EVE General Discussion

It's up to you to support them, buy a couple more accounts.


Besides I think the plan is to use Dust as a huge isk sink anyway.......

If you are not paying - you are content which is being sold to actual customers.

P.S. Check Planetside 2 to see how F2P shooter game makes money. Like every other player is wearing multiple $5 camo suits, $2.5-7.5 decorative helmets, switching between $7 guns.

Which pretty much nobody does.

..which roughly includes creating an account and logging in the first time for many games, as beyond that it's a money grab. Thankfully, it appears Dust 514 is a much more player friendly model that actually lets you play the game effectively without requiring MTs to continue play.

Most of these games, you cannot access content without them, and attempting to play without buying "super" gear is utterly pointless. Personally, I think the model used in that way is just a means for wealthy players or rich kids with low self esteem to make themselves feel superior to others by having the ability to leverage their effectiveness and power with money.

Personally, I think if a Micro-transaction model can be expected to bring in 10-20$ a month from each player on average, then it is as good as a subscription model, or possibly better, for it`s ability to offer gameplay without cost indefinitely to new or very casual players, and for that it is capable of bringing in as much, or more than a subscription model from active and interested players, and without forcing anyone to do anything.

I`ve seen Devs `brag`about there companies focus on leveraging the game content and design, through changes to game mechanics often enough, to not only encourage, but enforce a climate of regular spending on MT based on their being advantageous and often required to continue playing or even succeed in achieving goals within the game.

Such that they actually target regular and consistent MTs by active, dedicated players on not only a daily basis, but an hourly one, with no less than $2-10 per transaction expected within each MT. The continuous requirement for players to spend money, based on game mechanics and design that force them to do so by leveraging content against their ability to gain resources and items to effectively challenge it.

That sort of thing pisses me off more than the models which simply require MT to access content, which those often do as well. I don't think I should have to explain why; but at the very least, it`s worth noting that the game becomes available to only a very limited selection of players.

Worth noting, but not what actually makes me angry, just to clarify. Obviously, I and others like me simply cannot afford to play these games. Wouldn't want to if I could, from my perspective.

We have?

Eve is not f2p micro in that I do not pay to play it, and it has had microtransactions since before I started playing. Exactly.

FYP

Sure ... "mine" ...