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$5 "Signup and Registration" Fee?
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Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#21 - 2012-10-03 04:26:03 UTC
I've only noticed the $15 monthly sub...

and a +$5 signup fee when you activate a new account.

Both of which were clearly indicated in the applicable areas when creating accounts and activating accounts.....

Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk!
Samoth Egnoled
Caldari Provisions
#22 - 2012-10-03 06:07:15 UTC
The Logs show nothing...

Because of Falcon...
Darth Gustav
Sith Interstellar Tech Harvesting
#23 - 2012-10-03 06:09:12 UTC
Nerf credit card ganking!

He who trolls trolls best when he who is trolled trolls the troller. -Darth Gustav's Axiom
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#24 - 2012-10-03 09:54:28 UTC
Ugh, I have to pay 5 dollars for a game!? Ugh! Outrageous!

[u]Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium.[/u] WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't [u]pay **[/u]for a product, you ARE the [u]**product[/u].

Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#25 - 2012-10-03 10:01:05 UTC
Posting in a Stealth...

Eve should be F2P with an Item/real money Market Thread xD

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#26 - 2012-10-03 10:44:14 UTC
Pyroguy wrote:
There's no reason for it to be there, and it's not upfront. What other game has an activation fee?



AFAIK, for just about all subscription MMOs you have to buy the game (counter-examples welcome). The only difference is that CCP don't make you buy a physical box, and that they only ever charged $5/5Euro, unlike eg: World of Warcraft where you had to buy a $60 box and then pay for the expansions as well. Or consider a more recent example: Star Wars: The Old Republic which had "special editions" going well past the $100 mark.

Complaining about paying $5 in your first month will not get much traction in that context.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Erinn Sylvanus
NovaTech Universal
#27 - 2012-10-03 12:34:23 UTC
With a PLEX costing $19.95, and the month-to-month subscription fee costing $14.95, they have to charge a $5 sign-up fee or they'd lose some money on PLEX.

Why? Because instead of paying $19.95 for a PLEX, people would instead just send themselves a Buddy System request and create a new account. They'd then pay $14.95 to activate that account, and their main account would be rewarded with a free PLEX for recruiting someone. They'd then cancel the new account. Net effect - they bought a PLEX for $14.95 instead of $19.95.

The $5 sign up fee negates that tactic.
lanyaie
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#28 - 2012-10-03 12:46:16 UTC
What other game do you know that lets players pay for gametime with in game currency?

Spaceprincess

People who put passwords on char bazaar Eveboards are the worst.
Aedh Phelan
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#29 - 2012-10-03 13:51:54 UTC
Pyroguy wrote:
The F is that BS? Get rid of the hidden fees.


/sarcasm

Did you go to the store and buy a copy of Eve? I think it is like $20.00 where I live (if you can find it) then you can just use the code to activate the game. That way you are ONLY paying $20.00 instead of that aweful $5. Oh and plus the monthly sub cost.

Never been an expansion cost, probably never will.

/end sarcasm
Mai Khumm
172.0.0.1
#30 - 2012-10-03 16:35:42 UTC
If you're going to b*tch over a $5 fee, then f*ck off and go play WoW. Don't forget to pay $50 per expansion while your at it!
Zeran Kariashi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2012-10-03 17:51:33 UTC
Most games cost about 20 bucks to upgrade to the base game from a trial (or to just buy the game straight up) which includes (usually) 30 days of game time...when you upgrade via the website it costs you 14.99 for the 30 days and 5 more for "processing"...what do you know, 19.99 just like every other MMO, except all the extra content is included for free so you don't have to buy 4+ expacks for 20 bucks each just to be able to get to the end-game. OR you can simply not be fail and just make ISK for a PLEX and then upgrade completely for free.
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