In case you hadn't noticed, MT is coming everywhere.

I'm just pointing it out to all of us who just left EVE because of MT.

As far as I'm concerned, if I pay a subscription there better be NO Pay2Win.  Period.  Vanity items, I could care less. 

We came came to this sandbox because cat kept crapping in our last one.  Before these guys get to playing with their toys and liking it, I thought it best they know the cat is eyeballing this sandbox too.

I'm not too thrilled about the idea of microtransactions, but there are a couple of differences between Perp and EVE.

-The paint tokens are the only part that is a microtransaction.   Players still need to collect items to get the EC to get the paint.   

-When your mech is destroyed so is the paint job.

IMO these two points make the microtransaction feel more within the spirit of the game.   Players still need to participate with in the game to achieve their shiny looking mech and there is a limitation to the number of mechs they can shine.

I am against Pay2Win, which is where Eve is heading. I have played many games with vanity MT, which I have no issues with. And is not only MT that drove me (us) away from Eve - it was primarily CCP's belligerent attitude regarding MT and other issues.

In this game is see the evidence of Devs working to resolve issues. They do not use my sub to spend time on developing other games and nonsense unwanted functionality. In eve I can show you issues of 8 years that the devs were ignoring. Most of our Eve subs for the past 2 years went into developing Dust and WoD. In itself it is not an issue, and we do not prescribe what CCP does with it's money - the issue with that is they neglected Eve and it's player base.

MT is what makes a game sustainable through extra income for the developer. We all want the game to grow and last a good few years after all.

I've clarified it in the devblog comments:
http://blog.perpetuum-online.com/posts/ … comment414

Stop repeating what i say Zoom...

Thank you Dev Zoom i have bookmarked that comment of yours in case its needed later, but i suspect it wont be.

Thanks for the clarification

Where do you see in this post that I'm angry?  Where in that discussion was MT ever brought up?

Fail troll.

By the way, tell all those former EVE *** OP's to go play with their monocle.

As an Ex-Pat myself... I've actually gone through and read most of the devblogs, hit the manifesto etc. And as long as they stick to it and don't fling a giant steaming pile into the sandbox, it is all good.

Put the pitchforks down and back away slowly. So far nothing egregious to see here. If you see me bailing noisily, that might be about the right time to grab the eject bar and pull.

All of us EvE Ex-Pats are probably feeling a tad gun-shy right now. (I know I certainly am) But let's let them get the game off the ground. They need a community, we need a sandbox. I think we can work it out. (And if we get their market working...we can probably kick things into the next gear)

I can't speak for everyone but the MACROtransaction thing was the straw that broke the camels back for me and I suspect a fair few others.

From Tyrannis being... well... crap, the "18 months" and subsequent Summer of Rage, renaded promises of no MT in EVE ever (CCP Shadow, in relation to the SP being given out due to server move delays), MT appearing, the prices of the frankly abysmal offerings in that cash shop and their utter evasivness on 'Gold Ammo'-esque MT's.  And the leaks.  And the broken mechanics & Ships (come on, is anyone going to say Hybrids work properly or the Legion is good?) and the broken promises on even the little things:  2 years and counting since a cap ship last rode the lightning in to battle as an example.

I've read the blog and all I see is MT for a can of Dulux paint or two so far.  No problems with that,  assuming the Dev's here are open and frank about such plans and keep their word on the complete and utter lack of "Gold Ammo" I'm pretty happy with it.  Probably throw in a $ or two to get a Hello Kittie esque scheme on an ARKHE for a giggle.

No $25 sparkle ponies for me though no matter how sparklie.

It isn't so much the MT, it was that when you looked at everything those other devs were doing, it was clear that making a game that was fun was in no way a priority, and that just turning into one huge double dip was. The two need not be mutually exclusive if p2w is avoided. I don't think they ever said they wouldn't either. Neither are they developing two other games with subs from this one without putting any effort into making this a better game. So not the same issue here really. Bad timing, I'm not sure, at least they were up front about it though.