EVE General Discussion

I can't deny that we are all happy with these nice gifts, but I believe with the amount of time and effort it took for CCP to separately "create a new site," "implement a system that allows players to choose gifts," and "hand out unique gifts from pretty much out of all the historical collectible items," CCP could've used that time to create another new item as part of the Christmas gift.

Please stop recycling old historical items that have nothing to do with 2011 events.

You started to have me until here. This is just silly. That implant was never meant as a collector's item. It was meant to help new players catch up a little. It's also not exactly "historic" in any meaningful definition of that word, nor were they unique at all. Not six months ago my friend bought 3-4 of those boxes just for that implant (and the fact that it was $5 cheaper than starting a new account online) and made his new toons upon joining the game. Dude's still paying even if he's not exactly active of late.

Hell, the GM's give them back if you get podded during the timer or do some other dumb thing to get it lost.

It's a major, important advertizing initiative that has had tangible results in increasing the player base....which is especially needed after the mass exodus that happened in reply to Incarna and that massive PR turd about boutique Japanese pants or whatever. I don't think it fair to expect CCP to stop releasing something of real value to players and to them just so you can have a unique item.

Now, if it was something like the ships given out as rewards at the tournaments or something like that...that's something to ***** about. People actually had to work for those items that WERE supposed to be unique. Re-releasing the Zephr and others though, you didn't do anything for that but be here and now other people are here too.

Edit: My God man, you can't even use that thing anymore and it's not transferable.

It makes perfect sense that Gold Magnate is reintroduced in the game because there isn't any left, but that shouldn't apply to other currently existing super-unique items. There are players who spent a fortune buying ships in abidance to the prices set by the "invisible hand" and the preconception that the items are "unique" because all these items are historically associated with certain events/live events.

If CCP keeps introducing these historically unique items for other future promotions, its action not only screws up the market price, but it is also a good indicator that CCP completely ignores the "collecting profession (niche)" while completely devaluing the sentimental values attached to these wonderful items.

We would like to see some consistency in CCP's sales promotion strategy. Sometimes you hand out PLEX discounts. Sometimes you recycle out ingame item of significant sentimental values, other times you hand out an Ishukone Special Edition shirt.

Dear venerable and great CCP, are you guys just throwing darts or rolling dice to come up with these incoherent random strategies?


Oh and we beg you to stop recycling old historical ships in the future promotion. Just create another set of NEW items please.


Please make the "collecting profession" worthwhile in the EVE Online.

Thank you for the help! While you are here, Mr. CCP Phantom, would you care to explain about the status of these unique ingame items in the future? =(

Any official confirmation from CCP?

Please let us know!

Any official words yet, dear CCP?

I too find it questionable.

If this isn't clarified then we might aswel see Mimir's and State Ravens at some point obtainable by everyone and thus screwing up part of EVE history even more.

There are a few of us interested in this, hopefully this flags on CCP's radar

I love you CCP, but are you guys not responding because you guys are planning on re-issuing these old historical items in the future for other Sales & Marketing promotions?