I wouldn't buy Aurum, and I won't purchase boosters, but I'd pay 5 bucks for a million SP.

I have shortly reached a point where I feel like I'm wasting my time grinding away on the battlefield waiting for the next 3% upgrade that I can achieve in two weeks time (or more). I'd rather just skip playing altogether and find another game to enjoy while my passive SP accumulates.

Why would I want to continue playing a game that takes so long to level up? The payoff just isn't worthwhile.

But i'd also pay 5 for 10mil isk.

So how much would you fork over for 620 million?

I've been playing since partway through the closed beta, and it's my opinion that with enough experience, you'll appreciate the skills more if you have to wait to train them, and you'll also appreciate the more powerful suits the more you play with the militia ones.

Sophie, I like and understand everything you said, and I appreciate your perspective. Here's where I'm coming from. I'm a working adult, and I don't have time to sit around trying to earn more SP so that I can upgrade my loadout. My philisophical stance is this:

Why should you have better gear than I do just because you've been playing the game longer?

It is digital, ethereal, electronically generated equipment we are playing with. It's not like working out at the gym to develop superior physical musculature. I want to pay cash so that I can have character skill levels and equipment that rival someone who has time to play day in and day out. When it comes to game knowledge and thumb/finger dexterity, I'm sure that my personal skills and practical knowledge are on par with my opponents. I just want the chance to fight without being at a disadvantage because of gear.

Yes, we have all learned our lesson that Dust 514 = injustice. I am not shedding tears here, because personally, this ridiculous game makes me laugh so hard. I'm just stating my case that I would gladly pay for some SP since I don't want to spend my life hours earning points in a video game.

I'm also a working adult with two full time jobs, and let me be frank. Ccp will never implement this. It goes against everything they've built this game and Eve Online, on. I've been playing for 6 or 7 months, and I don't cap most weeks, but I've spent my sp wisely and make do with what I am good at. I don't want to come off as a troll but that's what the game is about, the long haul. Play at your pace and if you don't like the grind, then find another game that gives you instant gratification. Nothing against you, but I really feel like it just may not be the game for you. My point is that even with semi regular play, you can still fit a reasonable load out and win.

Just prioritize what skills you need and don't spend the points frivolously.

I wouldn't buy Aurum, and I won't purchase boosters, but I'd pay 5 bucks for a million SP.

Passive SP boosters...
A 7 day one will get you approximately 84000 SP.

Why should you have better gear than I do just because you've been playing the game longer?

Is there any game with experience and levels that lets you buy either of those?

Besides phone games, of course.

Is there any game with experience and levels that lets you buy either of those?

Besides phone games, of course.

I've calculated the amount of SP I need to build the character that I would like to try. I may as well let passive SP accumulate for 1.5 years and then come back to play, which I will likely do.

I suggest you do this.

If you're not having fun,that extra sp wont make a difference

Good call. Here's a list of things for which I would fork over my hard earned cash.

1 million SP = 5$
Blueprint standard dropsuit = 5$
Blueprint advanced dropsuit = 10$
Blueprint proto dropsuit = 15$
... Continue for each section of gear and vehicles with pricing appropriate to utility.

I will never pay for microtransactions. If I buy something digital, then I expect to use it permanently. This game is too absurd to spend money on microtransactions.

I like getting into the game, but I want to play for a reasonable amount of time and still have a powerful loadout.

Currently I just play with militia gear all the time, because I don't want to care about how hard it is to earn ISK for expensive suits that will get demolished 1 second after spawning into an orbital strike.

I only play for fun, and there is a concept called need for competence that describes how when your learning curve plateaus, then you seek a new challenge.

My militia gear learning curve has plateaued, and the only thing keeping me from the next level is SP.


It is a shining example of classic conditioning.

You hear a bell, you salivate, but there is no food. You have been tamed by CCP and are not thinking rationally.