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Offers and Rewards.... New accounts Vs Existing Customers

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#41 - 2011-10-30 11:30:11 UTC
Eve expansions aren't really true expansions. They are content patches that are called expansions. At least they are never good enough to actually charge extra for. Except Trinity and Apocrypha. Plus thats not even a good argument when comparing Vets to new accounts, since you know new accounts get them too.

EQ2 and UO had good "Vet Rewards" which depending on how old your account is you got some goodies.

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Taint
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#42 - 2011-10-30 11:43:57 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:

Vet Rewards" which depending on how old your account is you got some goodies.



This tbh.
rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#43 - 2011-10-30 12:03:39 UTC
BPC gift would be cool, and those also scale to how long you have played. Frigates for first years, and so forth.

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Kilmannan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#44 - 2011-10-30 12:55:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Kilmannan
I understand exactly where the OP is coming from on this.

If you have a phone bill, a gas bill, an electricity bill, or any other kind of monthly payment to a company for a service and you try to leave for a better deal, they'll generally offer you a discount, reduced rates or a special offer.

I wanted to quit my ISP this week for various reasons and they offered me half price rates for the next six months.

I changed my electricity company last year but not before I spent three months on reduced rates to keep my custom.

I changed my mobile phone company this year and got again, reduced rates before I finally left.


So realistically, is there that much of a difference for paying CCP monthly for the game and having the occasional offer flung my way to keep me interested?

"Buy two months play time (Real money only) and get a third month free!"

"Buy three months play time (Real money only) now and get 'x' item and 'x' item free!"

All that sort of stuff.

Anyone that's sitting there going "Noes noes noes" needs to pull their tongue out of CCP's arse, stop being a fanboy and start being a consumer.

Just because it's online and a game doesn't make that simple truth any different.

- Edit

Lots of people talking about Vet rewards. That's just as bad as no reward. The easiest way for CCP to do this is simply offer extras with bulk play time purchases in real money only. The more you buy the bigger the reward.
Krathos Morpheus
Legion Infernal
#45 - 2011-10-30 13:13:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Krathos Morpheus
What about you get a different free rookie ship when you die and go to a station without ships in it? One with gorgeous skin and slightly better stats that helps you to go and get a new ship faster?
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