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joe hamil
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-03-27 12:13:25 UTC
I read on ten ton hammer CCP has announced on may the first , Uk players will be able to play for their subscriptions in pound sterling, when this rolls around, will it be an automatic switch or would we have to manually change our subscription plans ?

also just to say a thank you for doing so, as i dont have to worry about exchange rates bumping up my sub cost :p
Farrisen
MoaR ChickeN
#2 - 2012-03-27 12:15:15 UTC
Id guess automatic, since you can't switch from Euro/USD (without "cheating" using proxy's etc)

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RaTTuS
BIG
#3 - 2012-03-27 12:27:47 UTC
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=85221

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Avila Cracko
#4 - 2012-03-27 12:34:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Avila Cracko
And whats with us from the rest of Europe???
We are still getting robbed every month??? Ugh

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Sasha Khaine
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-03-27 12:37:33 UTC
This is excellent news indeed :D

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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#6 - 2012-03-27 12:43:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Steve Ronuken
For tl;dr people:

It will /not/ be an automatic change. It really can't be. You have a contract to pay them in euro. They can't unilaterally change it. So you'll need to go into the subscription management, cancel your sub and resubscribe, at which point you'll be billed, and game time added to your account.


Plex will still be significantly more expensive.

(It all got covered at the round table. Some things are side effects of their card billing vendor, others aren't. Quite interesting really)

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Blastcaps Madullier
Handsome Millionaire Playboys
Sedition.
#7 - 2012-03-27 15:49:26 UTC
personaly i'll stick to getting ETCs from shattered crystal, even with the rate of exchange it still works out cheaper in stirling than if i paid directly, EU side CCP HAS to add V.A.T. states side nope so... :)
Ferna Akai
Shinn's XIII'th army
#8 - 2012-04-02 14:39:07 UTC
TL;DR
9,99 Pounds isnt fair against the rest of the world

However this might sound as great news for the UK player, the rest of Europe still gets robbed. Besides that the PLEX. market will get more expensive and EU players will most likely be less inclined to actually buy PLEX.
Here is why this idea how sweet it might sound is unfair.
At current market, the pound sterling has a 1:1,2 ratio to the EURO. The UK subscriber would thus pay 12,- EURO for their subscription. For Player using multiple accounts for multiple months it's unfair to have the EU player pay more.

Might instead suggest that CCP picks a key currency, and sticks with that? If the company wants pound it's fine let us pay the 9,99 pound in EURO against current market value. This will separate the eve market and the ISK market from the Real world economy. Which in my eyes isn't a bad thing.

CCP, Not just let them pay less, let us all pay less.. Or none. Same goes for USD. At today's market i'd prefer to pay anything but the EURO.
ITTigerClawIK
Galactic Rangers
#9 - 2012-04-02 14:49:45 UTC
YAY! i can pay in REAL money :-P
quickshot89
89th Logistics
#10 - 2012-04-02 15:02:22 UTC
Ferna Akai wrote:
TL;DR
9,99 Pounds isnt fair against the rest of the world

However this might sound as great news for the UK player, the rest of Europe still gets robbed. Besides that the PLEX. market will get more expensive and EU players will most likely be less inclined to actually buy PLEX.
Here is why this idea how sweet it might sound is unfair.
At current market, the pound sterling has a 1:1,2 ratio to the EURO. The UK subscriber would thus pay 12,- EURO for their subscription. For Player using multiple accounts for multiple months it's unfair to have the EU player pay more.

Might instead suggest that CCP picks a key currency, and sticks with that? If the company wants pound it's fine let us pay the 9,99 pound in EURO against current market value. This will separate the eve market and the ISK market from the Real world economy. Which in my eyes isn't a bad thing.

CCP, Not just let them pay less, let us all pay less.. Or none. Same goes for USD. At today's market i'd prefer to pay anything but the EURO.


I take it your from europe? Maybe if your currency was working as intended it would be more fair, but its not
A'lan Wolf
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-04-02 15:03:50 UTC
Brilliant news, well done CCP
Ferna Akai
Shinn's XIII'th army
#12 - 2012-04-02 15:18:17 UTC
quickshot89 wrote:
Ferna Akai wrote:
TL;DR
9,99 Pounds isnt fair against the rest of the world

However this might sound as great news for the UK player, the rest of Europe still gets robbed. Besides that the PLEX. market will get more expensive and EU players will most likely be less inclined to actually buy PLEX.
Here is why this idea how sweet it might sound is unfair.
At current market, the pound sterling has a 1:1,2 ratio to the EURO. The UK subscriber would thus pay 12,- EURO for their subscription. For Player using multiple accounts for multiple months it's unfair to have the EU player pay more.

Might instead suggest that CCP picks a key currency, and sticks with that? If the company wants pound it's fine let us pay the 9,99 pound in EURO against current market value. This will separate the eve market and the ISK market from the Real world economy. Which in my eyes isn't a bad thing.

CCP, Not just let them pay less, let us all pay less.. Or none. Same goes for USD. At today's market i'd prefer to pay anything but the EURO.


I take it your from europe? Maybe if your currency was working as intended it would be more fair, but its not



Our currency is working (not great) but as intended, that the economical system is broken that's not our fault.. But in any case, i'm fine with the UK paying 9,99 Just let us pay 9,99 pound as well.