the ******* larger alliance who control the game and just cause they are the biggest alliances in the games doesnt mean they get the only voice in this game

3. Fix the god damn plex prices this is stupid just cause you want to earn a few bucks and forget about your player base wow CCP ******* WOW!!!

4 and final MAKE ALLIANCES HAVE A MAX NUMBER *snip*

ALSO I LOVE PANDAS *snip*


Lol. If they put a limit on alliances there'd just be more smaller alliances with blue standing. No change.

For everyone else.. plex is sold by players. Complain to them for the price of plex not CCP. :)


EDIT: Beg pardon, just editing that quote - ISD Type40.
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#46 - 2012-10-09 19:32:05 UTC
I am pretty sure there is already a 10 page thread about this on the first page. Wait...let me check...yup...still there. Hold on...let me test the search feature...yup. A search for PLEX brought that up right away...hmmm...I wonder if it would be prudent to post in that thread instead of making a new one?

As stated numerous times before...working as intended. Supply and Demand. There are very few PLEX available right now. Not CCP's fault.

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Willie Horton
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#47 - 2012-10-09 19:35:28 UTC
Well when they announced FW farm fix you could expect this.Nothing that you could not predict.

I took Plex as soon it was obvious that FW is broken ,somehow prices started to go slowly up since then.But even if I didn't I would just play one pilot until prices start to go down since no way I will play this game for Plex (my goal is to have fun not to be slave of Isk)

Other than that I understand people that are angry on some comments here about job trolling.Not all people live is nice countries and have nice wage.I am one of them even I am lucky not to have money issues ,but for others 15$ is not so small.It would be nice if people stop doing that ,this is game after all and we are here to play spaceships not to think about all crap that is happening in real life every day.

People should stop buying Plex if they want prices down,but that will not happen cause some people are so troubled if they don't earn enough Isk to support multiple accounts.Well how you played when you had one ?

CCP can be only blamed for implementing things like Plex for graphic card, remake your pilot looks and stuff that need Plex,but after all they want to make money so you cant really blame them that much.
PeHD0M
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#48 - 2012-10-09 19:37:01 UTC
Reselling and transfering of PLEXes should be prohibited. And prices will get back to normal values. CCP should stop the market manipulations.
lucious terrinous
Doomheim
#49 - 2012-10-09 19:46:29 UTC
so basicaly i am to become a complete **** and spend all of my ingame isk to help inflate the price of plex. kill people troll those that have a complaint on the forums. I can somewhat see were people are saying ccp is not to blam as i have seen in this blog, it is mainly the players that are causing the problems. So whatever im done with this forum have fun talking among yourselfs.
Josef Djugashvilis
#50 - 2012-10-09 19:57:18 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD TYPE40
Bart Starr wrote:
lucious terrinous wrote:
wow tunnel vision people im done with ya


Yeah, run off and go cry more.

Learn how to make ISK, or get out of your wallet.

*snip*


Would I be correct in my assumption that you are a 'young' person?


EDIT: Pardon me, just quote editing - ISD Type40.

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Ur235
Appetite 4 Destruction
#51 - 2012-10-09 20:00:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Ur235
Everything has doubled in Price for the last 6 to 8 months, you could buy carriers for 600-700mill now thiey are 1.3bill, Almsot all hacs you could buy for around 90-120mill isk now thier getting pretty close to the 200mill isk mark, You could buy a jump freighter for 4.5bill isk now they set you back around 8 and a half billion isk.

Everything has gone up ever since the drone/loot nerf and the war on bots, and its not slowing down at all clearly something has caused this to happen, god knows what though ill let the economists answer that one. Biggest problem is the fact that all mission payouts and rewards have not doubled like everything else has and thus the high sec bears who run missions mostly are getting squeezed out

hmm
Jakob Sokolov
EagleNet
#52 - 2012-10-09 20:41:56 UTC
Don't forget that people play EVE in less developed countries. Wages may be 100-200 USD/month so 15$ is a lot of money for someone. It could be money enough to live for 1 week. And yes, PLEX is too expensive.... Imagine someone pay 150 or 200 USD for month subscription in USA....And on the end it could be a matter of principle, smoeone just want to play it "free".
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#53 - 2012-10-09 20:47:25 UTC
F'elch
Wall Street Trading
#54 - 2012-10-09 20:50:22 UTC
If we're really lucky, it will become impossible for people to fund more than one account with PLEX.

Then we can reach the nirvana state of one account per player.
Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#55 - 2012-10-09 20:53:51 UTC
F'elch wrote:
If we're really lucky, it will become impossible for people to fund more than one account with PLEX.

Then we can reach the nirvana state of one account per player.

That makes the erroneous assumption that no one subs multiple accounts with rel money.
F'elch
Wall Street Trading
#56 - 2012-10-09 20:56:54 UTC
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
F'elch wrote:
If we're really lucky, it will become impossible for people to fund more than one account with PLEX.

Then we can reach the nirvana state of one account per player.

That makes the erroneous assumption that no one subs multiple accounts with rel money.


Yes, it does. But those people do not deserve our derision, but our sympathy.
Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#57 - 2012-10-09 20:59:08 UTC
F'elch wrote:
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
F'elch wrote:
If we're really lucky, it will become impossible for people to fund more than one account with PLEX.

Then we can reach the nirvana state of one account per player.

That makes the erroneous assumption that no one subs multiple accounts with rel money.


Yes, it does. But those people do not deserve our derision, but our sympathy.

Why would you have sympathy for a person with an excess of disposable income?
F'elch
Wall Street Trading
#58 - 2012-10-09 21:00:45 UTC
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
F'elch wrote:
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
F'elch wrote:
If we're really lucky, it will become impossible for people to fund more than one account with PLEX.

Then we can reach the nirvana state of one account per player.

That makes the erroneous assumption that no one subs multiple accounts with rel money.


Yes, it does. But those people do not deserve our derision, but our sympathy.

Why would you have sympathy for a person with an excess of disposable income?


Because they have chosen to spend it on Eve.
Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#59 - 2012-10-09 21:17:02 UTC
Quote:
2. CCP needs to fix their **** up and help the new players not the ******* larger alliance who control the game and just cause they are the biggest alliances in the games doesnt mean they get the only voice in this game


That will not happen. It's against rules of sandbox EVE. Players must care for themselves. Or pay real monies.

Custom ship skins, character creator style "repaint". Bring it!
Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#60 - 2012-10-09 21:18:59 UTC
To each their own, I'm not one to judge the hobbies of others, but it does seem odd for a player of this game to paint paying for it as a negative regardless of how they keep their accounts running. After all if you do manage to convince people you are right that just means fewer plex on the market.