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Dev blog: Fly Quafe – Fanfest Ship Skins with Game Time Bundles

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Ketov Aktar
Grey Wolff
#21 - 2015-03-17 17:03:01 UTC

However, I would be pissed if I just gave CCP $130 and then saw this. I mean kinda seems like a big snub to people who love CCP so much that they have just locked in a year of funding to CCP before all the cool stuff gets announced at Fanfest.

I think it's pretty obvious that the way they set this up ends up quite unfairly rewarding their more loyal subscribers while really punishing others (just based on when they happened to buy their subs).



This is pretty much what I did. Re-subbed a week ago and now all the goodies come out. SadXSad
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2015-03-17 17:21:10 UTC
I don't know, you announce this the same week that you are also releasing a $90 collectors' edition of the Art of new Eden.
I'm torn between both and when that happens I usually don't get either.

If you don't follow the rules, neither will I.

Titoune
Doomheim
#23 - 2015-03-17 17:26:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Titoune
Nice ... people who buyed before this offer are ******, and people who buyed in game this ships are ****** too because they payed the value of a limited ship skin.

Thx CCP for keep this info secret and make us lost isk for free.... Nice marketing .


Before for 3 month we have around 5-10M isk gift ... now that around 500M (actual price for tristan Quafe), really interesting .


What mean "limited" for you CCP ? 2 Monh ?

The Quafe Tristan on January 15


ok, 2 month, after it's free if You subscribe ! nice.
CCP Guard
C C P
C C P Alliance
#24 - 2015-03-17 17:28:41 UTC
ChromeStriker wrote:
How long exactly will this offer be available? ... can i wait till after fanfest? or when you say "now" do you mean within the next 24hr?


It will probably be available until the end of the month.

CCP Guard | EVE Community Developer | @CCP_Guard

Ned Thomas
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2015-03-17 17:30:04 UTC
Leon Razor wrote:
However, I would be pissed if I just gave CCP $130 and then saw this


Yeah, this is the biggest rub I think. I know if I just paid a full year's subscription, I'd be a little strapped to come up with an additional year immediately afterward.
Storm ToFollow
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2015-03-17 17:48:19 UTC
Well, My monthly on my main expired on Saturday, and I waited for this.

This character paid a humble bundle sub, on a trial, hopefully to get an extra worlds collide gift if we win. I will try something I have not done before, and am playing the game in a new way.

As a result of the Skin offer, CCP gained a six months payment on my main rather than one.

So marketing is Sort of working as intended?

Happy CCP, Happy customer. seems like a win/win to me.
Oraac Ensor
#27 - 2015-03-17 17:54:16 UTC
As others have said - I re-subbed for 12 months a few weeks ago, and now this.

Not impressed.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#28 - 2015-03-17 18:15:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr Epeen
You can always buy off the market. Not the best consolation, I guess, but there you go.

Tristans have dropped by two hundred mill in Jita today so far. The Vexors are dropping slow but steady and the (relatively) cheap Domis are all bought up. I grabbed four of them myself and made a quick billion on the flip.

I've seen some good deals on all three BPs in a package. As low as 2b. They last about 15 seconds on the market though, so you need to be lucky and fast if you want them.

Mr Epeen Cool
Suomi Khan
Doomheim
#29 - 2015-03-17 18:56:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Suomi Khan
Mr Epeen wrote:
You can always buy off the market. Not the best consolation, I guess, but there you go.

When I checked a few hour ago, there was 1 BPC pack on the market @ 5b. (read: contracts, cause they don't sell on the market)
1...

So please point me to this magic market where all the BPCs are stored. Thanks.
The availability is obviously getting hurt by the way these skins are released, so when CCP say we can buy it from the market, it just shows how little effort they used thinking about this.
Abraham Sasen
Thors Guard Adventures
The Council of Yggdrasil
#30 - 2015-03-17 18:59:14 UTC
And that's what I get for buying my bundle before actually waiting until the time is almost up Cry Shame this didn't come out about a day earlier
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#31 - 2015-03-17 19:07:43 UTC
Suomi Khan wrote:

So please point me to this magic market where all the BPCs are stored. Thanks.


Sorry for your confusion. Like most people who trade regularly, I consider contracts as part of the market. So when I say BPCs on the market, I thought it would be obvious what I meant.

Also, like I said, the good deals are up for literally seconds. That 5b contract will sit there forever. You want the cheap stuff you better learn to exercise that refresh button.

Just as an update, it seems that as people are waking up and taking advantage of this FF deal, the Domis are now starting to come back down in price. I'd recommend not being too hasty to grab one right now as they're likely to start dropping in price substantially over the next few days.

Mr Epeen Cool
Cajun Waffles
Foggy Dew
#32 - 2015-03-17 19:14:27 UTC
Hi, seems cool you get a skin with sub time (I think the frigate skin should be available with the one month game time as well) but I find it weird some don't like this... I'm guessing these are the people playing for free using in game ISK. If that's the case those high roller's shouldn't have an issue buying it off the market.
Qual
Knights of a Once Square Table INC.
#33 - 2015-03-17 19:23:04 UTC
* Sigh *

I usually buy those HQ streams due to the extra goodies. Got the Mega Quafe for a bargain $10 + stream.

This? No. Just no.

Not comitting to a one year sub just to get 3 bpc's.

Bad CCP.
Dark Drifter
Sons of Seyllin
Pirate Lords of War
#34 - 2015-03-17 19:28:34 UTC
TO CCP -

i would have added them to the NEX for the period of fanfest and charges
2x the aur for a 1 run BPC of the same hull class

so:
queef tristan at 2x the AUR cost of a 1run frigate skin
queef vexor at 2x the AUR cost of a 1run cruiser skin
queef domanic at 2x the AUR cost of a 1run battleship skin

i would have dropped a plex or 2 on that deal....

however £30 to get a single frigate skin???? that my friends is not a good deal..
game time is all well and good but i would have prefered 3 PLEX and the BPC
Dominique Vasilkovsky
#35 - 2015-03-17 19:29:52 UTC
Why not add them to the NES as well?
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#36 - 2015-03-17 19:37:12 UTC  |  Edited by: jason hill
dear herr heilmarr can I please enquire as to how much your prepared to put on ebay your $1000 dollar pair of jeans ...where the fkn love for those of us that have consistently kept our fkn accounts going ...FOR THE LAST THIRTEEN FKN YEARS !!!! by direct debit
Sven Viko VIkolander
In space we are briefly free
#37 - 2015-03-17 19:38:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Sven Viko VIkolander
I think the offer is fine, and if I were buying GMT for my accounts now I would be really excited, but like others I don't currently need game time, and like others posting here I am usually one of the people that buys the HD stream.

It would be really nice if there were more promotions that included these skins. For instance, it would be nice to have a new subscribed account promotion that included at least the frigate, or have one of the skins included with the new art book, etc.
Celise Katelo
State War Academy
Caldari State
#38 - 2015-03-17 19:38:34 UTC
12 Months 360 days

£89.99 total Shocked

...Just to get 3x Quafe ships Skins... How about "NO THANKS" ..... geez




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Nostromo Fidanza
Blueprint Mania
#39 - 2015-03-17 19:41:53 UTC
Well this went over well. Ugh
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#40 - 2015-03-17 19:50:21 UTC
I reckon this is going to be yet ANOTHER "sit back with a bag of popcorn and watch the fkn sparks fly !

againEvil