EVE General Discussion

You've just restated exactly what I said. You've asserted that CCP could do this (no one has denied this) but you've not asserted a shred of proof that they actually have done this. Show us the market analysis. Finger the alts being used. Give us the evidence.

I would also like to remind you that unsupported rumours are now not allowed on this forum.

My answer can be summarized in this handy clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yqUpypQwGs

But to paraphrase; this is false. And rumor mongering. Technically that is not allowed but I feel that locking or removing the thread would not have the desired effect.

I have long suspected this could be the case on a small scale, but anyone who tries to link this to the recent price hike is just being silly. Its purely a supply / demand issue, if anything CCP would stop trashing plex at the moment (if they were in the first place).


As there is no way to prove it either way this discussion is purely academic.

Agree whole heartedly.

Plex prices are stupid and plex itself should never have been introduced into the game

Your Posts are crap.

So you complain about the price of something that never should have been in the game and has absolutely no value to you?....

????!!!...????

If the PLEX bubble that keeps growing bursts, the cost of PLEX in-game would drop dramatically while the real currency price would stay the same. For CCP to manage burst and keep players grinding for them, they would have to actually lower the real cost of the PLEX. If PLEX actually drops to below 300mill, you are looking at the point players will decide buying PLEX to sell on the in-game market wouldn't be worth it. This would be bad for both the players and CCP.

This wouldn't permanent though, because prices would rise again due to PLEX being more rare, leading to more people buying it again. Thus the bubble would grow again which would lead to another Inflation in the in-game market. It is a cycle that is going to continue as long as there is Digital PLEX, unless CCP decides to get rid of PLEX all together or In-Game prices become permanent.

Higher Costing PLEX In-Game = More Money for CCP and Sellers, More Grinding For Buyers, and less characters in-game
Lower Costing PLEX In-Game = Less Money for CCP and Sellers, Less Grinding For Buyers, and more characters in-game

Actually by putting a massive advert on the log in screen saying:



What they essentially doing is going

"Psst, hey. you know, if you spent £20 now instead of making 1 billion isk you could have 1.2billion isk......"

And

"Psst, you got any plexes hanging around? Well theres this bubble that may burst, if you sold all your PLEX now, waited for the price to crash and then re bought them, you'd make millions."


Both of these things actualy drive down the price of PLEXs. I actually thought it was rather clever.

TdC is here. Thread is finished.

Proof, do not make claims without proof, show us your link to prove people are quitting? If you mean plexers, meh weho cares? they are not paying to play. Now show us your proof that real paying customers are quitting, you must be on the inside to have this information. Provide the link CCP gave of their customer numbers. If you do not have this proof, you have proven you are a liar and should always be ignored.

I will not even comment on ignorance of the someone wearing tinfoil and claiming CCP is causing this, there is ample proof the palyers control the prices. I do know kaiser must love all the tinfoil these people use.