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Ulysses Knapse
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Posted - 2014.05.10 05:41:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:I mean the average person has at least two accounts logged in at any given time, so you can cut the "actual" number in half if not less right?.
Depends on what you mean by "average".
There's mean, median and mode, after all.
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Ulysses Knapse
Knapse and Co. Mercenary Firm
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Posted - 2014.05.10 07:42:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:I myself threw in $200 over a 6 month period, which is WAY more than CCP would get from 2 accounts in Eve over that time period.
Two subscriptions lasting for 6 months would bring in anywhere from $143.40 to $239.40 depending on the method of payment. The former would be by paying a standard subscription in 6-month intervals, the latter would be by using PLEX exclusively and not buying it in bulk (probably by buying it from other people who wanted to make some quick ISK).
So, no. There's not a significant difference between the two sums.
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Ulysses Knapse
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Posted - 2014.05.10 08:18:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:Ulysses Knapse wrote:Mary Lilac wrote:I myself threw in $200 over a 6 month period, which is WAY more than CCP would get from 2 accounts in Eve over that time period. Two subscriptions lasting for 6 months would bring in anywhere from $143.40 to $239.40 depending on the method of payment. The former would be by paying a standard subscription in 6-month intervals, the latter would be by using PLEX exclusively and not buying it in bulk (probably by buying it from other people who wanted to make some quick ISK). So, no. There's not a significant difference between the two sums. So,, you are just going to be a prick and make me break down every god-damn thing I say while you just throw out bull-**** eh? How about this.. I could get 12 months worth of eve for 131 dollars... or hell, with the power of two I could get 6 months of game time for the equivalent of $50, meaning my total for two accounts would be $115, so how about you just do everyone a favor and STFU. Yep, pretty big differences there dummy.
While it is true than paying in 12-month intervals is cheaper than paying in 6-month intervals, you had stated that you had spent $200 dollars in a 6-month period, not a 12-month period, so I didn't think it was a good comparison. Subscription-based games generally have a pretty stable income from each consumer, but F2P games are quite a bit more erratic. For all I know you might have spent $200 in a 6-month period while the next and/or previous 6-month period you only spent a quarter as much as that. As for the power of two, that only works once per account, and only for a new account, so it's pretty situational.
I'm not saying you couldn't play 12 months worth for significantly less than $200 dollars, I'm just saying that a meaningful number of players could have easily not done so. Your statement, after all, was "which is WAY more than CCP would get from 2 accounts in Eve of that time period" and not "which is a lot more than the minimum of what two accounts in EVE would have to pay".
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Ulysses Knapse
Knapse and Co. Mercenary Firm
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Posted - 2014.05.10 18:47:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:Hairy Butter wrote:Poonmunch wrote:Mary Lilac wrote:Were basically B.S. right?
I mean the average person has at least two accounts logged in at any given time, so you can cut the "actual" number in half if not less right?
Meaning TQ would drop down to about 10k people at night?
Meaning Dust, this failure of a game, was already at 1/5th the size of EvE at the very least?
Also meaning that Dust is more popular than Eve was the first 1-2 years....
GG CCP. Excuse my na+»ve question but why would people play on two accounts at the same time? Is it so one account can sit and shoot a mining laser at an asteroid like a mindless zombie in hi sec while the other goes into low sec stirring up the sh!t and getting ganked? I have a hard time understanding the pleasure people get from EVE. I've played it and it seems like such a job. Munch PvP with a logistics, ecm boat or just more firepower on 2nd account... Scouting and probing,, bait ships, opening cyno beacons for your capitals, spying/sabotage by having 2nd pilot in enemy fleet, being able to be active 2 different places in the universe when distance is huge, doing more high end pve with fewer people and so on. If eve is not fun for you then most likely you are doing it wrong, or maybe eve just is not for you, for most people its the former. Eve is about speed, angles, tracking, signatures, preperation and deception taking 20 minutes to go anywhere, needing at least 2-3 hours open at a time to play, definately at least 1 alt account, and being a master of spreadsheets in space.. or for some people its about huge spreadsheets :) Join Red versus Blue! FTFY.
Perhaps you could make your point by presenting clear, reasonable arguments. Because, you know, crossing out parts of what someone else said and making a sarcastic remark doesn't help your case. At all.
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Ulysses Knapse
Knapse and Co. Mercenary Firm
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Posted - 2014.05.10 18:59:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:I have already said my piece in this thread, I just don't appreciate ANYONE is trying to act like eve has a lot of excitement.
Sure when you get ganked/gank someone, it is fun... that fills about 1% of anyone's playtime.
That kind of excitement would give me a heart attack if it took up anymore time than that.
And I haven't updated my clone in real-life yet, so I might lose some skills if that happens.
I am become Legion, the destroyer of bunnies.
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