Feedback from me and my friends about the AUR purchasing system.

Spending $ .03 on a basic rifle, then $ .03 for a basic suit, etc. for every death is a major turn off. If my fit is mostly AUR items I can easily end up spending $1.50/hour to play this game (and that's with the basic cheap AUR gear).

I feel like I'm being taken advantage of, and makes me perceive CCP as being overly greedy. All of which is bad for business. My friends and I were discussing this issue when someone made the observation that if I were to purchase the gun blueprint for say $1.50 or $2.00 and have access to the weapon for ISK I would no longer perceive CCP as being greedy, and feel better about the whole transaction.

I would have to die and repurchase a gun about 67 times (that's a lot) to reach the $2.00 mark, but I would feel better about paying $2.00 compared to $.03 a death for only a gun.

"The truth may as well not exist, perception is the only thing that matters."

Feedback from me and my friends about the AUR purchasing system.

Spending $ .03 on a basic rifle, then $ .03 for a basic suit, etc. for every death is a major turn off. If my fit is mostly AUR items I can easily end up spending $1.50/hour to play this game (and that's with the basic cheap AUR gear).

I feel like I'm being taken advantage of, and makes me perceive CCP as being overly greedy. All of which is bad for business. My friends and I were discussing this issue when someone made the observation that if I were to purchase the gun blueprint for say $1.50 or $2.00 and have access to the weapon for ISK I would no longer perceive CCP as being greedy, and feel better about the whole transaction.

I would have to die and repurchase a gun about 67 times (that's a lot) to reach the $2.00 mark, but I would feel better about paying $2.00 compared to $.03 a death for only a gun.

"The truth may as well not exist, perception is the only thing that matters."

The concept isn't that I don't want to pay. I don't mind paying. It's how I'm paying

The concept is that CCP may do much better if they change the pricing system. This isn't game play feedback, it's business.

This isn't a post for complaining and forum tolling, it's market feedback for CCP.

I am all about CCP making their money. That's why I started this thread. I am trying to let CCP know what many other players out their think about the game's AUR system.

Obviously there are a few fans, and die hard players that really don't mind playing an arcade game. That's fine if those few players are CCP's target. However; I don't think those few are who CCP is trying to target with this game.

The mass FPS player market wants to pay $60 for a game during a moment of weakness, and play it non-stop every weekend for the next several months, during periods of brain shut down.

You make these guys feel guilty about playing your game... they will pick up the next CoD with out a second thought.

AUR = dust time

I am all about CCP making their money. That's why I started this thread. I am trying to let CCP know what many other players out their think about the game's AUR system.

Obviously there are a few fans, and die hard players that really don't mind playing an arcade game. That's fine if those few players are CCP's target. However; I don't think those few are who CCP is trying to target with this game.

The mass FPS player market wants to pay $60 for a game during a moment of weakness, and play it non-stop every weekend for the next several months, during periods of brain shut down.

You make these guys feel guilty about playing your game... they will pick up the next CoD with out a second thought.

If you're dying so much while using Aur items that it's becoming a problem, you should just stop. Seriously, just use militia gear (or the standard gear, which is pretty cheap and effective) till you're no longer the bullet magnet people seem to see you as.

I can't justify spending RMT on anything subjected to player-inflicted loss.

My good chum Daxos speaks truth.

Paying 2$ for a BPO would defeat the purpose of Aurum. The idea is CCP gets sustained income. This isn't greed, this is how they will pay their dev staff and server costs, to give all of the players free expansions for 10 years into the future. If everyone got all the aurum stuff as BPO for maybe say... 200$ That doesn't really help CCP in the long run. They have a 10 year plan for this game. Aurum will help see them through it. I've personally had something like 15k aurum, and it takes me at least a month to blow through it all every time I buy 5k worth, and that is with a lot of plain simple messing around with full aurum fits for the lulz of it. For people who buy aur just to use a rifle or two, maybe just a dropsuit to look pretty, it will last them MUCH longer unless they die a lot. In which case, they should probably not use a lot of aurum stuff if they are worried about losing it.

Some of the aurum item prices could stand to be looked at, but that's an issue for another thread. I'm in the process of making a list of what things are good where they are and what could be reduced or raised, from the perspective of someone who's been in the beta for months now :) I won't hijack your thread for this.

Also, I'll say hello to beers.

In EVE you can buy a plex on the market and turn it into aur. You don't have to spend any money.

Dust will be connected directly to the EVE market. You should be able to spend isk on plex for aur just like in EVE.

You don't really have a valid complaint, and as others have said, your idea defeats the entire point of aur.


Not to mention, aur items aren't better then isk items. You may be able to use a T2 equivalent gun sooner then a little later, but who cares. People are killing other people with militia weapons.

1049 kills, 2.49 kdr, currently ranked 41 on kill boards, one of the first 50 to make it to 1k+ kills, ALL in militia gear, i know a couple proto suit wearing muppets who i make a point to chase down when they start running cause they cant afford to keep losing 4-5 suits a match...

The concept isn't that I don't want to pay. I don't mind paying. It's how I'm paying

The concept is that CCP may do much better if they change the pricing system. This isn't game play feedback, it's business.

This isn't a post for complaining and forum tolling, it's market feedback for CCP.

I agree, as much as I hate the idea of paying time for a weapon, even that would be better than paying per life/use. I would love if they had to where you could buy something with AUR, and used ISK to keep it stocked. Or maybe some sort of ISK to AUR exchange rate to be able to trade your ISK into AUR so your not always paying for them.

Simply put, I think there needs to be a different system when using the AUR.

and i killed you tonight in a logistics suit... awwww yeah <.<

lol, sorry. i don't mean to be a ****, not tryin to brag, i know i'm not hot **** or anything, but your name is superking bignuts and it made me giggle. so the kill sticks out in my mind.