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(PROPOSAL) FIX THE GD CHARACTER TRANSFER SYSTEM, ITS FULL R3TARD

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Mealtime
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-03-13 23:18:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Mealtime
This game has so many wonderful things about it, super advanced things but for some unknown reason, CCP can't think of a better system for character transfers.

Current system requires you to send isk BEFORE you get the character, opening yourself completely to be scammed. You have to HOPE the seller actually sends it.

Hackers are now hacking accounts, putting up character sale threads, receiving isk, and not sending the characters. I imagine they then sell the isk for RL money and could care less if the account gets banned.

Please for the love of god, fix how to do character transfers, suggestions are welcome here.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2012-03-14 00:13:28 UTC
Scamming in character transfers is strictly forbidden. If you got scammed in a character transfer, then petition it.
Mealtime
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-03-14 01:03:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Mealtime
I know it is, and I have petitioned many, many different times and I have got my isk back eventually, ranging from 2 days to a week. The point is that:

A.) Plain and simple the character transfer system could be a lot better and user friendly.
B.) The time saved from having GM's answer these petitions is money in CCP's pocket.
C.) Players currently have to divulge account name.
D.) Players lose time waiting for petitions to be answered as well as miss out on any new characters they may want to bid on.
Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-03-14 01:08:38 UTC
Petition it....and pipe down bro.

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Mealtime
Doomheim
#5 - 2012-03-14 01:15:10 UTC
Lol you guys are funny, IT'S MY RIGHT TO POST YO
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#6 - 2012-03-14 02:20:41 UTC
I wonder if CCP has had a look at reusing the GTC trading mechanism to trade characters! That would make life easier for everyone, including the elimination of having to provide your account name to the buyer in order to trade a character.
Mealtime
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-03-14 11:00:22 UTC
Added the point of having to giving account name to reasons why it should be re-vamped.
Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-03-14 14:13:57 UTC
Mealtime wrote:
Lol you guys are funny, IT'S MY RIGHT TO POST YO


Apparently its your right to not read or understand English either.

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Maru Utama
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#9 - 2012-03-14 16:42:23 UTC
Changing it to your idea would end up with them having a lot more work if a scam happened than currently. Reversing an account transfer is likely way more work than just getting isk back. Awful idea.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#10 - 2012-03-14 16:45:16 UTC
I wouldn't object to a contract-style system where characters and isk are *immediately* exchanged rather than the way it currently works. That would also protect account names (privacy issue) and reduce petition load.

The question is, is it worth the development time to implement it over the current system?

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.

Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2012-03-14 16:57:02 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
I wouldn't object to a contract-style system where characters and isk are *immediately* exchanged rather than the way it currently works. That would also protect account names (privacy issue) and reduce petition load.

The question is, is it worth the development time to implement it over the current system?


That is a propper proposal indeed.... no the OP's emo-rage-rant.

I could get behind that floppie. :)

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Mealtime
Doomheim
#12 - 2012-03-14 21:05:59 UTC
Lol Drake this post was created to inspire new ideas on how to improve character transfers. Did I obviously go over the top on my original post, yes, did it work to bring people to read this, yes.
Mealtime
Doomheim
#13 - 2012-03-14 21:09:55 UTC
95% of the character scams are from characters that have been hacked, so when a petition is filed and isk is reversed back to the buyer, CCP looks at the account that scammed, normally finding it was hacked and reversing the character back to its original owner.

This is directed at Maru Utama's comment.
AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#14 - 2012-03-14 21:38:19 UTC
I like the way it is.

I have purchased ONE character from the market. Therefore, my chances for being scammed are relatively small as most people have experienced.

If the deal is too good to be true, it probably is. If you are paying only 50% of market estimated value for the character know that you may never receive that character. Guess it's part of the risk one takes in playing the market.


However, for your first point; maybe have an escrow account at a NPC corp that holds the ISK until the character transfer has been confirmed.

Other than that, it's fine.
Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-03-14 21:47:30 UTC
Mealtime wrote:
Lol Drake this post was created to inspire new ideas on how to improve character transfers. Did I obviously go over the top on my original post, yes, did it work to bring people to read this, yes.


While you may have brought people here...your topic title makes you look like a kindergarden kid who looked like someone kicked his sand castle over.

Perhaps if you bothered to clean it up...you might get somewhere.

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Mealtime
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-03-14 22:11:54 UTC
AFK Hauler, the main point of this post is to change the system of how isk is handled between buyer and seller. To say it is fine but change the way isk is handled is to say that the current system is fundamentally broken.

Also Afk, do you agree with the fact that you have to give your account name, in essence, half of your characters account security away?

Drake, you clearly don't get the movie reference that is made in my title, that's fine but constructive comments have already come from my post so, I am WINNING.
Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-03-14 22:24:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Drake Draconis
Mealtime wrote:
Drake, you clearly don't get the movie reference that is made in my title, that's fine but constructive comments have already come from my post so, I am WINNING.


Winning what? This isn't a game....these are the forums....special olympics perhaps?

Movie reference?

Last I checked there are no movies that speak or refer to eve online itself. Subtle/cryptic much?

Maybe you should to go C&P...I hear they have lots of these so called games.


If you refuse to read let alone comprehend what I'm getting at....then at least have the gumption to say nothing or a meme that would be appropriate....otherwise your just digging yourself a grave concerning your intelligence on such things.


And to be quite honest...theres no issue with the system as it is NOW.

Floppie came up with an improvement at least....but that dosen't mean theres a problem with it.

But people who complain about it....9 times out of 10...are foolish in how they handled it in the first place.

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Mealtime
Doomheim
#18 - 2012-03-14 22:53:50 UTC
Lol Drake, I didn't realize you were some kind of officiado of what works and what doesn't work in eve. My post brings valid concerns about how character transfers are carried out in this game and just because, for some strange reason, you don't think ANYTHING is wrong with the system doesn't mean it is fine.

Everyone has now seen what your opinion is of the character transfer system, great, no more comments are needed, you are not adding anything new to this debate.

You don't like my OP, I could care less, as I said in my previous comment, people are posting good ideas so the post format works, no matter if YOU liked it or not.
Mealtime
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-03-16 22:07:13 UTC
bump
Irken Slushk
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2012-03-19 05:18:55 UTC
I totally agree that the character transfer system SUCKS!!!!!!!!
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