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Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Posted - 2012.11.15 08:16:00 -
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The problem:
Everytime I look for a character on the Bazaar he turns out to be a corp thief or otherwise unwelcome.
Solution:
Offer paid name changes that include a full history wipe.
$100 per character, would reduce abuse of the mechanic, maybe even only allow it on transferred characters.
The Bazaar is not nearly as awesome as it could be, make it that awesome! (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) |
Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
630
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Posted - 2012.11.15 12:42:00 -
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Just thought of a cool way to legacy link.
Add a CONCORD Registry ID number, printed plainly on your pod (right click show info, in-game)
This number would only be visible when viewing another player's POD or corpse (pod debris)
Additionally if docked in the same station, you can ask "Scotty" what serial numbers are currently docked, while this won't directly link a name, research would reveal. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) |
Tom Gerard
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
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Posted - 2012.11.17 02:21:00 -
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Without the ability to reset characters, the bazaar is effectively overpaying for someone's partially eaten Tuna Sandwich.
Ways to filter out abuse:
Credit Verification on both the seller and the buyer, (this would only be required for trades that wish to use the name change.)
Additionally: Limiting this service to once per year, or even once per two years would be appropriate as well as a timer that shows how many years, months, days, hours until the character can be renamed.
This would of course mean characters with a desirable skill set AND a rename available would be worth a mint, which I can only imagine would make the players who contribute the most to the Bazaar VERY happy.
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Tom Gerard
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
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Posted - 2012.11.26 08:15:00 -
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Vince Snetterton wrote:Why is this being discussed at all?
All the propagandists tell us incessantly that Eve is a harsh place, and if you can't tough it out, go back to WoW.
So how about two words: "Caveat Emptor". You want to buy a char, you do your research on it. You buy it and it has a terrible rep, well, sucks to be you. Do better research next time.
If people cab scam billions from others in corp thefts, or blow up freighters in high sec and laugh about it in local, then why should people not be able to be scammed by buying a char with an tainted history?
I agree we should remove all protections from EVE, you have no idea how much fun it would be CONCORD to be vulnerable to pod pilots, change nothing but make it legal to scam CONCORD.
But in reality CONCORD provides a measure of control and civility to the game that makes it fun for other people... CONCORD could feasibly extend this "Deus Ex Machina" power across the Character Bazaar so EVE becomes more of a game and less of a endless research project. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) |
Tom Gerard
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
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Posted - 2012.12.01 05:34:00 -
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Xpaulusx wrote:Namechange/Employment History deletion? Absolutly not.........as we say here in New York " You make your bed, you sleep in it Pal"
... oh boy New York stupidity now in this thread. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) |
Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Posted - 2013.01.11 11:49:00 -
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Fanatic Row wrote:Why does every service have to be paid? As if EVE wasn't already the most expensive MMO on the market; how about CCP give us some free quality of life services?
EVE paid is $ 10.99/month one of the cheapest subs out there.
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Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Posted - 2013.01.13 08:19:00 -
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Arronicus wrote:I"I've done bad things and I want to use my moms credit card to make it go away"!
Strawman. just saying bro'.
I will pay to see those words you "Quoted" in a forum post, before you pulled them out of your ass =P (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) |
Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Posted - 2013.01.22 18:01:00 -
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Just pointing out that the last two posters in this thread were named:
Bolsack and The F word.
Name Changes are needed! (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) |
Tom Gerard
Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Posted - 2013.02.12 10:32:00 -
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xxxTRUSTxxx wrote:close this already devs, the answer is NO. this idea goes against all that is EVE. if someone wants a new name and clean history buy a new account. end of !
Thank you for contributing your opinion, it is part of what makes these forums great. However please respect the rights of others to express THEIR opinions.
I am obviously a supporter of name changes, I am even a fan of name change history through an API function. I do not however, have any interest in buying a character out of the Bazaar until this detail is sorted out. Hey, I just met you... and this is crazy but you popped my Rifter, so don't pod me maybe? |
Tom Gerard
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.18 17:42:00 -
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Tiberius StarGazer wrote:Personally, you buy the "persona" of that particular toon, his skills, history, and other useful information. It wont matter to the other people on the end of their computers that this "name" has someone different behind it, at the end of the day, that charecter is that charecter.
I would always aproach buying a toon the same way as you buy a second hand car, you vet its history, you check the servicing and make sure its road worthy. Afterall you want to make sure your not buying a stolen car or one thats been in a crash dont you?
If you dont want to play as a corporate theif, then make sure your not buying one.
Instead, I suggest that maybe the vetting ability for people either buying AND recruiting new players to their corporation be improved so that people can either
i) Check the history of their charecter before purchase or
ii) Allow other people see that the charecters ownership has changed.
However, I can imagine ii would be opened up to a whole load of abuse with people passing around the same charecter for whatever requirements they have.
Except in real life buying the wrong car doesn't often include **** gangs that stalk you across the known universe, in this way the "car buying" experience differs. One of the oldest mission players in EVE designed a chart that explains stat priority in regards to mission running, compared Alpha, DPS, Ship Speed and Sig Radius and scores them. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m24dbrfuWn1r86ax8o1_1280.jpg |
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