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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.20 16:20:00 -
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 Im on my phone so bear with me on the formatting and general typing.
 
 Idea is effectively to offer up a subscription method for players. $14.95 a month, as per the usual rate of other games. Scaling system rewards concurrent membership rates and longer subscription durations with better value/rewards. For example:
 
 Month One:
 5 Salvage keys, 30d Active Booster, 30d Passive Booster, 5% discount toward visual customization items.
 
 Month Six:
 30 salvage keys, 30d Active Booster, 30d Passive Booster, 30% discounted visual customization items.
 
 The sky is the limit with what the subscription provides. Could be stuff that is already in game, just bundled together, or we could offer more interesting perks including (but not limited to):
 
 Exclusive Visual Customization items
 Bi-yearly or Yearly Respecs
 Exclusive Forum Icons
 Exclusive Titles
 Expanded forum signature
 Discounted aurum purchases or visual customization
 Bundled keys/boosters
 Exclusive deals/offers/promos
 
 
 Discuss.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.20 21:06:00 -
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 Hector Carson wrote:Breakin Stuff wrote:Hector Carson wrote:Then the game wouldn't be free anymore and it would also give people who pay an unfair advantage, I would have to vote no to this. I think the sub would be optional if I read the way he talks correctly. I would still say no, it would still create and unfair advantage in gaming 
 By rewarding players who choose to pay a premium every month that they were going to pay anyway...? You do realize that $15 is like 31,000 aurum, which could afford you the stuff listed in Month One -right now- with current in-game prices and youd still have some Aurum left over..... The only difference is Id have a forum avatar that shows other players that I am dishing out $15 a month consistently and Id get a discount (if that was something CCP wanted to do) BECAUSE I chose to support the game monthly..... Which, as stated, I am going to do anyway.
 
 I dont see how this gives anyone an unfair advantage being as the **** is already in game anyway.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.20 22:03:00 -
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 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.20 22:47:00 -
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 Cat Merc wrote:Aeon Amadi wrote:Aeon Right Nowhttp://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope 
 Infowars couldn't have come up with a more amusing conspiracy theory.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.21 01:01:00 -
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 tander09 wrote:Go play EVE online pleb, we don't need your elitist ways here! 
 Man, I was wrong when I went about all my pay-to-win arguments.
 
 I should have said:
 
 "Oh, it's absolutely okay to have BPO's, Boosters, Market Agents, Salvage Boxes, etc in the game. That's is totally okay. What is -NOT- okay is the people with the money to pay for those items. Those people are OP and they should have never been allowed to have money to spend on a video game they enjoy playing."
 
 Because that's what this sounds like.
 
 You guys realize how ridiculous fighting this is? It's pay-to-win because I suggested that we have better bundled items - ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE GAME - to more accommodate a subscription-like theme. To encourage players to buy these items (that they already do) with some sort of consistency. But that will lead to some craziness like segregation between players who pay for the game (to continue existing and developing) and players that don't?
 
 Your problem isn't with the items, it's with the fact that people want to buy the items... I don't... I can't even begin to understand this logic. I truly can't.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.21 01:16:00 -
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 Just to give you all an idea of how -INSANE- you sound, here are some other popular free-to-play games with Subscription Premiums:
 
 Planetside 2: Membership Benefits
 
 Warframe: Prime Access
 
 Defiance: Patron Benefits
 
 Star Wars: Subscriber Perks
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.21 04:15:00 -
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 TheD1CK wrote:A subscription would have been much better than some of the items we have - APEX / Jara  And if it was just handing out gear/vanity items they would give you the same advantage. I have never noticed CCP look into implementing subscriptions for Dust, so it seems unlikely  Whether it's because they can't/won't or just don't want to sell a work in progress they have not done it If they want to make a regular income from a 'subscription' I would try another route and rent servers to corps, where they can alter map rotation/gamemode and whether it's open to public or not A private game would allow you more choices with gamemode etc but reward no SP/ISK Where leaving it on standard settings allows it to be a pub server.. It would need work but it - Provides content - Provides $$$ for CCP I'd much rather scotty was fired and we had server options as in MGS4 and Battlefield. There would be all of the active pubs visible on a contracts menu, then highlight the altered modes We choose where to deploy, possibly be shown the ping along with player count and even average 'meta' If one of you can work this into a solid proposal, be my guest CCP won't care either way, but, we can dream   
 That's not... really the way it works though. The battleservers allow players to fight against each other but beyond that we're all tied to a single server, the Eve server.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.21 04:52:00 -
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 Meee One wrote:Those are good examples because they DON'T  tell you who's subbed. If you were to make it where their forum avatar was special because of the subscription,that's when the 'listen to me i paid money' attitude begins. However as i said before  (which you obviously  ignored).  In-game benefits are fine. Out of game,such as the forums, would lead to an entitled attitude. I said this would be a good  idea. And believe,if bundled right,could make CCP more money. Like X free instant boosts for a X month subscription. 
 If you had actually looked into the links given, you'd have instantly noticed that Warframe Prime Access gives exclusive profile icons....................
 
 EDIT: And this isn't even covering the fact that you would be able to spot a subscriber in-game just from their visual customization in the other games, among other obvious details... You're making a problem out of nothing and have absolutely no evidence to show that the community would instantly segregate itself if given such a minor silly perk as a different colored forum avatar...
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.21 09:24:00 -
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 Meee One wrote:Aeon Amadi wrote:Meee One wrote:Those are good examples because they DON'T  tell you who's subbed. If you were to make it where their forum avatar was special because of the subscription,that's when the 'listen to me i paid money' attitude begins. However as i said before  (which you obviously  ignored).  In-game benefits are fine. Out of game,such as the forums, would lead to an entitled attitude. I said this would be a good  idea. And believe,if bundled right,could make CCP more money. Like X free instant boosts for a X month subscription. If you had actually looked into the links given, you'd have instantly noticed that Warframe Prime Access gives exclusive profile icons....................  EDIT: And this isn't even covering the fact that you would be able to spot a subscriber in-game just from their visual customization in the other games, among other obvious details... You're making a problem out of nothing and have absolutely no evidence to show that the community would instantly segregate itself if given such a minor silly perk as a different colored forum avatar... Lol. You sure do have a lot of "..." in your post,it shows your doubtful. Have you been on these forums long? Because before the FF 'announcement' there were players trying to get the forums separated based on AUR purchases.  In game is where i will draw my line. Increased fittings? Sure Faster loyalty points gain (FW)? Ok Faster loyalty rank increase? Mm hmm Faster sp gain?Alright  Unique areas besides the MQ to hang out in? Go for it Forums' changes? Hell to the no. It would be taken as an automatic 'listen to me,and ignore the poor guy' when it comes to suggestions and ideas and would negatively influence all future ideas put forward by the community. You want to see an example? Look at PC,all the 1337 corps clique up and no one else has a chance. That is exactly what these forums will become if changes like those are made. 
 Not doubt so much as disbelief that someone could be so oversuspicious.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.21 17:02:00 -
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 Meee One wrote:*Starts music*True Adamance wrote:Complaining about advantages in New Eden.
 Dust 514's community could not handle actually being a part of EVE Online.....
 -or-  Players care enough about newer players to prevent Dust from jumping in front of a train. Advantages are fine,advantages that drive away noobs are not,and does nothing but lower CCPs revenue income. Breakin Stuff wrote:this kind of rampant paranoia is based on hilariously flimsy logic.
 
 CCP doesn't listen to the people who pay them NOW, what makes you think a subscript will change that?
 
 
 You can only bite the hand that feeds you so many times before it closes.(unless they're paying you to bite them) Aeon Amadi wrote:Not doubt so much as disbelief that someone could be so oversuspicious.
 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Tl;Dr FREEEEEDOM and  equality 
 Sure, if there were any evidence that such a thing would happen.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.22 06:00:00 -
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 Maken Tosch wrote:Just so you know, Dust is not in a very good position right now to go into a subscription model gameplay wise. It doesn't have what Eve Online has that makes it worth the extra cost of continuing to play it.
 Also, moving this to a subscription model, even if offered as an option, might cause Dust to lose its exemption status offered to free-to-play games for the PS4 (should Dust ever port over to that platform). PS4 currently requires all online multiplayer games to have a PlayStation+ subscription. However, free-to-play games like Dust would be exempt from requirement. If your idea is ever implemented, I don't know for sure if Dust would still have that status or if Sony would remove that exempt status.
 
 Then, by default, Warframe and Planetside 2 would also be removed from that exemption status...
 
 In response to the guy above you, I'm floored at how much impact tin foil has.
 
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        |  Aeon Amadi
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      | Posted - 2014.12.22 23:26:00 -
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 Ku Shala wrote:what black market do you buy your 30day boosters from there like 21000 aur each yourf 15 dollar "merc pack" is worth like 50 bucks 
 The 30d Active+Passive booster bundle is 24,000 Aurum...
 
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