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I think there should be more than one type for a Plex
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blargderp
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#21 - 2016-12-06 21:55:14 UTC
Teckos Pech wrote:
radkid10 wrote:
Nevyn Auscent wrote:
You do know that this would significantly increase the overhead costs CCP would face right? As well as result in a bunch of 'tiny plex' that most players weren't interested in at all.
It's a terrible idea for a bunch of administrative and trade reasons.

it makes it easier for Alpha players to pay

which means more money will be spent

means more money for CCP


No, it will make it harder.

Suppose I'm going to sell you some beer. I can sell you 1 bottle for $2, a 6 pack of bottles for $10 or a case of 24 bottles for $35. Which is easier to buy? On a per bottle basis the last option is the best buy. Now, lets convert these over to weeks of game time. The first week I get more training and more SP, but it is then useless unless I buy another week. In the end, I'd be much better off buying my time in bulk, which if you do with a credit card you can get a pretty substantial discount.


I see nothing wrong with making people choose between convenience or value. Why not let alphas learn this the hard way? Why not let casual players have a more casual option for plexing instead of being forced to commit to a whole month? Why not let PLEX sellers have options and further stimulate the economy? You really need to consider the big picture here instead of just focusing on how this would inconvenience or rather, not convenience, you personally.
Dirty Little Girl
Szkoleniowa Stajnia Kerbirow
#22 - 2016-12-07 12:02:44 UTC
Sonya Corvinus wrote:

Ok, lets assume you go monthly. $15/mo. Let's assume you play 10 hours/week (which is low for most of us) that's less than $0.40 per hour. If you can't afford that, you should probably be studying to get a better job instead of gaming.


This exactly. Especially if one is in median EVE player's age - if they cant afford $15 per month at that age, they have way more important problems than affording a computer game.
Gadget Helmsdottir
Gadget's Workshop
#23 - 2016-12-07 15:05:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Gadget Helmsdottir
Dirty Little Girl wrote:
Sonya Corvinus wrote:

Ok, lets assume you go monthly. $15/mo. Let's assume you play 10 hours/week (which is low for most of us) that's less than $0.40 per hour. If you can't afford that, you should probably be studying to get a better job instead of gaming.


This exactly. Especially if one is in median EVE player's age - if they cant afford $15 per month at that age, they have way more important problems than affording a computer game.


And if the player isn't in this median age?

Much younger, and scraping together allowances?
Much older and on SS or a pension making half or less of what they made their prime.
Or suddenly broken, and paying hospital bills and/or are on disability - having a lot of recuperation time, but not able to work?

--Gadget


Note: I'm playing devil's advocate here. I'm actually rather meh about other payment plans less than 1 month at a time.

Personally, I don't want Titan-pilot-for-a-day to show up. While it might make the battles interesting (or just more blobby), I'd rather not see EvE turned into pay-per-minute super microtransactioned FTP game.

But perhaps that's just my stubbornness. If CCP does go that route, it will change how people play, but maybe it's something that can be adapted to.

Work smarter, not harder. --Scrooge McDuck, an eminent old-Earth economist

Given an hour to save New Eden, how would respected scientist, Albertus Eisenstein compose his thoughts? "Fifty-five minutes to define the problem; save the galaxy in five."
radkid10
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2016-12-07 19:06:03 UTC
it's easier to pay 300 million for 7 days or 600 or 700 million for two weeks in isk instead of paying 1,1 billion for a month
blargderp
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#25 - 2016-12-08 19:34:18 UTC
radkid10 wrote:
it's easier to pay 300 million for 7 days or 600 or 700 million for two weeks in isk instead of paying 1,1 billion for a month

Exactly my same sentiments, I'd like the option of being able to spend a little bit more for a little bit less, but be able to use it when I can take full advantage of it. Not everyone can, or is willing to, grind out a plex within that specific 30 day time period. People have lives, there are other games that people play, and it's super easy to burn out on EVE.
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#26 - 2016-12-08 19:53:29 UTC
Gadget Helmsdottir wrote:
Sonya Corvinus wrote:
is $12/mo really not affordable to you?



$15, dear. Specifically $14.95 (plus any bank fees for foreign transactions).

It's only $12/month if you buy the 6-month sub, for $71.70 in one chunk.

For those wanting the make EvE even more microtransactioned, if they can't afford - or are just unwilling - to shell out $15, seventy-plus dollars is far out of the question.

--Gadget


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