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EVE: How to get my friends hooked & their first PLEX
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Dalto Bane
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#61 - 2015-12-31 11:12:16 UTC
I am sure it has been said, though it is not impossible by any means to PLEX an account in game, it is extremely time consuming and typically requires an infrastructure with reactions, playing the market, and if you are more PVP oriented, good luck with the loot fairies. I was a few years in before I was able to build the connections and the understanding to plex my account, and even then, I sometimes fall short and have to pay. I have a few friends that are extremely well versed in what they do and can make isk hand over foot.... me, not so much. P

Drops Mic
Solecist Project
#62 - 2015-12-31 11:14:35 UTC

Peasants working for ISK to get a pilot's license...

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Erin Oswell
WiNGSPAN Delivery Services
WiNGSPAN Delivery Network
#63 - 2015-12-31 11:49:03 UTC
Buying game time instead of plex could be an alternative, £9.99 in UK money and that's not subscription based. They could try it for a month that way without any of the trial limitations or recurring payments. Personally I gave up trying to ISK for plex in the first month, just too much of a drag although I did earn a couple hundred mill. It's doable yes, but I doubt the game would be as enjoyable.

Further down the line when you're more experienced and know how to make some quick ISK, it'll be easier to plex your account.

Rules of Acquisition #13: "Anything worth doing is worth doing for money"
Hal Morsh
Doomheim
#64 - 2016-01-01 21:34:53 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
lmmortalist wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:

I do wonder what CCP thinks about all the new players who don't even pay their first subs with money.

How can people say they care about the game ...
... but not about bringing money into CCPs wallet?

Want CCP to go broke?


Why would they care? It's the same money for them, no matter whether the buyer is space poor or rich.

Roll

If every new player started subbing with ISK ...
... then less people pay money for the game.

So when 5000 new players join over time and not a single one ever puts real money into CCPs wallet ...
... you think that won't have negative impact?
There is reason to believe they will pay anything else with real money either.

Do you really believe that those who buy PLEX with money to sell on the market can sustain this forever?


The "those who sub with plex still bring money" crowd forgets, that ...
... it's always better when two pay with real money ...
... compared to only one doing it.




Somebody has to buy the plex.

I had dreams of plexing when I started, but in the end I just pay for the game. It's easier.

Oh, I perfectly understand, Hal Morsh — a mission like this requires courage, skill, and heroism… qualities you are clearly lacking. Have you forgotten you're one of the bloody immortals!?
Freja Nystrom
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#65 - 2016-01-02 11:44:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Freja Nystrom
One word.

Exploration.

It's probably the single lowest barrier-to-entry profession in the game with the highest risk=reward ratio.

Spend a night in Sansha space every night for a month for like an hour or two, and even with a 10% survival rate you could probably afford a plex. It's not brainless grinding / boring either since it incorporates elements of PVP and risk. Survival rates improve with better skills (both character-based and practical) and ships of course.

Exploration is also good for newbros because it forces them into null and WH space instead of cowering in highsec like most new players do.

Of course, not everyone's cup of tea, but it's possible.

Proof:
http://plexquest.com
Newbro dude in our corp who plexed in a month with zero prior experience. Admittedly one of the few but it proves it's possible. Better than putting your face to the angle-grinder doing mining or level 1-2 missions.



[shilling intensifies]
Lan Wang
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#66 - 2016-01-02 11:54:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Lan Wang
Tristan Agion wrote:
I have a one year subscription, and I admit to having bought both PLEX and AURUM with real money. I have no problem with paying for my gaming.

But let's be clear, the monthly subscription fee for EVE is high. It is pointless to compare this with how much you can earn flipping burgers, or how much clubbing costs.

The appropriate comparison is of course to other computer games. And compared to those, EVE is fairly expensive. I buy my regular games in Steam sales, and rarely pay more than about two months worth of EVE even for top titles.

But even if you compare this to buying AAA titles straight up, with no discount, one year of EVE will cost about the same as buying one or two AAA titles.

So the question is not whether EVE is worth few cups of coffee, or whatever. The question is how it compares with other computer games. Computer games just are a fairly cheap form of entertainment, and that is the market EVE is actually competing in...


AAA titles give about 8 hours of gameplay each, thats 16 hours, lets do the sums here.

16 hours of gameplay for what £80?

730 hours of gamepplay for what £9.99?

I game for around 4 hours a day, thats like an AAA title every 2 days = £600 a month in games Shocked

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#67 - 2016-01-02 19:50:19 UTC
Freja Nystrom wrote:
One word.

Exploration.

It's probably the single lowest barrier-to-entry profession in the game with the highest risk=reward ratio.

Spend a night in Sansha space every night for a month for like an hour or two, and even with a 10% survival rate you could probably afford a plex. It's not brainless grinding / boring either since it incorporates elements of PVP and risk. Survival rates improve with better skills (both character-based and practical) and ships of course.

Exploration is also good for newbros because it forces them into null and WH space instead of cowering in highsec like most new players do.

Of course, not everyone's cup of tea, but it's possible.

Proof:
http://plexquest.com
Newbro dude in our corp who plexed in a month with zero prior experience. Admittedly one of the few but it proves it's possible. Better than putting your face to the angle-grinder doing mining or level 1-2 missions.



[shilling intensifies]


The chances of a newbie who then starts a blog about being new, actually being a true newbie is close to zero.