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The problem is that this supposed target endgame is an indefensible position whether injectors are in place or not. Unless you're considering the plan to be a complete churn of the player-base within the scope of this plan it doesn't play out. Those that are in favor of this are in favor as is, from what I've seen of support posts anyways, under parallels to existing mechanics and functions.

Your slippery slope calculated end point doesn't have that and is entirely dependent on people just forgetting the principles the game should have. While I like the addition of the implications there that everyone who isn't strongly against this is soft in the head for not buying the doom prophecies your selling on top of in time suggesting we'd just roll over and accept a change we do have issue with, maybe we could be given the benefit of the doubt that we're actually capable of evaluating these ideas and how they affect what we want the game to be.

More than that the method doesn't even make sense with the conclusion. Dilute your potential market with player sourced SP at variable rates which limits your own sustainable price point? Good plan. One you can't walk away from without a pretty obvious handover of mechanics that has to screw someone over.

Further this IS pretty radical. Very much so as judged by the reaction. If the goal was non-controversial they failed spectacularly and should have retreated rather than proceeded given the first thread. And I doubt the reaction was much less so than the alternative end goal you suggest would generate.

That this is proceeding despite the feedback here is a bit surprising, but not as much given the complete opposite tone seemingly present on reddit. And rest assured even here they DID get positive feedback, a great deal of it which appeared throughout the ragefest that was the original thread.

My expectation is that an eventual PLEX-for-skill-points mechanism in another year or so would replace the mechanism they are implementing now. Get players to accept a "skill point trading" scheme and then replace it with a "direct skill point buying" later on under the guise of making it more "convenient".

Do I know for certain this will happen? No, but it is the logical end-point if I were CCP and didn't care about players at all as long as a large enough minority buys enough PLEX to increase overall revenue. Their bet would be that most players will continue to subscribe despite griping and the minority that wants pay-to-win will buy more PLEX.

Funny how the devs already abandoned the thread. One would think they at least address some of the voiced concerns which where already raised in the last thread and tell us why it is not a problem.

Lol using the WOW comment. Fact is - OLD PEOPLE DIE, and YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE... The gaming industry is all about young people - thats where the players are, and thats there the money is. In order for CCP to survive, they have to adapt to what gamers want (not old people - they die, ergo no moneyzz)

How is this "pay to win?" SP injectors aren't for sale on the AUR store; only the extractors are.

Resubscribed recently and I'm super excited about this feature! Finally I can fix my skills and stop playing Skill Queue Online!

In hindsight, it is funny how a lot of people say they are done with EVE because of Skill Trading but I've yet to spot anyone in Doomheim on this thread.

Here's a thought! Hard the Flip Up! You silly ninnies whine about everything. I remember the moaning about removing clone grades and we got through that just fine.

Apparently, CCP have devoted most of their interaction to, and got the feedback they wanted to hear from Reddit, or whatever it is called.

That CCP do not use their own forums or pay heed to the feedback therein much, is just sad really.