Celfea Dur
The Flying Tigers
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Posted - 2011.06.28 03:17:00 -
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Dear CCP--- As usual, the silent majority supports your efforts in the ongoing development and enrichment of the EVE Universe.
I would like to remind you that the many thousands of players who do not spew vulgar vocalizations on your forums at the slightest utterance of change make up the bulk of your paying subscribers. I for one am thrilled that you are able to continue this franchise and maintain a loyal playerbase through ongoing development and new and better features. Although it is true and understandable that not all of these new features touch on aspects of gameplay which satisfy all of your customers, you have proven time and again that you are able to bring new players into the fold and even reach out to retired players and bring them back in with every new expansion.
Bravo.
As for microtransactions within EVE, my personal preference is for them to remain primarily vanity items in general. For example, character clothing, ship paint schemes, corporation ship branding, alliance ship branding, etc. I would expand on that by offering extremely high-value items such as unique ship hull designs and blueprints. Not game-changers, mind you....but say something along the lines of an anniversary edition battleship -- no drastic game-altering specifications, just a truly unique and cool design. (ie: such as the ship design winners)
The ultimate concern is that seasoned players do not have their extensive game experience cheapened by altering the game in such a way as to allow a new player, or group of players, the ability to buy their way into the upper echelon of the game.
As it stands now, a player with a credit card can legally purchase a character with a specific skill set and purchase enough PLEX to outfit any ship in the game. That is the extent of real money transfers that the EVE playerbase is willing to accept, and has also served CCP well for many years.
Please keep the in-game microtransactions on the small scale side to appeal to the entire EVE community, and I believe you will achieve greater success and higher player satisfaction.
Thank you. ---Celf
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