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The Howch
The Br0therh00d
#1 - 2011-10-24 15:38:44 UTC
When I have gone to log into eve today a saw a advert for the buuddy program basicly saying you get 3+ on your atrubutes when a trial acount is made into full acount. am i geting the wrong end of stick or it this basicly sp for £'s ? let me/ccp know what you think guys. flysafe....ish.
Denidil
Cascades Mountain Operatives
#2 - 2011-10-24 15:42:07 UTC
it's an implant that is only good for your first 30 days of your account. gives you an implant that is effectively +3. however the implant ceases to function the moment your account passes the 35th day [they put in some leeway] after being converted to paid.


it's not more "$ for SP" than "buying a GTC, converting it to PLEX, selling PLEX, buying implants, getting podded 35 days later"

Tedium and difficulty are not the same thing, if you don't realize this then STFU about game design.
Satav
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2011-10-24 15:50:10 UTC
I love how people interpret things to see and support things their way. Instead of looking at it objectively.

CCP. Plz close for lack of intelligence.

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The Offerer
Doomheim
#4 - 2011-10-24 15:56:36 UTC
Denidil wrote:
it's an implant that is only good for your first 30 days of your account. gives you an implant that is effectively +3. however the implant ceases to function the moment your account passes the 35th day [they put in some leeway] after being converted to paid.


it's not more "$ for SP" than "buying a GTC, converting it to PLEX, selling PLEX, buying implants, getting podded 35 days later"



This.

And it only works for the newly created account. Accounts older than 35 days can't activate the implant.
And it can get destroyed if you are podded with that implant (although I've read somewhere that you can ask a GM to get it back once).
And it won't boost your jump clone.

So, yeah... It's not $ for SP.
Aldan Romar
Doomheim
#5 - 2011-10-24 15:59:02 UTC
It's called incentive, it's a marketing ploy. And it has existed since the commissioned officer's edition of EVE... Roll
CCP Navigator
C C P
C C P Alliance
#6 - 2011-10-24 16:03:31 UTC
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.
Denidil
Cascades Mountain Operatives
#7 - 2011-10-24 16:03:59 UTC
The Offerer wrote:

And it can get destroyed if you are podded with that implant (although I've read somewhere that you can ask a GM to get it back once).
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yes - if you get podded with that implant in (and on an account <35 days old) CCP will give you it back.

Tedium and difficulty are not the same thing, if you don't realize this then STFU about game design.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#8 - 2011-10-24 16:07:18 UTC
I fully support skill points for gold doubloons. This would be exclusive enough to make it something special and CCP might be able to corner the doubloon market.

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Mara Tessidar
Perkone
Caldari State
#9 - 2011-10-24 16:08:17 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.


Give the rest of us a gift by locking this thread.
Renan Ruivo
Forcas armadas
Brave Collective
#10 - 2011-10-24 16:09:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Renan Ruivo
Quick correction: Its a booster, not an implant.

You can stack those +3 with a +5 implant and get +8 attributes. However if you want to take full advantage you will only train cybernetics to level III and get +6 attributes. Train cybernetics past level III and you lose training time.

This is the story of how i trained a full T2, dual rep tanked dominix with T2 sentries alt in little over one month.

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Tallianna Avenkarde
Pyre of Gods
#11 - 2011-10-24 16:38:55 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.



I can has Vigilant pls?

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gfldex
#12 - 2011-10-24 16:50:52 UTC
Take $ and buy PLEX. Take PLEX and buy ISK. Take ISK and buy a char. There you go, SP for $.

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Sarmatiko
#13 - 2011-10-24 17:01:23 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.

Thanks for the gifts but how about ISK generation problem? This looks pretty exploitable for me, as you can invite yourself pay with plex to get plex reward and Cerebral Accelerator, then sell accelerator in contracts. Repeat until greed is satisfied Roll
Tallianna Avenkarde
Pyre of Gods
#14 - 2011-10-24 17:05:14 UTC
Sarmatiko wrote:
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.

Thanks for the gifts but how about ISK generation problem? This looks pretty exploitable for me, as you can invite yourself pay with plex to get plex reward and Cerebral Accelerator, then sell accelerator in contracts. Repeat until greed is satisfied Roll


If it only works on cha's up to 35 days, why would someone buy it?

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Morganta
The Greater Goon
#15 - 2011-10-24 17:11:15 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.


how about describing them on the buddy page then, launcher ads are too easy to skip just by habit
Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#16 - 2011-10-24 17:15:48 UTC
Im sorry but trail accounts need some reeling in as well as a head start to get some of a curve to be ahead of the older compeitition. This elegant solution was one of the many ways of accomplishing such.

Buying SP for $ is however a big no.

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Katsumi Kaminari
#17 - 2011-10-24 17:35:05 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
It is a free gift and we like giving gifts.

Can I has your stuffs? Pretty please..... Big smile

On the topic at hand, how would buying SP be any different than paying to win?

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Sarmatiko
#18 - 2011-10-24 17:36:37 UTC
Tallianna Avenkarde wrote:
If it only works on cha's up to 35 days, why would someone buy it?

To train skills faster on other starter account (for example on steam account or on 14-day trial whre you dont have this implant as bonus).
Cpt Arareb
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2011-10-24 18:11:09 UTC
this tread is useless and lack some inteligence
CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#20 - 2011-10-24 18:16:18 UTC
As CCP Navigator already explained that we don't sell skillpoints for money, this thread has no purpose any more.

Thread locked.

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