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Gunthar Bundar
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.11.27 18:51:00 -
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The dark cloud wrote:Good corps wont need something that silly. Battleresults allways speak for itself.
I'd wager that war is 10% bullets, 90% advertising.
Since AUR is purchasable using ISK in EVE, there is no reason to not have the advertisements be available to purchase using only AUR. This is a very good idea, hope to see it implemented, especially since the EVE team can throw it into the game engine without diverting any resources away from the dust devs. |
Gunthar Bundar
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
11
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Posted - 2012.11.27 19:33:00 -
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Elijah Sol' Dzusaki wrote:Zion Shad wrote:Noc Tempre wrote:AUR only. If they make it for ISK people could spam it with virtual money ads devaluing the feature to the point it wouldn't be worth spending real money on. Going off what Gunthar is say about being able to turn ISK in to AUR then having the Adds pure Aur wouldn't be a problem But that would become too expensive for the smaller corps that need advertisement.
Have you seen a mom and pop restaurant down the corner have their own Super Bowl advertisement?
Step back a moment and think about this. If there are only so many advertisement spaces on the billboards, who determines which ads get placement? Should it rotate through all available ads? In that case, it doesn't matter how much money a smaller corp can place, the larger corps, with more isk can place 100x the amount of ads they can if it's a low isk investment. If it's player controlled, then the spots will sell to the highest bidder, again making it so smaller corps can't get ads in.
The only way to try and control it is to make it one ad per corp, but what stops a player from creating alts and making their own ads if it's isk cheap? The truth is, small corps will exist for groups of friends but may never end up totally thriving in null sec/low sec without some kind of prop from either large purse EVE corps or an extremely skilled niche they fill, like if a feature is introduced that requires almost total sp investment for months in order to excel in, that no one else likes.
AUR balances this inequality giving the small corps a chance albeit at a real world cost. Making it possible for a Dust corp to purchase advertisement using AUR, while also providing them the option of saving ISK for months on end in order to advertise, gives them the chance to get in the game from the start. But there has to be a cost, and it has to be one that discourages alt abuse.
[Edit] Look at steam greenlight for a good real world example of what happens when there is no initial control. |
Gunthar Bundar
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.11.27 19:47:00 -
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Noc Tempre wrote:Clarification - isk to aur direct is impossible. Also EVE to DUST aur transfer has been dismissed. As long as the advert is not a tradeable item as an intermediate step, AUR would be a safe way to restrict it. Even if it gets spammed, that means the game is making money which is good for everyone anyhow.
Interesting. I made my earlier post with the understanding we could transfer AUR between the programs. My bad. I would still assume though that they would allow contracts between players to swap AUR for isk,still assuring isk only corps could acquire AUR. |
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