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[Proposal] Multiple Character Training Pricing

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Claire Esherie
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2014-08-20 06:03:05 UTC
I suggest putting the multiple character training feature in the New Eden Store and having it cost 1/2 the Aurum value of a plex.

It doesn't make much sense to have it be ~more~ expensive for people actually paying to train 2 characters on one account. Especially when having a character on a second account is both more useful and cheaper (or the same price if you are using plex).

I'm new but I don't see any true downside to this. I am not paying for a second character training slot because of this fact. If it was I might pay for 1 or even both of my characters to be able to train.

For anyone saying it encourages things like gankers or using alts - you can't be on both characters at the same time. It actually encourages such things by making it more monetarily sensible to have multiple accounts.


On a slight aside: I played EVE during Retribution briefly but it was painfully inaccessible. Features such as safety, the mission drop down menus, ISIS, tooltips on the aggress timer and certificates all show that CCP wants to make the game more accessible. We all want new blood whether it's to gank, foster, exploit or just because you're tired of everyone else's ugly mug. This would (in my opinion) be a small, but important, step to making the pricing scheme more available to new players.

It is also well shown that the more someone has invested in something the less willing they are to ~stop~ investing in it and 'cut their losses'. So the more appealing and smaller charges should help new players buy further in to the game faster and make them less willing to leave.

Look at how successful power of 2 was.

That's all! Interested to hear opinions on this and sorry if my noob speak was painful.
Mag's
Azn Empire
#2 - 2014-08-20 07:04:01 UTC
No, for all the reasons it was no before.

It's a niche product.
It does not remove cheaper choices you already have available.
It actually costs less initially.

Multiple training was never meant to replace existing choices, it is what it is and should remain the same price.

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Ssabat Thraxx
DUST Expeditionary Team
Good Sax
#3 - 2014-08-27 06:34:42 UTC
Claire Esherie wrote:
I suggest putting the multiple character training feature in the New Eden Store and having it cost 1/2 the Aurum value of a plex.

It doesn't make much sense to have it be ~more~ expensive for people actually paying to train 2 characters on one account. Especially when having a character on a second account is both more useful and cheaper (or the same price if you are using plex).


What you're missing is that there are many cases to which it IS valuable to have multi-training on 1 acct. Lots of ppl make alts that have a specific role and only need to be trained so far. Why pay and extra plex or $15/month from here to eternity just to keep, say, my trading alt, hauler alt, cyno alt, etc etc. Its an excellent deal for folks who really think about how and when to use it.

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ISD Ezwal
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ISD Alliance
#4 - 2014-08-31 23:22:18 UTC
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