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I wanted to bring up a long standing point (and contention) with the NEX store, and it seems like a good opportunity to do so given the fresh eyes of the esteemed CCP Unifex.

Aurum is still a very sore spot for a large number of players, after the Incarna debacle and whatnot. One of the major needs of a microtransaction game is a way to acquire the goods for free. While PLEX conversion does give the opportunity for players to acquire Aurum without paying cash, the situation remains that it is impossible to acquire Aurum without having someone spend cash on them. Given the march of time, I think the time is right to add a truly free acquisition option for Aurum.

At the current time, one Aurum costs approximately 200,000 ISK when acquired through PLEX. What players currently lack, and what would probably significantly improve the reception of the NEX store and its contents, is an option to acquire Aurum for ISK at a cost of 250,000 to 300,000 a unit. An unfavorable exchange rate maintains the preference for cash while giving players the option to, in truth, not pay anything more for Eve Online than they already are. This would also create a new ISK sink for the game.

What do you think?

Am I the only one wondering what "Nexon" is? o.O

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Also, when can we have MOAR piercings at random locations of ones face? You know, like the old minmatar.

Aurum is still a very sore spot for a small but very vocal number of players.

There, that's more like the truth.

The Nexon Valdez, a freighter carrying PI products that got suicide ganked near an ice planet.

And here I was almost hoping that CCP might be considering removing all microtransactions from EVE. Silly me.

PLEX is bad enough, but Aurum is just bullshit. If you're going to keep doing this, then keep it very very low key or you'll lose an otherwise not-so-bitter vet. Buying in-game crap for real money fucks with the sandbox and it fucks with immersion, and it's not a good ******* either.

See, that's one thing that the previous CSM seemed to get all wrong. The primary source of outrage wasn't that CCP was developing ambulation ... sorry, Incarna ... instead of spaceships. The primary source of outrage was "Monoclegate" which, incidentally, had very little to do with outrageous prices and everything to do with real money prices in a sandbox game. It's about the most un-EVE-like thing I can think of off the top of my head, right up there with elves, magic missiles, level 4 missions, and consequence-free death.

By all means, give us a useful way of existing outside of our pods. But don't tie it (or anything else outside of our subscriptions) in with the size of our real-world bank accounts. That's what the subscription fee is for. Keep the sandbox pure.

I like the move. Avatar clothing isn't my focus in this game, but sometimes a long haul or boring gate camp requires checking out what other people are wearing. And I confess, I'll probably drop a few dollars for S&G's.

My recommendations: hats, gloves, or even space suits of some kind. I mean who wants to be covered in pod goo?

In game currency trading...... Now there's an idea. Imagine if all four empires had their own currencies.

I think Dr Eyjo just had a panic attack

Will this mean that you are going to sell belts in that shop of yours?