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Claiming your Holiday Gift

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Samantha Utama
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#161 - 2011-12-23 21:58:18 UTC
I believe that this year's xmas gifts were to reward the the true eve online players, who are dedicated enough to follow it's news and be interested in it's latest developments. CPP even made the reward for players who stuck by them with their efforts at WIS by making it the best valued gift :D
Joshua Darkmoor
Pandemic Horde High Sec Division
#162 - 2011-12-23 22:29:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Joshua Darkmoor
I am again not crying in my beer ... and am usually a CCP appologist ... but this is another nick to the brand.

Eve is a very sophisticated game with a sophisticated user base and while I think most of them are technically brilliant, someone in Reykjevik needs to take a marketing class.

To give a gift to your userbase in such a way that a lot of people miss it, is going to leave a lot of people with a bad feeling and makes the company look like idiots ... IMHO.

Happy Festivus to everyone.

JD
Rok Qhang'Rawl
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#163 - 2011-12-23 22:57:58 UTC
Waiting for statistics on the follow-through rate of Holiday Gift selection among active accounts (accounts which logged in between Dec 12 and Dec 21) in contrast to redemption rate among active accounts from previous years.

Because I'm really curious how many active accounts didn't get the memo to go to Account Management to tell Santa what they wanted.

We've established what sort of woman you are, now we're just haggling over the price.
Sieges
#164 - 2011-12-23 23:23:11 UTC
Khoga Zdag wrote:
ShipToaster wrote:
The aurum gift is an item in game. Two "aurum tokens" worth 1000 aurum each so you can redeem them to whoever you want or sell them for decent isk.


This is also a communication fail. The WEB Page and the DEVs told about AURUM, not about an Item that can be transferred.
I think the 2000 Aurum given to a character isn't the same value as the currently used "Aurum tokens".

It's also seen on the Aurum token price:

Currently in ISK the best gift item is the Aurum token which is worth more than 200m ISK, while all other item (except the neural remap that doesn't have an exact value in ISK) worth 30-60m ISK.

I agree 100% with this. I would have chosen this if I would have known I could sell it for more Isk than the implant. Oh well, I will hang onto the implant for now and sell when they become more rare. Ugh
RougeOperator
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#165 - 2011-12-23 23:49:44 UTC
Florio wrote:
CCP, was it really intended for the Xmas gift to be only available to those who scour every paragraph of every publication, or who stumbled upon the Xmas gift offer by chance? (Yep, like many others I missed it, despite logging on nearly every day for a few minutes to catch up with friends.)

Not a whine, by the way, but just curious as I don't understand the motives or intention.


I think this sums it up nicely.

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Demitrios
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
OnlyFleets.
#166 - 2011-12-24 00:26:37 UTC
Add me to the list that doesn't follow every post CCP burps out.
Dante KamiyaX
STARK INDUSTRIES.INCX
#167 - 2011-12-24 00:44:56 UTC
How are the gifts chosen?
Agrikaan
Absolute Order XVIII
Absolute Will
#168 - 2011-12-24 00:54:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Agrikaan
Mistrala DeLegra wrote:
RubyPorto wrote:
Mistrala DeLegra wrote:
I also never recieved any email's and like many others who actualy have a life outside EVE have been busy with the lead up to christmas that the few times i did log in over the last week or so have also only gotten the update patch screen so never saw anything about any christmas gift, im just baffled at the stupidity off CCP's sometimes.


Eve Online Newsletter vol.70 was sent out on 12/17/11 at 2200 GMT. Included in the first paragraph: "The holiday gift selection ends December 21st."


I don't play eve to read newsletters! If there was a gift then it should be on the login screen, and I never saw the login screen because of the patches, makes me laugh though that those who got the gift act all smug and self righteous on the forums lol .....but anyways.


Yeah, can only agree. Since the gift wouldn't be available until after the 22nd, I decided not to bother with it until then. And ho ho ho, apparently I needed to decide BEFORE the 21st. In Account Management?? I've been there twice in the 8 years I've been a subscriber, the first time and a second when I got a new credit card. So a crappy way of changing how things get redeemed, but never mind then. Thanks for that. I've only been here close to 8 years and at my computer every day. It's my fault for not reading the fine print close enough, and just assuming the gifts would follow some form of common sense or previous pattern. Managing to fail in giving free gifts, impressive. Still, a happy Christmas to you too CCP. I also got you nothing! :)
Kaelie Onren
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#169 - 2011-12-24 01:06:36 UTC
James Kopp wrote:
I can see something getting REALLY messed up here (not that it's messed up already). Already filed a petition before this topic was made, and am not going to remove it unless I see the number of bonus remaps on this character change from 1 to 2 and my alt character NOT change from 1 to 0.

Also, I think those who didn't choose a gift should get the bonus remap by default instead of nothing at all. It's not fair for people on vacation, unable to access the internet, or playing other games as well as EVE Online and just logging in "casually" to update training queues to not be rewarded with something. Everything done by CCP recently has been to make the "bittervets" happier and those who left after Incarna want to come back, but I can see people leaving again for good over getting a figurative "lump of coal" as their gift.


Yes, I missed this as I was on vacation! It's rather unfair that there was only 4 days to read and log in for this, and I was out of internet access for that time.
Gentle Bra
State War Academy
Caldari State
#170 - 2011-12-24 02:00:14 UTC
It's just a straw, but it has broken this camel's back - they won't be getting any more of my money when my subscriptions expire - I have had it up to 'here' with CCP's attitude towards their customers. Sad day.
Evanhawk
Multiverse Academy
#171 - 2011-12-24 02:30:38 UTC
I missed it, oh well.

I have to wonder, though, is CCP really so bad at life that they can't even give gifts in a way that doesn't annoy people?

I'm not going to quit over this, it's just another eye-rolling moment.

I do wish that I knew the actual percentage of accounts that redeemed their gift. It would probably make for interesting discussion. Or not.
Rigsby Quist
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#172 - 2011-12-24 02:30:44 UTC
dumb ccp, don't call it a gift if it was some sort of test to see who reads everything. played everyday, with 3 accounts, but guess I failed the test x 3? merry christmas
Araceli Gabriela
Infinite Density
#173 - 2011-12-24 02:44:59 UTC
Listening to you people whine about every god damn thing that has ever gone wrong with your precious this or that, where EVERYTHING is a DISASTER GOD CCP you are TERRIBLE and you will NEVER get MY MONEY AGAIN, is, well, depressing for the lack of a better word. I don't know how CCP does it. I can just see these people in real life having a heart attack at the drive through window about how their burger didn't have enough sauce or wasn't hot enough.

The worst part is the very nature of these people makes telling them about it impossible. A psychologist would have a field day with this place.

I missed the free gifts. Woops. Does it suck? I guess, in a I-missed-a-free-gift-in-a-video-game kind of way, but I'm not going to rage about it. Have there been problems? Sure, just tell them about it. Don't tell them how much they suck or how its not surprising. CCP goes out of their way to be transparent and patch friendly and assholes like you guys just ruin that. Soon they will realize not telling anybody anything will be the way to go.
Nurkinn
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#174 - 2011-12-24 02:48:10 UTC
This message is directly for CCP

as well as the individuals who have posted so far who are practically saying:

"Ha ha, too bad, you didn't pay close enough attention to THE VERY FEW notices COVERED OVER BY AN UPDATE BOX and ONE article regarding specifically how to go about redeeming your GIFT and by when".

Reasons why?
1 - As stated by a previous poster - This way of redeeming gifts has NEVER been done before!
2 - It is a CHRISTMAS GIFT !!!!!!!!!!!!! That we MISS OUT ON IF WE DIDN'T CHOOSE BEFORE DECEMBER 22ND???

^^^^^^^^ Are you freaking kidding me?????
Calvin Sheng
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#175 - 2011-12-24 02:58:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Calvin Sheng
What about people who haven't been able to physically log in? In my case I was helping a family member in the hospital while dealing with holiday errands for 2 people. Other players are on vacation, traveling, etc. Finding out I just missed the day is kind of a kick in the nuts.

Given the length of the various holiday celebrations, wouldn't a two week period make a lot more sense?

EDIT: I know that this is a video game and I'm not raging, will get over it, etc. Just some of my thoughts.
archangel1004
State War Academy
Caldari State
#176 - 2011-12-24 04:29:44 UTC
Is rather have some MORE melted snowballs................................
Logan230
Society of the Scruff
#177 - 2011-12-24 07:04:12 UTC
Yeah, im another one of those accounts that missed it, I was even watching the news, but RL forced me away from the interwebs during the time to pick a gift. Not cool ccp.

Im not trying to whine, but im kinda disappointed.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#178 - 2011-12-24 08:14:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
1: You obviously had to go to a page that required a log in so that your "choice" of gift went to the correct account and your choice could be recorded.

2: If you can't notice whats on the log in screen, managed to miss dozens of threads about it on the forums, 2 dev blogs, news items, and either never check your email or refuse the EVE newsletter you have bigger issues than missing an imaginary free gift.

3: Send in a petition and they'll likely give it to you anyway.

4: For gods sake quit whining.

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Yoshiko Nakamura
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#179 - 2011-12-24 09:23:45 UTC
No X-Mas Gift for me too :/

Evanhawk wrote:

I'm not going to quit over this, it's just another eye-rolling moment.


100% agree

Shame on you CCP your are a bad santa
swfblade
Black Omega Squadron
#180 - 2011-12-24 10:44:35 UTC
CCP Phantom wrote:
Rejoice as your chosen Holiday Gifts arrived in our redeeming system, ready to be claimed by you. From December 22, 2011 on, you will see your lovely gifts eagerly waiting for you in the redeeming system.

Erm... having only just realised that this was available (despite being with the others here and logging on pretty much every day for the past i dont know how many years), the above para implies that I can claim my gift from the 22nd on... well its the 24th, clearly on from 22nd, but I cant claim? wth