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kieron
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:00:00 -
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Hellmar has posted a Dev Blog that talks about the addition of character transfers and portrait swaps to your account management page(s). Give it a look for more in-depth discussion.
There are also some changes that are going to be made to the EULA in the very near future. This is discussed in the Blog as well.
kieron Community Manager, EVE Online
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Shiakarma
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:00:00 -
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Edited by: Shiakarma on 27/05/2004 16:03:05 w00t! great stuff!
Thanks
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Quote: All these services have a fee that you need to pay, with a credit card
lol and there was me thinking it'd be an ISK fee how dumb am I?!
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Damon DeSade
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:07:00 -
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:( I think 40$ is a bit steep to change your char portrait.
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Deadflip2
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:07:00 -
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Edited by: Deadflip2 on 27/05/2004 16:08:20 absolutely pefetic to make money out of it, especially for people like me that dont HAVE a credit card . its a great idea though . but unless you remove the credit card stuff... spend your time on something better....,
EDIT: for you disco, removed some errors spelling --- "this song reminds me of the girl i met on a schooltrip, she was really nice, and she really liked me. I forgot to ask her her phone number" - Nelix trist OMG im a pretzel!!! |
Iratus Caelestis
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:10:00 -
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$40........................................... wow.
I suppose it stops abuse but again.... wow.
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Douro
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:11:00 -
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$40 to transfer the character, no problem.
$40 to change my portrait, not a chance in hell.
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Deadflip2
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:13:00 -
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what exactly do they mean "transfer" a character?! --- "this song reminds me of the girl i met on a schooltrip, she was really nice, and she really liked me. I forgot to ask her her phone number" - Nelix trist OMG im a pretzel!!! |
kieron
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:13:00 -
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Originally by: Deadflip2 especially for people like me that dont HAVE a credit card .
Bank cards will also work with the account management service, Deadflip. I don't know what your financial situation is, but there are other options to explore. Friends or relatives, secured credit cards, etc.
If these are services that you are interested in and you can't work something out, send me an e-mail. I might be able to help out.
kieron Community Manager, EVE Online
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Deadflip2
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:19:00 -
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Edited by: Deadflip2 on 27/05/2004 16:22:05
Originally by: kieron
Originally by: Deadflip2 especially for people like me that dont HAVE a credit card .
Bank cards will also work with the account management service, Deadflip. I don't know what your financial situation is, but there are other options to explore. Friends or relatives, secured credit cards, etc.
If these are services that you are interested in and you can't work something out, send me an e-mail. I might be able to help out.
still you can agree with me that 40$ for such a thing is quite "bad", didnt read the other options though, sry.
40$....
EDIT: also kieron, you do know that unless the cost of doing it is an actual 40$ (a few hours dev time), this might change the whole image of eve (an image of ccp forfilling a dream, and not just going after profit only like EA). --- "this song reminds me of the girl i met on a schooltrip, she was really nice, and she really liked me. I forgot to ask her her phone number" - Nelix trist OMG im a pretzel!!! |
meowcat
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:23:00 -
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The price for simply changing your face seems like a cynical moneymaking ploy IMO. I am both surprised and disappointed that CCP have done this. It's the first time i've felt this way.
I started playing quite recently, under the free trial. I just wanted to see what the game was like so when the character selection came up, I just hit about 3 buttons at random and clicked ok... now I'm so far down the line I can't start again without losing serious skill time.
Just limit the face-changing to once every X months and allow us to do it for nothing. It's not like it costs CCP in administration.... at worst charge 1 euro if you want credit card fraud rules to apply to abuse
A VERY disappointed new player who has become slightly jaded for the first time... suppose my haircut will have to wait ~~~~)\~~~~~\o/~~~~
yeah but no but yeah but no but |
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MaiLina KaTar
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:25:00 -
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Sorry but 40 Euros to swap a portrait is completely retarded.
Mai's Idealog |
Hellek
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:33:00 -
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changing the character portrait should be for isk, not for euro/dollars
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Uuldahan
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:34:00 -
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Originally by: meowcat The price for simply changing your face seems like a cynical moneymaking ploy IMO. I am both surprised and disappointed that CCP have done this. It's the first time i've felt this way.
I started playing quite recently, under the free trial. I just wanted to see what the game was like so when the character selection came up, I just hit about 3 buttons at random and clicked ok... now I'm so far down the line I can't start again without losing serious skill time.
Just limit the face-changing to once every X months and allow us to do it for nothing. It's not like it costs CCP in administration.... at worst charge 1 euro if you want credit card fraud rules to apply to abuse
A VERY disappointed new player who has become slightly jaded for the first time... suppose my haircut will have to wait
I just feel like you, I just...don't understand. From a long time player, I can say it's the worst thing that have just happened to EVE. A BIG mistake to not let this kind of things IN game. I'm disappointed
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Xenu
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:40:00 -
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$40 to change a portrait- LOL. i don't care how ugly my avatar is, i'm never going to pay that much money for something like that.
good luck with that price ccp, you're going to need it. ________________________________________________________
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Infection
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:44:00 -
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Man, when I saw the portrait change option, I though I could finaly make my character not look like a monkey's bum, but $40 is a bit crazy. I see it taking 20 seconds to make a db change to alter portrait id with option flags. I could justify $5, but not $40..
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ZX Spectrum
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:46:00 -
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I love the character transfer option.I can now get a second account, roll a science/refiner type guy, give him some implants and 4 months from now transfer him to my main account and stop paying for the second account.That saves me money in the long run.
As for the character portrait change, that feature was always going to be for people 'with too much money on their hands' no matter if its 4 or 40 bucks.Those people will still change their portrait, you wait and see.
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Diwa
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:47:00 -
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I was thinking to combine my 2 accounts into one which would offset the cost of $40 however I see one simple problem and that is training!! I be able to train only one character at a time, is this correct assumption kieron?
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Bobby Wilson
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:48:00 -
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Edited by: Bobby Wilson on 27/05/2004 16:50:36 Both of these options are clearly run out of the business office.
Both are also overpriced. $10 USD is reasonable for changing an avatar, and MAYBE $20 for character transfer. Both require some staffing and coding resources IRL, so asking for RL money is reasonable, but 40 is way steep.
BW
Originally by: Selim
Cool, congrats.
Oh, stupid idea by the way.
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Whitethorn
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:52:00 -
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Originally by: Deadflip2 what exactly do they mean "transfer" a character?!
"Transfer" means to move it from one account to another.
I'd agree with a charge for that, I'd consider paying 40 euros to move an alt to a new account.
However, 40 euros for a portrait change is ludicrous. Not even EA charged cash for that, they made it an in-game service charged in credits. At that price, I very much doubt its a service anyone will use. 40 euros is 3 months of game time. |
Shap Sheegger
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:54:00 -
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I like 40, since it was a dumb idea in the first place.People would change avatars all the time, and avatars stick with me longer than names do funnily enough.. especially when flying through space checking local.
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meowcat
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:56:00 -
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Originally by: The Account Page ... the surest way of preventing identity hopping is to have real monetary transactions behind each portrait swap.
This is utter gobsh1te
The surest way to prevent portrait hopping is to have a 5 line bit of code somewhere that only allows you to do it every X months
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yeah but no but yeah but no but |
Infection
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Posted - 2004.05.27 16:57:00 -
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Originally by: Shap Sheegger I like 40, since it was a dumb idea in the first place.People would change avatars all the time, and avatars stick with me longer than names do funnily enough.. especially when flying through space checking local.
I would have to disagree since everyone looks the same and if you play enough you go by names. So how is it dumb again? Most have a main character they started when they were new to eve not knowing they would be stuck looking bad.
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:01:00 -
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I dig the character transfer but,
asking FORTY EURO'S for a character portrait alteration leaves me quite speachless..
Why so much money 0_o
[Heterocephalus glaber]
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Shap Sheegger
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:02:00 -
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Originally by: Infection Most have a main character they started when they were new to eve not knowing they would be stuck looking bad.
So basicly what you're saying is that when you were new, you didn't realize after you made a portrait that you couldn't change it?Well i made a dummy character first to check out all the character creation options.. and it seemed pretty clear from the offset that i couldn't change it after i rolled my char.
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FoRGyL
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:04:00 -
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Edited by: FoRGyL on 27/05/2004 17:06:05 Hmm..is this really the prio change u want to see?
It's 24h on a day and alot issues to take care of!
..is this service or pure greed?
WoW...
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:05:00 -
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Well, there are different depts of devs, each handling their own part of the game. The Webbi guys shouldnt be coding the game, so it's fine they add nifty features
but 40 euro's 0_o
[Heterocephalus glaber]
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Infection
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:05:00 -
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Originally by: Shap Sheegger
Originally by: Infection Most have a main character they started when they were new to eve not knowing they would be stuck looking bad.
So basicly what you're saying is that when you were new, you didn't realize after you made a portrait that you couldn't change it?Well i made a dummy character first to check out all the character creation options.. and it seemed pretty clear from the offset that i couldn't change it after i rolled my char.
So your 1% of eve population, congradulations. On a side note most dont like to waste time and want to actualy play the game when they get it. Not everyone is just like you so I hope everyone reading this thread takes your dumb idea comment as an opinion.
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DHU InMe
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:07:00 -
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40$, Why not buy a new account + 1 month of subscription for that price...
They should fix it at 5-15$ Nice links (updated 20 Dec 04): BP, bugs about them. (\_/) (O.o) (> <) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way. |
Synex
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:09:00 -
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hur hur hur...
$40, oh that's a good one
Well, gave me a good laugh anyways...
Look, I know you guys are new at this and all that. And I know your all super-rich because of tens of thousands of people paying you $15/month (joking) but $40 is a lot for such a service. Check out some other mmorpgs for similar services, adjust the price and get back to us eh?
I'd recommend starting with UO - they offer a similar service I believe...
Cheers
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Infection
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Posted - 2004.05.27 17:11:00 -
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Originally by: Synex hur hur hur...
$40, oh that's a good one
Well, gave me a good laugh anyways...
Look, I know you guys are new at this and all that. And I know your all super-rich because of tens of thousands of people paying you $15/month (joking) but $40 is a lot for such a service. Check out some other mmorpgs for similar services, adjust the price and get back to us eh?
I'd recommend starting with UO - they offer a similar service I believe...
Cheers
You've seen the eve db structure. :p So you know as I do a 20 minute writen script is all it takes to swap the portait data. How is that worth 40 bux?
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