BMSTUBBYxx wrote:What I find down right pathetic is that not one single Red or Blue Tag has posted one thing in this thread!
It is almost like they have conceded to defeat!
They have their hands up and are saying, " Okay guys you got us, this game is P2W because we need to get paid."
No, it's probably because if the other 10,735 threads in which they've posted:
"Player market is coming, all AUR items will be available for ISK. We're working on it but don't know when it will be ready. The only thing we can say is when it's done we'll add it to the game."
And then people continue bitching about it so what's the point in even posting on the topic. This has been an issue for something like 7 months or more so they're probably just sick and tired of wasting time trying to explain it.
And what a lot of you don't realize is the player market is actually going to be a boost to AUR sales since EVE players would be able to convert real money to ISK by selling AUR items on the market. AUR sales will most likely increase or at the very least remain unchanged as soon as the market is up and running. CCP isn't sitting on it just to make more money, they're probably losing money by not having it operational.
As I understand the plan there will only be one player market between the games so they have to make sure that when they deploy it in DUST it doesn't screw up the EVE market. Since EVE represents 50% of their released games and a pretty much they're only reliable source of revenue I can see why they're being very careful to make sure it works.
That being said trying to sneak these superior AUR items is shady business. I sincerely hope it's just an honest mistake and can be blamed on the hectic nature of deploying patches for a game that you're still in the process of developing.
**The short version is I don't think CCP is purposefully keeping the market out of the game to make money because it's probably costing them money, they're just being careful. Things like the fused grenades are stupid mistakes on their part and need to be addressed. CCP is guilty of some monumental mistakes with this game but I'm not ready to say it's been intentional malice, just gross incompetence.