EVE General Discussion

None of that is true. Not a word.

PLEX isn't an never was a privilege. It's an option to subbing. Nothing more and nothing less.

Also, soaring prices does not even remotely mean people are buying. Like with character traders buying and selling among themselves, or skills farmers buying and selling injectors among themselves, PLEX traders are pushing up the price by buying and selling among themselves.

Regular players are caught in the middle. They either pay the insane price or they leave the game.

Mr Epeen

It might be interesting to know, how many people exchange isk with plex when they decide to leave the game for some time. I'm not playing currently, though I'm still subscribed, but whatever plex price will be when I get back into the game, it will always be at least 30 days of game time.

Privilige *is* sort of an option. You are not forced to use it. And you are not guaraneed you will be able to.



We have very different understanding of economy basics. But this is not the point. My point is that PLEX price is a problem only to those who allowed themselved to be dependent on it.


They can always subscribe. This option is always open.

I've always played with sub, so I don't really get the issue with high plex prices. No one is forcing anyone to pay the sub with plex. It was supposed to be "nice thing to have as an option" which somehow turned into requirements for some.

15 dollars is about a single pack premium smokes. Gets cheaper if you go 3-month pack, 6 month-pack, or annually.

PLEX prices are rising because there is a reduction of players; or rather, a reduction of players willing to pay the subscription for others, which is essentially what PLEX is.

For CCP to step in and change that formula means slashing income to themselves, as the price of PLEX is purely set by how much is someone willing to pay in-game to not have to pay with real currency. As population dwindles PLEX prices will continue to rise until enough PLEX users switch to Alpha clones.

I have to admit I am perPLEXed (pun intended) as to how so many people didn't see this coming. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

the word all of you are eluding to is: INFLATION

INFLATION = a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
in other words, you pay more for the same amount of goods and services.

a players' choice: pay monthly with real money or use PLEX.
cost: 1 month subscription for $14.95 USD or pay $19.99 USD for 500 PLEX (500 PLEX = 30 days of play time).

for those who don't want to use real money to sub their account monthly: use ISK (game money earned from missions/incursions/industry).

incursions are a huge source of ISK. this fact has had eve economists up in arms for years.
why? because incursions have flooded the game with money.
the players earning ISK from incursions then use that ISK to sub their accounts with PLEX.
this keeps the demand for PLEX high.

some players feel that by using ISK to buy PLEX to play for 30 days means they are playing free. but are they?

consider this: the game used to be about ISK/hour.
on this concept, your time is better spent running incursions instead of level 4 missions to generate enough ISK to buy a PLEX.
how much time are you putting into running level 4 missions vs running incursions to make enough ISK used to buy game time with PLEX?

it used to take me 2 or 3 days to earn enough from level 4 missions to sub my account for a month with PLEX.
today, that might take me 2 or 3 weeks grinding level 4 missions. that isn't fun, it's a job.
it may take a player 1 or 2 days running incursions to make enough to use PLEX to fund their account for a month.

in order to deflate the price of PLEX, 2 things would have to occur: 1) the demand would need to drop. 2) the supply would have to be increased to make them worth less.

keep in mind PLEX serves a real purpose: the seller converts real money into ISK (funding a players' wallet) and provides 30 days of game time the buyer.

verilyn:

seems your post is a tad angry.
also appears you wish to control how the OP plays the game....not good.

take a step back and realize people have a different approach to the game.
let them play as they see fit.


** took down prior posting - it was an incorrect response.

Then some of the money that originally goes to CCP would go to some isk farmers.

Sure if they want to go bankrupt, plex costs real world money, if CCP we're literally giving them away for free they would go out of business, CCP can't enforce a price because players set the price, if people don't want to pay that price then the price goes down, all the while people are willing to pay more the price will go up

Also, CCP actually make more money from plex subs than normal subs, go look at the price of 500 plex and the price of 1 months game time :P

Plex prices are high because there are too many unemployeds that do not realize if you spend a month doing remedial tasks for small amounts of isk to plex their accounts you spend MORE to power your pc and monitor then the money it costs to pay monthly.


Wait for a sale and pay for a year and enjoy being rich in game, plex is not meant to be a permanent solution for you to play an online game.


There are less people buying plexes to sell for isk in the game then ever, due to it being unpopular in general and CCP adding pretty much nothing new in 10 years and having a gameplay free game.

I love eve, but if they haven't added any real content by now they probably wont.

I also agree about removing npc bounties, it just creates a constant flow of isk that breaks the game, bring back meta 0 drops and make ratters scoop and clean their stuff if they want their bounty.