EVE General Discussion

Umm... have you forgotten that farming skill points actually, you know, costs RL cash?

And you could just buy a PLEX instead of paying for a ton of farm accounts, and not have to deal with the enormous hassle of running some giant hypothetical SP farm-army of alts?

This isn't some mystical free money source, you pay for it with your wallet, which you can already do today with PLEX.

I for one look forward to blowing people up in silly expensive ships with my t1 ship and laughing to the station as I drop their loot off to resell to them later.

You may have the SP but by no means does that mean you should be anywhere near it.

As Star Citizen continues to see people leave and come back / to Eve - they sell those accounts to other stupid people and come here and buy all the SP they want...


YUMMM!

I predict many tears when people realize that Skill points equal out eventually - meaning about 40 million SP into a combat specific toon your SP in the combat efficiency of that ship versus someone in the game since 2003 is negligible.

its the experience that matters.

It all how you see it... I feel that Eve is devalued and I'm no longer going to pay with cash accounts anymore. I spent almost 13 yrs paying with cash and today it comes to an end.

I will still try to play but I will just switch to doing it with plex from the isk I make and what I have saved up in the wallet and my assets.

I will leave the paying for eve in real cash to those that want to as these changes make me no longer want to do that.

I have played this game from the beginning I have seen the good improvements to the game and the plain stupid ones. Its CCP's game and property they can do whatever they want. I just can't tell if Eve is evolving or devolving but I know its the 1st time in all these yrs I have decided to pull my support for this game by the dollars I pay for it.

Why would I want to harm CCP they gave me a wonderful game for so many years. I just dont want them in my wallet anymore, I have no problem selling their virtual goods I have earned over time to someone else for game time.

If someone else wants to pay cash for their virtual goods thats fine by me I just happen to have some of CCP's virtual goods I'm willing to sell.

I mean isnt that the whole spirit behind this selling of SP... It's CCP saying there are no more sacred cows in the game that everything is for sale so I'm just trying to get in the spirit and join along. After all its their game they are devaluing I'm just joining in.

Yes I believe the decision CCP made will be beneficial for them... I hope it gains them alot of customers that want to invest in the game for yrs to come like I did for 12+ yrs.


I did say in earlier post that I will try to play.... before all this it was always guaranteed that I would play because I was invested in the game. I am no longer invested in the game anymore so who knows.

If you do consider leaving at the end, consider donating your stuff, I've got 3 players who are newish to playing the game (as opposed to playing skill-queue online) who enjoy the game in its current format.

Well, the answer is simple. Look at what made you invested in the game. See if and how it changed and evaluate whether you're still invested accordingly.

Personally Eve for me was about developing my characters and achieving a series of self set goals alongside the fun of fitting and flying ships. There was in all reality not a single change to what I'm doing. There was a change in that others were no longer restricted to the same methods of character advancement, but that has no bearing on how I chose to play.

So what is it that you stand to lose?

Stop ruining his fun with reasonable statements.

well, suppose the time has come

not really played for a few years now, but kept my skills training just in case i was gonna come back strong.

well, after 12+ yrs of none stop subs and 220m+ sp this is the final nail in the coffin for me, subs are getin stopped.

shall not be coming back untill that F&^king tool hilmar is sacked and they employ real developers again.

p,s, and yes you can have all my 50bil in isk and hundred plus fitted ships-if you can find me to ask, good luck!!

well, looks like your free candy just gave you diabetis. You, yourself wrote that farming alts, had made you log in less. I assume you would only have mentioned that as you yourself sees it as a trend that will repeat. YOU took away the part of EVE that you enjoy, accumulating ISK. So even if "you'd have had to be stupid to not cash in", I am interested to know what adjective would you contribute to someone who slowly kills their own enjoyment of game, because they can't keep their hands of the free candy?

And regarding the competition thing, what good is it that you can loose a mach every day, if you slowly loose your interest in playing and don't log in? You just used the cheat codes to EVE, and will pay the consequence over time as you loose interest (Hope it was worth it).

As you generally don't compete 1:1 with people in EVE, being "competitive" also does not have too much meaning. You could still do your PVE things, and earn more than you can use, even if someone somewhere else in EVE can loose more machs a day than you. As EVE is that big geographically speaking. You can still get all the ISK you need without using farming alts (Which you, yourself have claimed is easymany times), and killing your interest in the game. In your head SP farming is not greed, as you justify it with it being an competitive necessity, in which I disagree.

I understand your point about CCP could have tried to avoid SP farming as it is a lame mechanic(but I also understand they have an interest in keeping the market supplied). But if it cheapens your game for you, don't use it. All the crap about being competative is only in your head, and has very little affect on your day to day gameplay IMO.