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Why does a PLEX cost more than one month of subscription?

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#21 - 2013-12-19 17:57:17 UTC
For some reason I'm reminded of the First CityWide Change Bank (Part I, Part II).

Paul McElroy wrote:
A lot of people don't realize that change is a two-way street. You can come in with sixteen quarters, eight dimes, and four nickels - we can give you a five-dollar bill. Or we can give you five singles. Or two singles, eight quarters, and ten dimes. You'd be amazed at the variety of the options you have.
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Damon Blood
Back Alley Abortion Clinic
#22 - 2013-12-19 18:11:08 UTC
Rekon X wrote:
Cause people buy them.


This to be honest. If people were not willing to pay extra for the services, then they would not be able to charge extra.
Mrs Epeen
Doomheim
#23 - 2013-12-19 18:26:34 UTC
Surprised to see that the cost of a 60-Day GTC on Shattered Crystal is going for 33.24 USD which is approximately 11% more than the 29.90 USD I pay through my month to month subscription.

How long will they stay at 33.24 USD at SC? Who can say?

Granted, they are still going for 34.99 USD through Eve Online's PLEX Store. Which is 17% more.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#24 - 2013-12-19 19:03:24 UTC
Frostys Virpio wrote:
TharOkha wrote:
Silivar Karkun wrote:
plex can be used for several other things and can be sold for isk in the game's market. yo cant do that with the normal sub....


well if i would want PLEX, i would bought cheaper GTC, sell it on forum market and from isks i earn i buy PLEX on EVE market...

Still doesnt make a sense why is PLEX more expensive....


How much ISK do GTC sells for?


It converts to 2 PLEX, so 1.3b?

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Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#25 - 2013-12-20 00:11:51 UTC
Nothing wrong rewarding the returning customer (subs). Very satisfied with my anual plan. I'd never buy PLEX with real money, but I'm happy for the option to invest ISK into game time.
Pipa Porto
#26 - 2013-12-20 03:55:48 UTC
A PLEX can be used to activate an account, something that normally costs $20.

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Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2013-12-20 04:39:42 UTC
I agree ... the discount for people subbing is unfair and should be stopped, everyone should pay the full PLEX price.


BAN discounted Subs NOW !!!

We demand everyone pay the same proper fair price for PLEX.
Rich Uncle PennyBags
EVE Online Monopoly
#28 - 2013-12-20 04:59:06 UTC
Pipa Porto wrote:
A PLEX can be used to activate an account, something that normally costs $20.



Confirming this.


When you activate a new account, it costs $20.
To stop people getting around it by buying PLEX, they knock up the price by $5.
Laertes Ansari
Perkone
Caldari State
#29 - 2013-12-20 05:17:23 UTC
A subscription is a one-off thing. You pay, you get your 30 days (or however many months you paid for), and you're done. With a P.L.E.X. you can use it for a 30-day extension, use it to change your character's appearance (you'd have to look that one up), sell it on the market, etc.

With my subscription ending January 2nd I plan to buy a 1 or 3-month subscription and 2 P.L.E.X. Need to sell one for the money and I'll decide what to do with the other one later Big smile

If I ever saw CCP Falcon's character in real life I think I'd politely ask him to kick my ass just so I could brag about it.
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#30 - 2013-12-20 07:37:13 UTC
Laertes Ansari wrote:


With my subscription ending January 2nd I plan to buy a 1 or 3-month subscription and 2 P.L.E.X. Need to sell one for the money and I'll decide what to do with the other one later Big smile


Use the other one to train one of the two free alts on your exising account and give him some PI and hauling kills.

You cannot "multibox" these free alts but if its a PI alt you do not need to, just log it in every few days and collect the goodies.
Laertes Ansari
Perkone
Caldari State
#31 - 2013-12-20 10:38:01 UTC
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Laertes Ansari wrote:
With my subscription ending January 2nd I plan to buy a 1 or 3-month subscription and 2 P.L.E.X. Need to sell one for the money and I'll decide what to do with the other one later Big smile
Use the other one to train one of the two free alts on your existing account and give him some PI and hauling skills.

You cannot "multibox" these free alts but if its a PI alt you do not need to, just log it in every few days and collect the goodies.
Yea, I learned that you can only 'multibox' (EVE terminology...Roll) if you have more than one account. Also, I can't use any starter packs or anything on an alternate character if I chose to make one. A Cerebral Accelerator would go a long way during those 30 days, but I don't have the cash to fund two characters right now (past buying a renewed subscription and these two P.L.E.X.). Personally, I'm a fan of having only one character, anyway. Granted, this is my first MMO and that probably goes against some unwritten law somewhere, but I plan to invest heavily in jump clones instead.

If I ever saw CCP Falcon's character in real life I think I'd politely ask him to kick my ass just so I could brag about it.
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#32 - 2013-12-20 11:44:12 UTC
Laertes Ansari wrote:
'multibox' (EVE terminology...Roll)
EVE terminology?

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Mrs Epeen
Doomheim
#33 - 2013-12-20 15:43:05 UTC
End result.

It's against EULA to trade RL money for "in game" items (unless you go through CCP).

Well played CCP...well played.
Dr Vitoc
The Huskarl's
#34 - 2013-12-20 19:47:25 UTC
people don't want to pay for the game so they play for free by buying plex fro isk... I was part of a corp that would give you one free plex per month as long as you did the minimum required mining plexing, WH's
this was easy as had alts doing the work while we were fighting
Laertes Ansari
Perkone
Caldari State
#35 - 2013-12-20 21:27:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Laertes Ansari
Crumplecorn wrote:
Laertes Ansari wrote:
'multibox' (EVE terminology...Roll)
EVE terminology?
Oh ho, touché. EVE is my first MMO so I'm not sure what slang originated from here versus previous games in the genre. Most of them are just odd, but to each their own. Thanks for the link, though Smile

If I ever saw CCP Falcon's character in real life I think I'd politely ask him to kick my ass just so I could brag about it.
Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#36 - 2013-12-20 21:43:43 UTC
Um, since 1 PLEX will get you one month of game time, it is always worth exactly one month of subscription.

I think the question is why did you pay more than $20 for 618M isk?

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Mrs Epeen
Doomheim
#37 - 2013-12-21 00:44:16 UTC
Soldarius wrote:
Um, since 1 PLEX will get you one month of game time, it is always worth exactly one month of subscription.

I think the question is why did you pay more than $20 for 618M isk?

Who are you even talking to?

I said that I pay 14.95 USD month to month...
ISD Ezwal
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#38 - 2013-12-21 01:41:17 UTC
Among other considerations, CCP's costs for handling PLEX are higher compared to the costs associated with subscription payments.
For the latter, more or less the only costs involved are for transferring the money from your bank account to theirs.
With PLEX, unless you buy them directly from CCP, there is the added cost of the resellers commission involved.

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Mrs Epeen
Doomheim
#39 - 2013-12-21 17:29:10 UTC
ISD Ezwal wrote:
Among other considerations, CCP's costs for handling PLEX are higher compared to the costs associated with subscription payments.
For the latter, more or less the only costs involved are for transferring the money from your bank account to theirs.
With PLEX, unless you buy them directly from CCP, there is the added cost of the resellers commission involved.

Thank you for your prompt and courteous response.
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