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CCP Looks Back at 2020 with an Ecosystem Outlook Blog, 'Botting and RMT Negatively Affect Everyone'
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CCP Looks Back at 2020 with an Ecosystem Outlook Blog, 'Botting and RMT Negatively Affect Everyone' | MMORPG.com
CCP has released a lengthy blog about EVE Online's ecosystem outlook, which includes what they've learned from 2020, as well as what players have to look forward to in 2021.
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I truly believe CCP is NOT honest in this at all and that they simply want to fully control every dollar from the ISK market.
The problem is the structure of the economy,it is designed to encourage heavy rmt use,so CCP is to blame.Every single part of the economy needs to be automated.Players cannot trade with each and cannot drop something and allow another player to pick it up.I am sure RMT could figure out an elaborate way which i can as well but i will not bring that up.
SO everything has to enter an auction house and every single item sold has to sit idle for 24 hours before it will even show up on the auction house.With no trading or picking up from player to player this means all purchases from the auction house would be via earned currency.
So there is more,ONE team communication channel no other means of talking to other players in game,thatg means even if a rmt wanted to contact a player to exploit the game through other means it would have to go through the entire chat channel of the corp for all to see/hear.
So then they could not simply setup another off corp to deal with rmt because no player trading so nothing would reach the hands of the perpetrators anyhow.I am sure if i was actually involved in the game i could figure out how to plug every hole but i am not so this would be a positive start. Ship insurance if that still exists,i am sure it does,earned through player actions in forms of credits,NO CURRENCY involved and NO credit trading of any kind.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
They want to earn moiney,do it the old fashion way,charge a subscription,this is an aged engine,aged game deff not worth 15 so maybe $10 tops.
Do everything i mention and see how fast this game turns into a ghost town,you'll truly find out if people are playing this for fun or not.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
They have no problems with RMT as long as they are the sole proprietors for it, which is their right as the game's developer.
Botting disrupts the economy which CCP has always worked very hard to keep under carefully controlled parameters, which is vital to a game such as this.
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I ask because people have often said having multiple accounts or purchasing cosmetics is P2W so need to know where to begin the conversation.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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I do not equate such items as repair kits as P2W, rather they provide some small efficiency which I've never needed, seeing as I have earned 300 plus in game which clutter my inventory.
Back to EVE, you can create a free account however your Avatar will be severely restricted in what skills, skill levels they can learn, with much slower skill training rates than if a player decides to pay the monthly sub.
So, pay to win by your definition I guess, but certainly not mine, which is also how I view FO76s 1st sub, unlimited scrap box (and other nice benefits) is very convenient, but in no way constitutes a win.
Returning to EVE they do sell a skill extractor players can buy to extract skill points from characters which trained them up in game.
Once full, these can be sold for in game ISK which players can used to inject SPS into existing characters with diminishing returns for higher skill point characters.
So, a new player can purchase game time credits from CCP, sell them to another player for ISK, and theoretically inject them until they have ever skill at max level in the game. (Stupidly expensive though).
They could repeat the ISK buying process to fit the best ship / models in the game and yet unless they are a well seasoned vet the most probable outcome would be the loss of their very expensive ship.
So can someone pay to win in EVE, sure, but will they win, not likely.
I played EVE for 10 years and can honestly say I never felt I lost a fight because the other player bought an advantage.
Perhaps they did but it isn't really discernable from any other advantage a wealthy player or corporation has who earned such by subbing longer or making better uses of the tools provided.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Pvbs 18:2, NIV
Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™
"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
RMT will be mainstream, when gamers realize that they get absolutely jack sht for the time they put into these games. RMT will be an optional compensation for those seeking that for the time they put into games. Time = money.
When Paypal finally implements crypto into their system, with all the big players following along. All you people that hate the fact the some people want to be compensated for the TIME they put into these games, ya'll can go fly a kite.
Game devs are allowed to make money off the consumers, but consumers can't make anything? Things will change.
I agree with this, but why beat em if you can join em = Governments will have their own types of crypto.
And this will make BTC and other viable coins more lucrative.