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Bearing in mind that I know little to nothing about this payment method,

It does sound unfair.

Petition and Escalate it...

It does sound unfair....

In what way is paying real money for a sub the same as buying a PLEX with isk without sending real money?

This was the issue. The change to the system was to stop players like myself from starting alt accounts with the buddy system. contracting the new account a PLEX to activate the account. And the inviting account being credited a PLEX for the invited account being subed.

This work around allowed players to basically have a 50 day or so trial account for free without the restrictions to skills and ships normally applied to a trial account. you could then before that free account expired transfer the toon to another active account or sell it on the bazaar.

I still do not see why this change was needed. I did this once but by the end of the two months didn't want to give up that third account and kept it subbed. One more paying sub that I would not have started without this option. I later started a fourth account using the special 6 month starter sub which worked out to half price, also with the intention of moving the character over to another account after getting in the 6 months training. But again I kept the account active and almost 2 years later now have 4 active accounts ranging from 45mil sp to just over 20 mil on my newest account.

I still have character slots on a few accounts with no skills. If these options were still available I would possibly be up to 5-6 accounts by now. I just hate stopping training on a main character just to train up a PI, research, cyno, or hauler alt. Doing this on a new account and then paying the $10 to transfer it over is always an appealing option. but now CCP has removed that option.

But back to the point at hand. Paying for a sub is paying for a sub. The method of payment as long as it is not a PLEX should matter. I pay all my subs through paypal. I would be very upset if paying to upgrade a trial account through paypal disqualified the inviting account from receiving the PLEX.

I was under the impression not matter what the inviting account was still rewarded. There was just no longer a PLEX for PLEX exchange. If a PLEX was used to activate the account you would receive a 30 day game time credit. If the account was activated thru a paid sub you would receive a PLEX as reward. If you received nothing then you got screwed. I would raise hell.

There is nothing even in the notes that accounts sharing the same I.P. would not qualify for rewards. So even using the buddy system to start an alt account should still grant the reward. Have you double checked your account renewal date to see if you go the game time reward instead of a PLEX?

Second*

Finally a senior GM handled the situation!

I got the Plex now, thx everyone for posting.