EVE General Discussion

Sounds dangerously like microtransactions


Kindly disembark

The micro part.

CCP is missing a trick when it comes to skins.

Back when the bug existed that let you put any skin on any ship, I joined an incursion fleet and saw a GOLD MACHARIEL right next to mine. It was beautiful. CCP soon fixed the "bug".

I don't give a flip about cosmetic things usually, but I could come out of pocket RIGHT NOW to be able to do that to my Machs. It's like CCP doesn't want any more money ...

And what real difference is their from using rl money to buy Aurum to purchase ship skins? It would just cut out the Aurum bit.

Hell keep it as it is then and use aurum to buy them but make them a lot cheaper and the same colours applicable to any ship type and I'm sure they would sell like hot cakes as alliance colours or livery.

Aurum can be gotten from plex is the difference so a person can farm/play for alliance skill licenses.

Is this Topic not better moved to Features and Ideas?

CCP have always been deeply obsessed with its image as a company and the image of EVE as a product and whenever the subject of customization has been brought up CCP has always been quick to announce that they don't want players to be able to do silly things with customization features because that would not be in-keeping with the grimdark theme of the EVE universe. Such is the case with alliance logos and they've also said it in regard to ship skin customization before.

You want to pay CCP $30 to get your ship to look how you want it? Tough ****, CCP don't want your money if that means your ship is bright purple with gold trim or pink with luminous green polka dots.

When skins came out it instantly became apparent how much people actually want the ability to make their ships look however they want CCP absolutely could have, and should have, started work on a feature that allows you to design your own skin then slapped a whopping great price tag on it.

But their obsession with image won't allow that, because they cannot, under any circumstance allow you to fly though space in a gold spaceship because in the collective mind of CCP that would violate the sacred gimdark theme and they'd rather not have your money and deny you the satisfaction of flying a ship with the skin you want than do that.

It also doesn't help that most of the skins CCP comes out with look like absolute ass.

who cares about skins anyway, no one can see those usually, people zoom out and skins are useless.

why to bother.

But..... Amarr! Are they all heretics?

But... how CCP would like grimdark theme of internal financial report? Do they like it that way?

Soon™.