CCP created PLEX. Sixty-day game time codes purchased for cash can be converted into two 30-day Pilots License Extensions, which become items in the game. The PLEX can then be traded to otherEVE players for ISK, creating a legitimate way to buy ISK without fear of being hit by the ban-hammer. Players with some ISK to spare can buy PLEX from the market and redeem them for game time, essentially playing for free. It's an innovative system, and until recently it was a completely safe market to deal in.
And this is better is it ?
Last month, CCP announced changes to allow PLEX to be transported in a ship's cargo. This meant that if a ship was transporting pilot's licenses when it was destroyed, the killers could literally find game time codes in amongst the loot. Last night, players from Method Of Destruction corporationbecame the first to prove just how dangerous it can be to transport PLEX in a ship's cargo hold. After scanning the cargo of a lone Kestrel in Jita, "slickdog" and "Viktor Vegas" discovered that the ship was carrying a whopping 74 PLEX. Unfortunately for the trigger-happy duo, all 74 were destroyed when they blew the ship up.
To verify that the kill wasn't a hoax, one of the pilots provided the killboard website with his EVE API key. This gives direct access to parts of the player's private data, including their recent kills, straight from CCP's own database servers. At current prices, the 74 PLEX destroyed would have sold for a total of over 22 billion ISK, or they could have fueled an EVE subscription for six years and two months. The huge cache of licenses represented approximately $1,295 US worth of game time that someone purchased. Perhaps the real winner here is CCP, who was paid for $1,295 worth of game time that can never be redeemed. Some players have suggested that CCP should donate the value of all destroyed PLEX each year to a charity, in a similar manner to the PLEX for Haiti campaign earlier this year.
From my point of view Blizzard selling a horsey I would never buy is way way less dangerous than what Eve 's CCP does but I guess some cattle like different grass.
From the article "Before we grab our pitch forks and all board flights to Iceland, Torfi did say immediately after that "those things should be vanity items rather than those that give you a clear benefit over other players in-game.""
From the article "Before we grab our pitch forks and all board flights to Iceland, Torfi did say immediately after that "those things should be vanity items rather than those that give you a clear benefit over other players in-game.""
Learn to read. Good day.
TERA is having a VANITY shop as WoW, EQ2 and others. Good day.
EDIT: Learn to not insist if you can't win a debate.
Of course it's better. Using in game currency to buy game time is completely different from using real money to buy in game advantages. It's the opposite. If you think it's the same, you have serious cognitive problems.
From the article "Before we grab our pitch forks and all board flights to Iceland, Torfi did say immediately after that "those things should be vanity items rather than those that give you a clear benefit over other players in-game.""
Learn to read. Good day.
TERA is having a VANITY shop as WoW, EQ2 and others. Good day.
EDIT: Learn to not insist if you can't win a debate.
YOU are the one who can't win if you think vanity shops and item shops are the same thing and have the same effect on a game. You sir have serious mental retardation.
No the point is the way EvE allowed the plex to be transported knowing full well what would happen in a game like Eve. Theft in this case benefited them .Or you cannot see it ?
From the article "Before we grab our pitch forks and all board flights to Iceland, Torfi did say immediately after that "those things should be vanity items rather than those that give you a clear benefit over other players in-game.""
Learn to read. Good day.
TERA is having a VANITY shop as WoW, EQ2 and others. Good day.
EDIT: Learn to not insist if you can't win a debate.
YOU are the one who can't win if you think vanity shops and item shops are the same thing and have the same effect on a game. You sir have serious mental retardation.
And which game has a cash shop? TERA, WoW or EQ2? Nope, none, nothing. You lose. All vanity shops.
So how is what Eve is doing different again from WoW and Tera ? Should check your facts before you jump all over something.
I have no idea what WoW does and couldn't care less. Someone said they have an item shop, I'm not going to research that myself because I will not play this game anyway. Now if the moron who said it doesn't know the difference between item shop and vanity shop, that's his problem, not mine.
So how is what Eve is doing different again from WoW and Tera ? Should check your facts before you jump all over something.
I have no idea what WoW does and couldn't care less. Someone said they have an item shop, I'm not going to research that myself because I will not play this game anyway. Now if the moron who said it doesn't know the difference between item shop and vanity shop, that's his problem, not mine.
Nope, it's your problem cause you are insisting for 2 pages now. Learn to give up.
So Tera is dead in the water so soon glad I was not hyped for it. Double dipping scum bag's will never learn and wounder why there game fails. Vanity items should all be in game for game game cash only same go's for name changeing. The golden age of MMORPG's are long over.
From the article "Before we grab our pitch forks and all board flights to Iceland, Torfi did say immediately after that "those things should be vanity items rather than those that give you a clear benefit over other players in-game.""
Learn to read. Good day.
TERA is having a VANITY shop as WoW, EQ2 and others. Good day.
EDIT: Learn to not insist if you can't win a debate.
YOU are the one who can't win if you think vanity shops and item shops are the same thing and have the same effect on a game. You sir have serious mental retardation.
And which game has a cash shop? TERA, WoW or EQ2? Nope, none, nothing. You lose. All vanity shops.
Tera is yet to be released, so nobody can tell.
WoW and EQ2? Couldn't care less, but you claimed that they have item shops, you made no distinction between item and vanity shops, which means you don't know or you don't understand the difference. YOU LOSE.
So how is what Eve is doing different again from WoW and Tera ? Should check your facts before you jump all over something.
I have no idea what WoW does and couldn't care less. Someone said they have an item shop, I'm not going to research that myself because I will not play this game anyway. Now if the moron who said it doesn't know the difference between item shop and vanity shop, that's his problem, not mine.
Nope, it's your problem cause you are insisting for 2 pages now. Learn to give up.
Nope, it's YOUR problem, since you are the one who doesn't know the difference between them. YOU are the one who should learn to give up.
So Tera is dead in the water so soon glad I was not hyped for it. Double dipping scum bag's will never learn and wounder why there game fails. Vanity items should all be in game for game game cash only same go's for name changeing. The golden age of MMORPG's are long over.
I'd rather do without a dog for pet or some earings and a different hair color, rather than not play MMOs at all. A fair deal for me.
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If there is item shop I'm not playing it.
Shame because I was interested in the half naked girls in this game.
Really? Good luck finding an MMO that doesn't have one then.
Several subscription games have no item shops. There's nothing I can do if all you play is Korean bullshit MMOS.
WoW,EQ2(Normal) ST:O and CO all have cash shop.
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
And I laugh at the cattle who play such ridiculous games.
And what game do you play sir?
EvE sir.
Eve is adding micro transactions with the upcoming expansion this winter. Have a good day.
Bullshit. Have a good day.
http://www.massively.com/2010/10/10/eve-evolved-eve-players-debate-microtransactions/
Sad day for you today.
CCP created PLEX. Sixty-day game time codes purchased for cash can be converted into two 30-day Pilots License Extensions, which become items in the game. The PLEX can then be traded to otherEVE players for ISK, creating a legitimate way to buy ISK without fear of being hit by the ban-hammer. Players with some ISK to spare can buy PLEX from the market and redeem them for game time, essentially playing for free. It's an innovative system, and until recently it was a completely safe market to deal in.
And this is better is it ?
Last month, CCP announced changes to allow PLEX to be transported in a ship's cargo. This meant that if a ship was transporting pilot's licenses when it was destroyed, the killers could literally find game time codes in amongst the loot. Last night, players from Method Of Destruction corporationbecame the first to prove just how dangerous it can be to transport PLEX in a ship's cargo hold. After scanning the cargo of a lone Kestrel in Jita, "slickdog" and "Viktor Vegas" discovered that the ship was carrying a whopping 74 PLEX. Unfortunately for the trigger-happy duo, all 74 were destroyed when they blew the ship up.
To verify that the kill wasn't a hoax, one of the pilots provided the killboard website with his EVE API key. This gives direct access to parts of the player's private data, including their recent kills, straight from CCP's own database servers. At current prices, the 74 PLEX destroyed would have sold for a total of over 22 billion ISK, or they could have fueled an EVE subscription for six years and two months. The huge cache of licenses represented approximately $1,295 US worth of game time that someone purchased. Perhaps the real winner here is CCP, who was paid for $1,295 worth of game time that can never be redeemed. Some players have suggested that CCP should donate the value of all destroyed PLEX each year to a charity, in a similar manner to the PLEX for Haiti campaign earlier this year.
From here http://www.massively.com/2010/08/08/eve-player-destroys-over-1000-worth-of-game-time/
From my point of view Blizzard selling a horsey I would never buy is way way less dangerous than what Eve 's CCP does but I guess some cattle like different grass.
From the article "Before we grab our pitch forks and all board flights to Iceland, Torfi did say immediately after that "those things should be vanity items rather than those that give you a clear benefit over other players in-game.""
Learn to read. Good day.
TERA is having a VANITY shop as WoW, EQ2 and others. Good day.
EDIT: Learn to not insist if you can't win a debate.
So how is what Eve is doing different again from WoW and Tera ? Should check your facts before you jump all over something.
YOU are the one who can't win if you think vanity shops and item shops are the same thing and have the same effect on a game. You sir have serious mental retardation.
No the point is the way EvE allowed the plex to be transported knowing full well what would happen in a game like Eve. Theft in this case benefited them .Or you cannot see it ?
And which game has a cash shop? TERA, WoW or EQ2? Nope, none, nothing. You lose. All vanity shops.
I have no idea what WoW does and couldn't care less. Someone said they have an item shop, I'm not going to research that myself because I will not play this game anyway. Now if the moron who said it doesn't know the difference between item shop and vanity shop, that's his problem, not mine.
Nope, it's your problem cause you are insisting for 2 pages now. Learn to give up.
So Tera is dead in the water so soon glad I was not hyped for it. Double dipping scum bag's will never learn and wounder why there game fails. Vanity items should all be in game for game game cash only same go's for name changeing. The golden age of MMORPG's are long over.
Tera is yet to be released, so nobody can tell.
WoW and EQ2? Couldn't care less, but you claimed that they have item shops, you made no distinction between item and vanity shops, which means you don't know or you don't understand the difference. YOU LOSE.
Nope, it's YOUR problem, since you are the one who doesn't know the difference between them. YOU are the one who should learn to give up.
I'd rather do without a dog for pet or some earings and a different hair color, rather than not play MMOs at all. A fair deal for me.
Weren't you the one who scoffed that only Korean games had item shops ? I think that was in answer to your somewhat silly assertion.
Next time check your facts.