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Friendly Woodsman
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Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.10.21 14:17:00 -
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It's pretty obvious that CCP needs to have some serious and transparent dialogues with the community and the CPM about the future of BPOs, and fast. This is a legal issue that involves contract disputes and real money. It's solution is not going to be as simple as saying, "HTFU, scrubs."
It is a good start to let us know that they are not currently going to remove the items that they have already sold to us. That cannot be the last word on this, though. We agreed to pay them money for a certain product that they advertised. To take our money, and then change the product after the fact and replace it with something that we didn't agree to buy is unethical and generally considered a breach of contract. People can say that the EULA covers their hind parts, and all I can say in response is that a class action lawsuit would definitely find out if that is true or not.
If they need to change how BPOs work, fine. If they want to change how they work without offering refunds so that I can decide if I actually want to buy this new product, that is not fine. I'm sure that their legal team is sitting them down and telling them about things like consumer protection laws, just as I am also sure that the longer they leave players in the dark about this, the longer they go without selling any more packs. |
Friendly Woodsman
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Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.10.21 17:03:00 -
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I think that their current function should be locked to the characters that they were first assigned to, but change, when traded or sold, into Eve style BPOs. When the markets are integrated and player trading is added, Eve and Dust should have the same system of blue prints and copies with Dust players using manufacturing spots in stations, etc. That's gotta be possible using Crest, right? The characteristics they currently have should be the thing that is locked to the characters, with maybe a name change now in order to differentiate them later on. You could change their current name to something like "PBP", for Permanent Blue Print. I don't know if I actually like that name, but that's what just popped into my head...well that and bacon. Anyway, you could then just issue a disclaimer letting people know that PBPs turn into BPOs once sold or traded. They would still be valuable and people who bought tons on speculation would still profit, but they will also suffer attrition over time and the economy around these lower meta level items will recover. Just a thought. |
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