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Foxbat 071 Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 159	Posted - 2014.04.22 00:19:00 - [1] - Quote The results are in! I have gathered 115 responses to the survey I conducted last week. The purpose of this survey was to observe the differences between players involved in PC and players who aren't in terms of their wallets. One of the most popular arguments on these forums is that players involved in PC are the 1% and that other player must go standard/militia to survive. My intention is to evaluate the numerical accuracy of that argument. I personally have never made a dime off of PC. However, I do have a modest wallet. At the end of the day, I don't consider myself on either side of the argument. DISCLAIMER: Data may not represent the DUST 514 player base to 100% accuracy. The player base includes tens of thousands of players. This survey has a sample size of 115. Results: Player Breakdown- PC Corp vs Non-PC Corp chart 1 chart 2 20% of subjects are members of a district owning corporation-----------------------average 297.5 million ISK 80% of subjects are members of a corporation that does not own districts-------average 138.7 million ISK Player Breakdown- PC Incomechart 1 chart 2 5% of subjects have a large income from PC--------- average 432.4 million ISK 13% of subjects have a small income from PC------ average 303.1 million ISK 82% of subjects have no income from PC------------- average 132.6 million ISK Conclusion After seeing the average ISK for each type of player, it's clear that players involved in PC do have an edge on other players in terms of ISK. This was no surprise. However, the average wallet size of players who do not make ISK from PC is a surprising 132.6 million. This number is likely much higher than the actual average due to the fact that this survey was taken by forum-goers, who are more likely to be dedicated players. However, this is still quite a large sum of ISK. TL;DR- The average ISK of players who make a lot of money from PC is 432.4 million ISK. The average ISK of players who do not make money from PC is 132.6 million ISK. What do you think about the results? Are you surprised? Does this change your opinion on the "One Percent" of Dust? *BLAP* ( X ) Call For Help ( O ) Respawn
Foxbat 071 Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 160	Posted - 2014.04.22 00:40:00 - [2] - Quote Atiim wrote: Viktor Hadah Jr wrote: Not surprised if people fight to own something and they are putting there ISK on the line they should have the most ISK... But currently many of the corps in PC don't fight and the entire PC system is broken so what do i know. Indeed. It costs a lot of money to be in PC when you factor in all the cost of PRO Dropsuits, Vehicles, and Equipment. I believe that's also what makes the end-match payouts so high. I wish CCP would just adjust the clone packs. Make them 150-200 and you'll see a lot more people fighting DNS. Excuse my ignorance... How much are clone packs? *BLAP* ( X ) Call For Help ( O ) Respawn
Foxbat 071 Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 161	Posted - 2014.04.22 04:19:00 - [3] - Quote knight of 6 wrote: cool **, but i have a couple of questions. which corps were surveyed? how did you pick them? how old(game time) were the players you surveyed? did you have them send some sort of verification on did you trust them at their word? do you feel that your data is representative of the community? does your sample represent npc corp players as well? were their any outliers in the data set or was wealth distribution fairly Consistent between tiers? you say your sample was 115 people. could you post a Doc containing the numbers? names can be left out for privacy but I'd be interested in seeing some other charts, look at the mean, median, mode, ect, and put it on a bell curve. really cool stuff though thanks for posting it! Here is the post I made to collect the responses: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=155824 I didn't pick anyone, I just left it up to anyone who saw it here in the forums. I didn't ask what corp they are in or ask them how long they have been playing, just: 1. How much ISK do you have? 2. Does your corp own districts? 3. Do you make a) a lot from PC b) a little from PC c) none from PC I don't think this data is necessarily representative of the entire DUST community, but I do think it speaks to a degree for the forum community. There are probably thousands of <5mil SP newberries who don't visit the forum and struggle with their ISK that were not accounted for here. If you'd like more specifics of the sample you are welcome to check out the google doc of the results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AunX9-3bE7GjdHk4bnR5S2lld2ZqYks2Q3ktV29vc0E&usp=sharing I originally planned to do fancy stuff with bell curves and whatnot but when I got to that part I realized I had forgot everything I learned in statistics BLAP** ( X ) Call For Help ( O ) Respawn

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