Tag: Vanity items

First off, Eurogamer owes me the sum of $4 for a now ruined blueberry bagel with peanut butter and jelly on it (the organic kind). The more I consider publishing this article, the more I’ve been refreshing the page, staring at the calendar hoping that today is April 1st, or someone hacked Eurogamer’s website to post a fake article. In an article just published, Eurogamer talked to CCP about future inclusions to the Eve Online Noble Exchange, including the possibility of a $10,000 gold-colored Scorpion (ship).

I guess the signs are out there. Take this, for example, from Eve’s Dev blog about the cash shop:

Deluxe tier outfits are aimed at flamboyantly rich capsuleers regardless of whether they measure their wealth in ISK, Aurum, PLEX, or currencies from Earth. While price is of little concern for these players, they could find themselves spending two or three times the price of an affordable outfit on a single piece for their ensemble. An exceptional tier is rumored to exist that represents a very special and rare investment for the wealthiest members of the EVE community.

So a special tier is planned for those who are above what is considered “flamboyantly rich” in “Earth currency.” Chariman of the Council of Stellar Management (CSM) Alex Gianturco believes that there is no reason for backlash against vanity cash shop items, regardless of how expensive they are.

“My perspective and the CSM’s perspective is that if they come out with something like – just as a hypothetical [example] – unique ship models with limited runs that they want to charge $1 billion for: as long as it doesn’t impact the competitive gameplay of Eve Online – If some crazy rich person wants to buy that, I don’t care and, by and large, the CSM doesn’t care, and that money helps go to develop Eve.”

Eve Online players are understandably standing once again on rocky ground after CCP’s own Arnar Gylfason refused to declare that non-vanity items were off the table forever:

“Saying never …” Gylfasson paused. “That puts me in an awkward position.”

It will certainly be interesting to see exactly how high CCP is looking to go in terms of cash shop costs, and what exactly will fill that spot of crazy rich. Like I’ve said before, going for an insanely rich item that is visual (other players can see on you in space) will likely wind up being a massive target painted on your ship for every player in the galaxy to target.

First off, Eurogamer owes me the sum of $4 for a now ruined blueberry bagel with peanut butter and jelly on it (the organic kind). The more I consider publishing this article, the more I’ve been refreshing the page, staring at the calendar hoping that today is April 1st, or someone hacked Eurogamer’s website to post a fake article. In an article just published, Eurogamer talked to CCP about future inclusions to the Eve Online Noble Exchange, including the possibility of a $10,000 gold-colored Scorpion (ship).

I guess the signs are out there. Take this, for example, from Eve’s Dev blog about the cash shop:

Deluxe tier outfits are aimed at flamboyantly rich capsuleers regardless of whether they measure their wealth in ISK, Aurum, PLEX, or currencies from Earth. While price is of little concern for these players, they could find themselves spending two or three times the price of an affordable outfit on a single piece for their ensemble. An exceptional tier is rumored to exist that represents a very special and rare investment for the wealthiest members of the EVE community.

So a special tier is planned for those who are above what is considered “flamboyantly rich” in “Earth currency.” Chariman of the Council of Stellar Management (CSM) Alex Gianturco believes that there is no reason for backlash against vanity cash shop items, regardless of how expensive they are.

“My perspective and the CSM’s perspective is that if they come out with something like – just as a hypothetical [example] – unique ship models with limited runs that they want to charge $1 billion for: as long as it doesn’t impact the competitive gameplay of Eve Online – If some crazy rich person wants to buy that, I don’t care and, by and large, the CSM doesn’t care, and that money helps go to develop Eve.”

Eve Online players are understandably standing once again on rocky ground after CCP’s own Arnar Gylfason refused to declare that non-vanity items were off the table forever:

“Saying never …” Gylfasson paused. “That puts me in an awkward position.”

It will certainly be interesting to see exactly how high CCP is looking to go in terms of cash shop costs, and what exactly will fill that spot of crazy rich. Like I’ve said before, going for an insanely rich item that is visual (other players can see on you in space) will likely wind up being a massive target painted on your ship for every player in the galaxy to target.