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Future Eve online: Free to play

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I Sellsstuffz
Doomheim
#21 - 2013-07-03 12:19:13 UTC
If eve goes F2P ill likely quit. Seriously the way it is now keeps most of the rabble out, going F2P would just increase the level of stupidity to unbearable levels,

Thats just my $0.02
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#22 - 2013-07-03 12:20:41 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:


Time Titilation is a natural thing, as it will affect everyone, for the whole time




I can't wait till


EvE becomes "Forced2Play"

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#23 - 2013-07-03 12:28:07 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
Let's talk about the good and bad stuff that comes with it.

For starters, I think the active eve population will go up, by a lot. Possible reaching 200.000 players on a normal day.

I also think, we will have 4~7 cloaky neutrals in every null sec system, that afk all day.

Jita will stil be limited to roughly 2000 players, but instead. The entire constellation will be nearly full. Reaching Jita would be impossible.

Suicide freighter ganks are more easily attained. As 1 guy could get 150 free to play accounts and use rifters to suicide on 1 Freighter.

The bittervets and other old carebear people will quit the game. But instead for every one of them, eve online gets 30 free to play players (who would probably never pay or barely go for microtransactions).

Time Dilation is a natural thing, as it will affect everyone, for the whole time. Fleet op Fights will probably resulting in a lot of server crashes.

But there are some good things too that come with it. We will have more people to play with! I, believe that eve online currently is a stable game, and due to this, will attract a lot of new players if it were to become free to play.

However the game will be changed so much, it won't be eve as we know it.


EVE simply isn't structured to work with the classic F2P/Cash shop model. Why on earth should CCP do such a thing when they're already seeing good year-on-year growth with a very high Average Revenue Per Customer?

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#24 - 2013-07-03 13:40:19 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
Let's talk about the good and bad stuff that comes with it.
Ok.

Good things: CCP can now focus on developing Dust and World of Darkness.

Bad things: revenue from EVE will approach zero; not enough devs will be kept around to reprogram every single mechanic to account for what happens when alts become free; players will leave in droves; new players are still as uninterested in EVE as ever since price was never a factor that kept anyone away; the economy tanks; server closure in less than 12 months.
Johnnie Blue
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#25 - 2013-07-03 13:44:51 UTC
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#26 - 2013-07-03 13:45:32 UTC
Johnnie Blue wrote:
http://elite.frontier.co.uk




If only Ian Bell was involved




Lets see, Braben's successes in the last 20 years





Kinectimals





that is all

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Johnnie Blue
30plus LLC
Brave Collective
#27 - 2013-07-03 13:50:48 UTC
Ramona McCandless wrote:
Johnnie Blue wrote:
http://elite.frontier.co.uk




If only Ian Bell was involved




Lets see, Braben's successes in the last 20 years





Kinectimals





that is all


Yeh I agree. But, take a look at the video. It looks good and lets face it, most of what we can see in eve can be traced back to elite.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#28 - 2013-07-03 14:23:59 UTC
Johnnie Blue wrote:


Yeh I agree. But, take a look at the video. It looks good and lets face it, most of what we can see in eve can be traced back to elite.



I know I know


I want a Fer de Lance or an Asp so bad it hurts



but


I can't bring myself to be optimistic



Not now

Not Again


Not ever

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Elvis Fett
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#29 - 2013-07-03 15:11:17 UTC
Chribba wrote:
I rather see a future with less trolls.

/c


You're dreaming son. A future with less trolls is less likely than a future with no war.
Paul Panala
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#30 - 2013-07-03 15:16:28 UTC
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#31 - 2013-07-03 15:17:32 UTC
Elvis Fett wrote:
"A future with less trolls is less likely than a future with no war." - Winston Churchill



Love it

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#32 - 2013-07-03 15:26:54 UTC
Victoria Sin wrote:
Chribba wrote:
I rather see a future with less trolls.

/c


Fewer.


Fever.

I see a future with fever trolls.

We'll have to use fire to put them down.

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

Fighting back is more fun than not.

Sticky: AFK Cloaking Thread It's not pretty, but it's there.
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#33 - 2013-07-03 15:28:07 UTC
Debora Tsung wrote:
Victoria Sin wrote:
Chribba wrote:
I rather see a future with less trolls.

/c


Fewer.


Fever.

I see a future with fever trolls.

We'll have to use fire to put them down.


+1

You go girl :D

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#34 - 2013-07-03 15:32:20 UTC
Pardon me, but may I inquire as to the reasoning behind this repeated bludgeoning of a deceased equine?

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Sex Slave Girl
Absolute Order XVIII
Absolute Will
#35 - 2013-07-03 15:37:17 UTC
You guys are just scared of wallet warriors. Buying Titans in a deal package for $ 9.99.
Murk Paradox
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#36 - 2013-07-03 15:47:05 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
Let's talk about the good and bad stuff that comes with it.

For starters, I think the active eve population will go up, by a lot. Possible reaching 200.000 players on a normal day.

I also think, we will have 4~7 cloaky neutrals in every null sec system, that afk all day.

Jita will stil be limited to roughly 2000 players, but instead. The entire constellation will be nearly full. Reaching Jita would be impossible.

Suicide freighter ganks are more easily attained. As 1 guy could get 150 free to play accounts and use rifters to suicide on 1 Freighter.

The bittervets and other old carebear people will quit the game. But instead for every one of them, eve online gets 30 free to play players (who would probably never pay or barely go for microtransactions).

Time Dilation is a natural thing, as it will affect everyone, for the whole time. Fleet op Fights will probably resulting in a lot of server crashes.

But there are some good things too that come with it. We will have more people to play with! I, believe that eve online currently is a stable game, and due to this, will attract a lot of new players if it were to become free to play.

However the game will be changed so much, it won't be eve as we know it.


I don't think half of that increase in playerbase would be able to manage getting past 1 month of playing truth be told.

If your prophecy comes true that is.

You might have the fear of p2win and f2play et al, but I seriously think you overestimate the ability of that type of gamer.

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Deacon Abox
Black Eagle5
#37 - 2013-07-03 15:47:45 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
You guys are just scared of wallet warriors. Buying Titans in a deal package for $ 9.99.

How much do you cost? P

CCP, there are off buttons for ship explosions, missile effects, turret effects, etc. "Immersion" does not seem to be harmed by those. So, [u]please[/u] give us a persisting off button for the jump gate and autoscan visuals.

Capt Gauss
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2013-07-03 15:52:35 UTC
Deacon Abox wrote:
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
You guys are just scared of wallet warriors. Buying Titans in a deal package for $ 9.99.

How much do you cost? P


$4.99 on Saturday Nights ;)

During the weekdays of course it'll cost you 500 million Interstellar Kredits
Soylent Jade
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#39 - 2013-07-03 15:57:02 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
I also think, we will have 4~7 cloaky neutrals in every null sec system, that afk all day.



This would be hilarious, but not worth the influx of Freetards.

BTW, your avatar just isn't the same without the massive boobs poking me in the eyes.

Making hisec better...one Catalyst at a time

minerbumping.com
Navi Hasseleh
Megaton m3 Heavy Industries
#40 - 2013-07-03 16:20:29 UTC
You must not be a taxpayer and your income must be derived from some sort of government welfare system.

If Eve were free to play, then the computer hardware and the other infrastructure needed to operate the game would have to be donated by somebody.

The management team and the software developers would be working for free because they love what they do. They would have no home, no car, would beg for food, and constantly be in court to argue with the ex-wife or ex-husband who divorced them about child support payments and alimony.

I think the last time your frigate blew up, you were cracked in the head by shrapnel and some of your implants' wiring is all screwed up now.

Either that or your are loony.

Considering how much I play Eve, they should be charging me double what I currently pay. I pay in real money on an annual basis.