So … what about the abusive pay for play system hidden in a free to play , were you need to spend hundred of dollars to be hable to have some decent content?. Making it open source is just a strategy add content … Without spending a penny .
It used to be a classic phrase in the eve forums when I was playing long ago.
If I was unemployed and didn’t have anything to do in real life, I would play eve. It’s a great game for people who wants to become more and more powerful in a virtual galaxy at the expense of it consuming all your life.
100 bucks is nothing for the amount of time eve players play.
Edit Isk for $ has been in the game for years and years, it’s no secret.
In my experience it has also never been necessary to engage in the microtransactions to have fun.
I played EVE for years in the 2010s. Amazing game. I just don’t have enough time for it anymore.
Same here. It’s hard or impossible to combine with doing anything in real life.
I guess the idea of paying real money for isk is the solution in a way, but if I’m not grinding eve for isk, there isn’t much else to do. Why even do missions or go to null sec if I don’t need isk?
you’re really going to criticise the game that lets you earn IRL money by obtaining in game currency and selling it by saying it’s an “abusive pay for play system”
yeah, eve is pay to play alright. Get paid to play that is.
I played eve online for 500 hours while actively playing in nullsec on highest earning content for my current skill points (which are IRL timegated for those who dont know) and never managed to pay the premium subscribtion with the in game currency I made. (I could afford at the very least like 7 days) Paid to play is for like less than a percent of players
This was before they added F2P, but ten minutes a day of checking my two hisec market alts (who didn’t have a lot of skills because it meant pausing my main’s training) was making me just enough to pay for my account and there was room to expand further. Granted, it did take me several months of trading to build up enough funds to support this operation, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect to do this on day 1.
sure, that’s a valid critique, and based on your objective experience.
however, compare your experience with other games that could be interpreted as “abusive pay for play systems”. You’re paying for the monthly game subscription similar to other MMOs, rather than a pay to win system based on microtransactions or other predatory practices.
From an outsiders perspective, what I’ve heard about Eve and their payment model, it seemed more fair and two way than most other games.