Layno_Maul Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hello guys! So yesterday I felt bored so I started to think about stuff SWTOR related and I felt like there should be an ability to buy credits with CC! For example, 50K could cost somewhere around 300-400 CC. If not this then at least the ability to buy it with real money. If you could add this I would love it! It would also be helpful for new people. Sincerely, Layno_maul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyMcGee Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Do you know what inflation is? In about 2 weeks, Republic banners would cost 2 million credits. The game would be flooded with money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psandak Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) You can already turn CCs into credits...after a fashion: purchase something off the CMwait the 36 hours "bound" timepost what you got off the CM on the GTNprofit What stops inflation, as CrazyMcGee points out would happen, is that the above does not create credits out of thin air; you are getting credits from another player. Edited January 19, 2014 by psandak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancezwithnubz Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 this is one of those ideas that's 'great' for 'you', but terrible for the game community/economy as a whole. inflation. rampant, economy destroying hyperinflation is what this would bring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinak Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) I am kind of puzzled why they haven't implemented a plex (like) system in swtor yet. It would be perfect for this game... I would really like to have the option to buy or sell cartel coins with credits. I just don't like being forced to buy coins every time I want to buy something from the cartel market or to unlock something in my collections. I would much rather have the option to buy coins from somebody else. Or if I am short on funds, buy coins to sell directly on the GTN. The system works because the only currency (both coins and credits) in circulation would have been purchased, or otherwise generated at one point or another by a player. So EA gets its money, and inflation doesn't occur with the added bonus of discouraging gold spam in general chat too. https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/30_Day_Pilot%27s_License_Extension Edited January 19, 2014 by Vinak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illgot Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 One reason to not allow this is it stops gold selling sites from selling CM cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDougherty Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I would really like to have the option to buy or sell cartel coins with credits. I would like to buy cartel coins with credits, but I expect that it would be at a terrible exchange rate (one worse than buying the items you want of GTN) But I think buying credits with cash would destroy the value of credits and items going for 100 credits (mats for example) would inflate to going for 10,000 credits inside of a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec_Fortescue Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 You can already turn CCs into credits...after a fashion: purchase something off the CMwait the 36 hours "bound" timepost what you got off the CM on the GTNprofit What stops inflation, as CrazyMcGee points out would happen, is that the above does not create credits out of thin air; you are getting credits from another player. This. It's not troublesome at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinak Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I would like to buy cartel coins with credits, but I expect that it would be at a terrible exchange rate (one worse than buying the items you want of GTN) But I think buying credits with cash would destroy the value of credits and items going for 100 credits (mats for example) would inflate to going for 10,000 credits inside of a week. The exchange rate would be market driven just as other cartel items are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal-Nyewalker Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 this is what i have been thinking myself also we can buy Cartel coins from SWTOR store why not sell credits? you could sell: 1 million credits for £5.99 2 million credits for £11.99 5 million credits for £25.99 Back to topic: 100 cartel coins for 100.000 credits 450 cartel coins 500.000 credits 900 cartel coins 1,000.000 credits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuppy Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Hello guys! So yesterday I felt bored so I started to think about stuff SWTOR related and I felt like there should be an ability to buy credits with CC! For example, 50K could cost somewhere around 300-400 CC. If not this then at least the ability to buy it with real money. If you could add this I would love it! It would also be helpful for new people. Sincerely, Layno_maul Lol, son you are lowballing yourself terribly! One cartel pack at either 320 or 360cc will generally never sell below 250k and as high as 450k on the GTN. I will take that exchange rate over yours anyday. Edited January 20, 2014 by Yuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSupaCoopa Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Please no. That would decrease the value of the Credit and just be a bad idea on general. You can already get credits with CM items through the GTN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dscount Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 NO x100 - please do not allow direct CASH for CREDITS. As everyone has pointed out ECONOMY issues with that approach. The buy packs/unbind/sell is already a loophole IMHO, but hey it gets BW/EA money so they will let it continue. Something that WOULD help the in game ECONOMY: 1) Buy CM stuff with in game CREDITS... that makes sense and would decrease credits in game. 2) Buy CM Coins with in game CREDITS... (Same approach, but would be easier to implement) Lets be honest most the CM stuff is bought/sold in the first month and then something else comes along that everyone wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machshoot Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Terrible idea. Goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay-Kor Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 No company would be stupid enough to implement this type of system....except Cryptic/PWE on Star Trek Online...not joking, they seriously did...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackholeskipper Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Hello guys! So yesterday I felt bored so I started to think about stuff SWTOR related and I felt like there should be an ability to buy credits with CC! For example, 50K could cost somewhere around 300-400 CC. If not this then at least the ability to buy it with real money. If you could add this I would love it! It would also be helpful for new people. Sincerely, Layno_maul Woah dude, 50K for 300-400 CC? That is outrageous. That's more than the price of a newly released AAA game for a million credits, which can't even buy you the cheapest varactyl on the GTN. In fact, that's even more expensive than the already too expensive pricing on the CM. Just use the GTN if you'd be happy with such a stupid exchange rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatRacer Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Well hey, if you want to buy creds with cartel coins (ie real money), there's plenty of credit spammers on General Chat that'd be happy to help you out... Edited January 22, 2014 by HeatRacer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beslley Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Terrible idea. Goodbye. This x1000000 What, was buying cartel packs and selling them on the GTN too much effort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletBlaze Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 No. think it is a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingonaut Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 That's a really bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahkreeah Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 No, this is a bad idea. The system works the way it does. Even if someone is really bad at this game, they can still can cut down womprats and wampas, equip what they loot and keep doing it until reaching level 55. Then they can hop along warzones, level 55 areas, space and what not to grind together a few million credits with patience. Any decent player will ofcourse do dailies and what not. But I'm talking worst case scenario, where even the worst player can level, get credits and buy things off the GTN. If that player is willing to buy credits with real money, they can also pay for a subscription to get rid of the credit cap to buy that stuff off the GTN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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