EVE New Citizens Q&A

Heh.

Well, when people run a second character, they don't do it via using a PLEXing their existing account, most the time. Instead, they use a separate account. So you can log both on at the same time. And of course, its cheaper.

Additionally, many people support their alts(whether on the same or different account) by spending ISK for the PLEX, rather than real money. The last month I paid for with $$ was over a year ago.

Also, the reason why PLEX costs more than the subscription is because it imparts more options than the subscription. You can trade it for cash, or train another character on the account. So the price hike is entirely reasonable.

CCP are not greedy.

This is a very good idea, hadn't considered it. The entire situation could be better explained on the eve website. I guess I am a jolly codger, lol... 53 and still playing games... thanx for your reply

Hardly greedy, handicapped and living on less than $750 a month. As for WoW, I agree as they have many problems, biggest is a single player with no wish to party with 12 year olds with filthy mouths has no way to progress. This is why I cancelled with them.

We will see if Eve has value, if I play it for 8 years like I have WoW you will have proven your point.

Thanx for the reply, hugs!

Multiple character training didn't used to be possible at all. It was ironically added to save people money, because previously you would have to start up a new account, train on that, and then when you were all done, pay a fee to transfer it back to your main account.


Not that I endorse comparing EVE to other RPGs as they really are not comparable, but if you must: there are none on the market that will let you simultaneously progress with multiple characters. You must stop progressing on one (ie log off of it) in order to progress on another.

However, a better reason is that you're not supposed to be able to do everything, and if everyone was able to train 3 characters constantly, then it would

a) Pressure everyone to keep up on three characters worth of skill training or be at a disadvantage, which would be a pain in the ****, and

b) Greatly dumb down specialization because everyone could have a character to do everything.



Lastly: Even if you did have a point, and EVE was more expensive...So? Not all products are the same, not all products are going to cost the same, and that's okay. Even if you were correct and EVE costs more than other games, free time is worth enough that I will still choose the one that gives me the most enjoyment.\


Why are you paying $20/month? The subscription fee is $15/month, and lower if you pay for multiple months.

That is good advice, ty for the reply

And tell me any other game where you can advance 2 characters on same account simultaneously...

And NOBODY is forcing you to double train or use multiple accounts.

Well it's pretty even actually. I mean like when I wanted to train an alt on my account (as I have with some 5m SP), I had to pause one character and switch to the other (grr and he still needs more training now since the epansion). There is not really any game where you can train two characters at the same time on the same account. The only way to do it is to open another account and multi-box (fond memories of UO doing that hah). But to do that here, or anywhere, costs extra money. But yes, for the one account flat monthly price you still have three characters and train them just like in any other game, one at a time. As for plex, they go on sale a lot, so even if not buying them with ISK there is still a time when they are not at full price to buy them, and quite often.

Just depends on your long-term goals. The way it looks, plex to train is more for low skill SP alts. If you are going to train for a long time, a second account is better, power of two. Even if the plan is just for a year or something, you can train on the second account and transfer them to your primary account for two plex once training is complete. Other option is to just buy a trained character from someone else and transfer it to your account.

No other game lets you train two characters at the same time at all.



That is a very personal statement, but considering that people spend thousands of dollars a month on games like poker, tennis, golf, or whatever, I'd not expect too many other people to have the same opinion.



Yes, eve is dying.

Again. Nobody is forcing you to pay more then the initial sub for your accounts.

And if you make enough ISK you can even fund endless amounts of alts without paying a single dime of real currency by buying gametime from the in game market.