Beerjerker
Grand Admiral
I didn't think you were unreasonable at all. When the time comes, I'll be right there, freaking out with you!
Now and then, just got to tell myself it's just a game, a game that isn't getting released for quite awhile still.
CIG to charge $5 CCU fee
- Thread starter Bigcracker
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Now and then, just got to tell myself it's just a game, a game that isn't getting released for quite awhile still.
I honestly do not care. They want more money. They need more money. Nothing wrong with that. Go for it.
I'm not planning on doing much CCU'ing so maybe that's why I'm ok with it. I've put a little over $400 into this game so far and for me that's already way overboard for internet spaceships.
I'm not planning on doing much CCU'ing so maybe that's why I'm ok with it. I've put a little over $400 into this game so far and for me that's already way overboard for internet spaceships.
Hadron Xon
Space Marshal
Really? .....lol.:joy:
Its just getting silly now.
Its just getting silly now.
Oh good. I'm working on round two.
Thanks for the validation my friend. I'm having a(nother) beer in your honour!
I have somewhere between 350-400 or these. I am not ashamed.
My thoughts exactly. Do I CCU all my ships to their final versions now, so as to avoid a CCU tax? Or am I safe to assume that they are simply going to abolish 0 dollar CCUs by changing the price of all ships?
It seems to me that a CCU tax would be easier to implement. If that's the case, then I have many ships that are in dire need of becoming their final, non-flyable versions.
One of the things it noted was the $5 value would be added to the ship - if the ship is now more expensive, will it allow future 0$ CCUs against it anyway? Are the CCUs against the ship or against the ship value?
To many questions still rolling around...?
Well think this was a bad move and that this backfired for them since I had only about 30-40 0$CCU in my web-hangar I was saving for a rainy day..
I now bought back every 0$CCU I had in the buyback and then some extra from store to be shore to cover what I might want to change between, since I am very indecisive when it come to buying ships. So now I got like 200+ 0$CCU and I think I was not the only one who did panic and did the same.
And you didn't need to be Einstein to figure out the result of that decision. So counting my and that of other users doing the same they now have 2-3 million unused 0$CCU in orbit instead of the 1million they where worried about, seem like great foresight planing... ;) just saying
CHEERS! :beer::beer::beer::beer::beers::beers:
I now bought back every 0$CCU I had in the buyback and then some extra from store to be shore to cover what I might want to change between, since I am very indecisive when it come to buying ships. So now I got like 200+ 0$CCU and I think I was not the only one who did panic and did the same.
And you didn't need to be Einstein to figure out the result of that decision. So counting my and that of other users doing the same they now have 2-3 million unused 0$CCU in orbit instead of the 1million they where worried about, seem like great foresight planing... ;) just saying
CHEERS! :beer::beer::beer::beer::beers::beers:
I do agree with this, it doesn't really make any sense for someone to be able to buy 1000 ccu's and keep them sitting there "just incase" completely for free.
As long as they don't retroactively charge $5 to people who have existing $0 ccus, that would be very unfair if they did that.
As long as they don't retroactively charge $5 to people who have existing $0 ccus, that would be very unfair if they did that.
Exactly all they really did was increase the amount of $0 CCU's, So if they really do balance ships off that it's going to throw balance off even more with their stats. Someone at CIG is not using their brain at all. I, like you and most others have done this before they started to charge people.
The only way a ship popularity could be a balance factor was if the players on their own said "this is is better than X. Get this ship" and everyone gets that ship for one meta reason or another. So everyone gets it and the others of that class are seen as weaker(they may not be) but maybe they just need a new loadout
It's meta wars.
It's meta wars.
Yeah they shore screwed up on this one I was buying some more 0$CCU and the store was lagging for the first time ever guess there is a mass storm buying up CCU now... wounder how they gonna solve this head boggle..
I mean only reason I had 0$CCU is be cause of my indecisiveness and I do change ship like once a week some time.. and keep doing soo untill I finally come to a conclusion on what ship I like best.. then I go for another.. etc..
The thought might sounded good in the head when they came up with the idea, but in reality well maybe not so much..
As I said don't need to be Einstein to figure out how it was going to play out... L O_o L
I dont know if I'm getting the concerns herein in the right way. Thus I just want to say that in my understanding you don't have to worry about your existing 0$-CCU. Its only about future CCUs. When you are buying a potential 0 EUR CCU, CIG now bills you 5$ administrative surcharge like they do for RSI handle changes.
I don't like this step, because a) a don't see a massive revenue plus b) I don't believe the "data"-bullshit Zylo is writing about and c) CIG (again) has lost huge amounts of trust. Because of this I am sad. Sad about the flame war which is burning in every SC forum and sad about CIG that they kick the backers ass, without any reason which would be clear to my eyes.
I don't like this step, because a) a don't see a massive revenue plus b) I don't believe the "data"-bullshit Zylo is writing about and c) CIG (again) has lost huge amounts of trust. Because of this I am sad. Sad about the flame war which is burning in every SC forum and sad about CIG that they kick the backers ass, without any reason which would be clear to my eyes.
Han Burgundy
Space Marshal
Lawsuits. When you "purchased" your $0 CCU, you completed a transaction. That transaction was a contract, of sorts, that in exchange for the agreed upon price (in this case, $0) CIG will provide you with a CCU token. CCU tokens are, and always have been, applied without use of the "shopping cart" interface. To force a user through another purchase screen for an item that they already own would be considered double-dipping and could be pretty easily be brought to court*
*In my opinion. I'm not a lawyer or anything, but I rode an elevator with one once AND I've watched the whole first season of DareDevil on Netflix.
FerethTheFox
Space Marshal
So what they are saying if we don't want to put "OUR" money into a ship, and instead would like to try something else...... We would have to pay 5 bucks each time even if the ship is cheaper or of equal value to the one we are CCUing?
Cool-Hand-Luke
Space Marshal
5 bucks here.. 5 bucks there. CR... why would you want to whip up a shit storm over chump change?
Just deliver on 3.0... bring out the 600i and some mid size industry ship jpeg's every few weeks.
I promise... 100 dollar bills will rain from heaven.
Buy Sandy something nice.
Cheers
Just deliver on 3.0... bring out the 600i and some mid size industry ship jpeg's every few weeks.
I promise... 100 dollar bills will rain from heaven.
Buy Sandy something nice.
Cheers
Likewise
Captain
I would probably be more upset if I owned anything that could benefit from the $0 ccu's, but at this point I've upgraded my base ship a few times and am pretty happy with my Cutlass especially with the rework coming.
Of course this may change once I finally purchase my combat ship. Then again I hope to just end my purchasing at 2. We'll see how well that goes.
I do feel that if they are going to do this then just make the 0 dollar CCU'S 5 bucks instead of adding 5 bucks to all of them.
Of course this may change once I finally purchase my combat ship. Then again I hope to just end my purchasing at 2. We'll see how well that goes.
I do feel that if they are going to do this then just make the 0 dollar CCU'S 5 bucks instead of adding 5 bucks to all of them.
Likewise
Captain
Also after thinking a little more about the claim that these unused CCU'S are making it hard on the designers I have to assume it has more to do with not really knowing how many of each ship is actually going to end up being used. Considering that they only planned on a set amount of certain ships to be out there.
Then again they do keep selling more limited ships. Which is fine with me considering I hope to grab one eventually haha.
Then again they do keep selling more limited ships. Which is fine with me considering I hope to grab one eventually haha.
So do we have any confirmation as to whether this 5 bucks will be applied when we BUY the CCU or when we APPLY the CCU? Because that will be the big kicker.
Likewise
Captain
Well we already bought the CCU for $0 dollars so we already own it as much as we can own a digital promise. You should have the completed purchase confirmation in your email.
Op4ArcticFox
Space Marshal
I don't blame em one bit. Too many people having ships without actually owning them. Trading, buying, converting and CIG doesn't get a cut of that action. It's business, we are taking up space on their servers, trading ships they made, at no cost to us. Doesn't make sense in the least. Not to mention the hoards of ships out there that may never be claimed. There very much are balancing metrics involved there. I've never had a problem with just buying a ship, and holding on to it, and maybe melting it if I decided I didn't want it. If you are worried about getting ships you can't afford your priorities are in the wrong place.