Player Features and Ideas Discussion

There is no point in doing that unless there is a discount for 2nd/3rd character.
You can maintain 2 accounts with very same benefits but without drawbacks. As an additional benefit of having 2 accounts you can take advantage of many promotions such as power of 2 or sidekick.

I think a small discount would be fair.

So its £10 for a single acount. but to have 2 active slots it comes to a total of £18-£19 or for 3... 26-17 ish.

not a huge discount but something nice for those older players who've supported the game for so long.

Allows you to maybe sub 2 accounts but potentially have 6 active useful characters. Rather than remembering 6 seperate logins and passwords.

Fair for who exactly? As I and many others would simply drop accounts to utilise this cheap method, I'm against it.

i would like the option to, for example, pay 1 plex [extra] to activate all 3 training ques for the month - that way ur not paying the same amount than what you would just to have an alt, and allows you to skill a few low skill chars without loosing training time on your main.

first however, we need the ability to switch chars without logging out completely [i believe it was removed due to problems that have since been fixed?], and the ability to remote manage our skills for chars on the same account (for things like training ur 2nd char up)...

+1 tho :)

"I want an extreme change to the way characters have been handled successfully in this game over the last 9.5 years of going live."

"I also want it to be cheaper than the option of having two accounts. Even though I recognize I will be limited to not being able to log both my characters into the game at the same time."

"One of my defenses of this idea is that I will be creating an alt character to train and effectively leaving him in moth-balls for up to 6 months before I actually use it. Then I would like to pay a separate fee to transfer the trained character to a new account. Not taking into consideration that the cost of the new account plus transfer fees would most likely equal the savings I was trying to get with the double trained account in the first place. Actually, the combined cost may exceed what it would be to simply acquire a 2nd account and pay for it for 6 months time."

Yeah. I am finding it really hard to get behind this idea.

Thank you.

When the game was released for public consumption, they changed it so you could only train one character per account. Changed it from allowing multiple characters on the same account to train skills. Changed it from what you proposed based on a business decision and the potential profit of the game. I am not sure they would want to allow this based on the original changes intended to impact the profit of their creation. Gamecode aside, I don't feel their decisions based around the profit of the game was "slapped together".

I'm not trolling at all. Did you even read my response completely? Or just skim it and see that I was not agreeing with you and then formulate your own condescending remarks towards me?

I was asking you a legitimate question, not trolling. Why would you want to go through the trouble of doing this "6 month on one account then transfer to a 2nd account" mumbo-jumbo? And then not even be able to benefit from being able to fly in space together?

They have all these wonderful "Power of 2" promotions and such. They just had one where you could get 180 days of game time for $49.95. That is the cost of 90 days game time (at the $14.95 cost) plus a measly 5 bucks. So, basically 3 months for 5 bucks after the first initial 3 months.

Are you just against having two full accounts (for some unexplained reason)? Or do you want lower monthly costs all around?

I would ask you directly: What do YOU feel a better monthly cost would be for a 2nd account based on your needs to train 2 characters at the same time?

Thank you.

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot. By using the current methods, and following the proper procedure of account activation, you can really take advantage of having two accounts by use of the Buddy Program and the "free" PLEX. Not only do you get 21 days of FREE GAME TIME, but you would also get a FREE PLEX. Which is 30 days of game time. Based on your 6 month plan, I feel that you are just being a bit greedy in this. With out using any special promotions at all besides the Buddy Program, you can effectively keep an account for 6 months and 21 days (with the FREE TRIAL ACCOUNT) for the cost of 6 months - 1 month if you use the FREE PLEX for the 2nd account. So, that is:

201 days of game time for the actual cost of 150 days.

And if you take advantage of the lower monthly cost of paying up front for the 6 months of game time (assuming you are using a credit card), you actually get 231 days of game time at an even more reduced cost. OR the already mentioned 201 days for the cost of 180 PLUS the FREE MONTH of game time on your original account OR whatever the current in-game rate of ISK would be if you choose to sell the PLEX for in-game currency.

Once again, what do YOU think is a better monthly cost for a 2nd account based on your needs to train 2 characters at the same time?

Thank you.

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Yeah. This wall of text was just a "troll" of your idea. I put no thought into it what-so-ever. Move along.

I disagree.

Thank you.

What if I told you I am an English teacher, and ironically I teach at the 4th and 5th grade level?

Thank you.

You are entitled to your opinion. I just thought I would also make an obvious statement.

But, once again. What do you propose as a solution? I don't see any suggestions to this. I see no math listing your suggested costs for this based off of the current costs of a 2nd account. I spent some time explaining the math of the costs for having a 2nd account over a 6 month period (because someone used that timeline in a different example). I feel that you should give precise examples for your suggestions.

As it stands now, with all the fun stuff I mentioned in my other [smug] threads, having the ability to train two characters at the same time would cost a person $14.95 x 5 = $74.75 over the course of 201 days (based on my example of using the Buddy Program and putting the PLEX towards one of the 30 day increments). Without using the Buddy Program, it would cost you $89.70 for 194 days of gametime. And this is the highest amount (based on normal subscription fees). A person can choose to pay upfront for 6 months time for a reduced cost.

Someone suggested using PLEX as the fuel for this service. Is that what you want? So, would that be 1 PLEX for 2 months (60 days)? That would be what? $19.95 x3 = $59.85 to train 2 characters on one account (or using in-game currency to trade for the PLEX). And even lower costs if you bought PLEX in bulk.

So, please. Knock that smug look from my face and put down some real information for your idea that you support so much.

Thank you.

I'd say you were lying.

What if I told you I was President of the United States?

Anyone can say anything on an internet message board.

Thank you.