MSchuyler Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) What with all the hate & discontent floating about this week, as it does after every patch, I started thinking about how much I have to pay to even be in this game at all. Now I know there is a range. It starts with $0.00 for F2P up to a maximum of $15.00 for 30 days. Is that right, or is it a full month? No matter, there are ways to SLIGHTLY reduce this bill by paying in 3 or 6 month increments, but for our purposes we'll just go for $15.00 per month to make it easy to calculate. And let's not count CC grants as any kind of refund because they aren't worth anything in Real Money anyway unless you go through extensive gyrations of cheating to turn them into credits, then sell the credits offline. Besides, that's a lot of work! (Umm, or so I've been told.) So yesterday I played for 5.5 hours. My Sith went up several levels, got her ship, kicked some butt, wiped a few times, and wound up exhausted on the fleet for some R&R. So how much did I pay? Nine cents an hour. YMMV Edited June 14, 2014 by MSchuyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I pay $30 for 2 months at a time to play at my leisure. I can't give you a precise amount of time that I play because it all depends on my mood at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What's the point of this thread again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrgames Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What with all the hate & discontent floating about this week, as it does after every patch, I started thinking about how much I have to pay to even be in this game at all. Now I know there is a range. It starts with $0.00 for F2P up to a maximum of $15.00 for 30 days. Is that right, or is it a full month? No matter, there are ways to SLIGHTLY reduce this bill by paying in 3 or 6 month increments, but for our purposes we'll just go for $15.00 per month to make it easy to calculate. And let's not count CC grants as any kind of refund because they aren't worth anything in Real Money anyway unless you go through extensive gyrations of cheating to turn them into credits, then sell the credits offline. Besides, that's a lot of work! (Umm, or so I've been told.) So yesterday I played for 5.5 hours. My Sith went up several levels, got her ship, kicked some butt, wiped a few times, and wound up exhausted on the fleet for some R&R. So how much did I pay? Nine cents an hour. YMMV That is assuming you play for 5.5 hours every day. No one plays the same amount of time each day. If you really want to know how much you pay per hour. You would have time whole month's game time and figure it out from that figure. Are you also talking playing the game or logged into the game? My game is running in the background as I work on calc homework or write papers. I swap over every once in awhile and kill something , do a quest or talk to my guild for a quick break. I may only play 10 minutes an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankalo Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What's the point of this thread again? +1 OP , explain yourself again in a few words We cant read a wall of bullsith... Pay $14,99 per month if you want to play this game. Thats it. You can quit in 1 month if you are not satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exly Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Let's see, I started plying in January of 2012, so I guess that I have paid close to $500 to play this game so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSchuyler Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 That is assuming you play for 5.5 hours every day. No one plays the same amount of time each day. If you really want to know how much you pay per hour. You would have time whole month's game time and figure it out from that figure. . That's why I added: YMMV. There are any number of ways to do it, of course. For the OCD crowd, you'd have to keep careful records per month and track to the tenth of a cent. By all means.....collect more data! What's the point of this thread again? You've seen the whining as much as I have, especially the people who DEMAND A REFUND! Well? The more you play, the less you pay per hour. It's pretty cheap entertainment over all. Where else can you be entirely engrossed in an entertaining venue for a dime an hour? You didn't play for a day? Oh noes! You lost 50 cents. Do that for a week and you can buy a latte. The point is that the emotion expended per dollar paid is completely over-balanced. To think that a glitch in the code, most of which were fixed within a few hours, would cause this much angst is a First World Problem not worthy of note to anyone who either works or fights for a living. Our kids are dying overseas with no hope of a Medical Droid resurrecting them. The real unemployment rate (not the false one advertised by the government) is still hovering at 20%. People are losing their homes and, despite Obamacare, can't afford their own health insurance... and people here "demand a refund!" when their actual cost to play on an hourly basis, given their addiction, is almost too low to measure. It's a sick, shameful joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy_Blackrose Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 one word entitlement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 You've seen the whining as much as I have, especially the people who DEMAND A REFUND! Well? The more you play, the less you pay per hour. It's pretty cheap entertainment over all. Where else can you be entirely engrossed in an entertaining venue for a dime an hour? You didn't play for a day? Oh noes! You lost 50 cents. Do that for a week and you can buy a latte. The point is that the emotion expended per dollar paid is completely over-balanced. To think that a glitch in the code, most of which were fixed within a few hours, would cause this much angst is a First World Problem not worthy of note to anyone who either works or fights for a living. Our kids are dying overseas with no hope of a Medical Droid resurrecting them. The real unemployment rate (not the false one advertised by the government) is still hovering at 20%. People are losing their homes and, despite Obamacare, can't afford their own health insurance... and people here "demand a refund!" when their actual cost to play on an hourly basis, given their addiction, is almost too low to measure. It's a sick, shameful joke. I read the post above. Can I ask a refund for time wasted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandicus Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) I read the post above. Can I ask a refund for time wasted? There's an idea, refunds for opportunity cost. Were you not reading this forum post, would you have been: A. Writing a groundbreaking screenplay B. Having sex with a super model C. Winning the lottery D. Wasting your time reading another forum post Please fill in the above and send to your nearest consumer advocacy group to petition for a refund. Edited June 14, 2014 by Vandicus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 There's an idea, refunds for opportunity cost. Were you not reading this forum post, would you have been: A. Writing a groundbreaking screenplay B. Having sex with a super model C. Winning the lottery D. Wasting your time reading another forum post Please fill in the above and send to your nearest consumer advocacy group to petition for a refund. I actually did three of those already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratcha Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I actually did three of those already. Loping your mule while looking at a centerfold does not count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Loping your mule while looking at a centerfold does not count * sad panda * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Loping your mule while looking at a centerfold does not count Might not count for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrgames Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I actually did three of those already. Are you counting D 3 times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratcha Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Might not count for you... Well, that, like the cost of playing the game is all relative, isn't it? You guys are way too easy. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Might not count for you... The rules are in place. Master scratcha has decreed. Our prerogative was declared null an void. Stand down, Silly Wrath. Are you counting D 3 times? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrgames Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Well, that, like the cost of playing the game is all relative, isn't it? You guys are way too easy. LOL You make it sound as if being easy is a bad thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Well, that, like the cost of playing the game is all relative, isn't it? You guys are way too easy. LOL I can be hard if you'd prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I can be hard if you'd prefer. I foresee hard times ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratcha Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I can be hard if you'd prefer. Oh, sweetie, by all means; a hard man is good to find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Someone, somewhere is getting offended by this thread.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Someone, somewhere is getting offended by this thread.. He or she just needs to harden up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 He or she just needs to harden up a bit. It's a hard knock life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyxNoxNothing Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Someone, somewhere is getting offended by this thread.. Which probably means they're getting exactly what they came for. There are people who can't enjoy the day without at least a couple hours of tushy tantrums over things of no real importance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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