fdbgjfdhjgkjdhsg Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Seriously, why do we need to pay insane amounts of credits to upgrade are abilities? It's stupid! And the same goes for changing your armor. Why do we need to spend 9K just to change our clothes? Can anyone answer that in a logical way? I don't think anyone can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Credit sink. It keeps the economy from being destroyed with runaway inflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Credit Sinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaesha Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 The standard answer you're going to get is that anything that makes you spend a large amount of credits are credit sinks designed to deplete the amount of credits from the server(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) /subscribe Edited July 22, 2014 by Joesixxpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 /subscribe Did you pay CC for that popcorn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apeth Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Its to maintain a healthy economy. Otherwise inflation would run away and rare items would be reserved for the few super rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDymond Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Seriously, why do we need to pay insane amounts of credits to upgrade are abilities? It's stupid! And the same goes for changing your armor. Why do we need to spend 9K just to change our clothes? Can anyone answer that in a logical way? I don't think anyone can. Because a theoretically unlimited amount of currency can be generated from mob drops and quests. Without money sinks inflation would be astronomical. See a conversation on these forums about it here. (Starts at the top of Page 5) Here are some articles on it from around the web: Inflation: The Long Death of MMOs Gamasutra ArticleMassively.com article Edited July 22, 2014 by DarthDymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayseven Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 More than just a credit sink. It is part of a game to earn things. In this case, you have to earn the credits to learn abilities or to move mods around. It's part of the system that makes you do stuff. You have to decide if paying to pull mods at low levels is worth the loss of credits you may need for abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 OP could you restate here your position on why end-game vendor gear should be purchasable with CCs:rak_02: It would add greatly to the conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatRacer Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Because we earn insane amounts of credits from doing just a few minutes worth of game play. Did you have something better to spend your credits on? Edited July 22, 2014 by HeatRacer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedip_enguin Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Nice troll acount name, you must have spent a lot of time thinking it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuriDogshin Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Seriously, why do we need to pay ... 'Cause there ain't no rest for the wicked, and money don't grow on trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrgames Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Because the dev are rolling around in all your credits that they nickel and dime you for in their offices. Credit sink is just some BS terms dev came up with just so they can steal your credits and pad their beds with those credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSchuyler Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Because the dev are rolling around in all your credits that they nickel and dime you for in their offices. Credit sink is just some BS terms dev came up with just so they can steal your credits and pad their beds with those credits. So the devs "steal" your credits and do what, exactly, with them? Can they buy themselves corvettes? a new cowboy hat? What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedip_enguin Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 So the devs "steal" your credits and do what, exactly, with them? Can they buy themselves corvettes? a new cowboy hat? What? Might want to check your sarcasm detector, I think it's broken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmortalLowlife Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 So the devs "steal" your credits and do what, exactly, with them? Can they buy themselves corvettes? a new cowboy hat? What? They use it for "taco Tuesdays" And "margarita Wednesday's"....they also use it when they have to put money I'm the "swear jar". LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comradebot Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 So the devs "steal" your credits and do what, exactly, with them? Can they buy themselves corvettes? a new cowboy hat? What? I've heard they buy cowboy hats for their corvettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrgames Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 So the devs "steal" your credits and do what, exactly, with them? Can they buy themselves corvettes? a new cowboy hat? What? ..... You quoted my post...... They roll around in our hard earned credits in their offices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthTHC Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Paying for skill training wasn't even hard the first time through. Now that I have an army of alts generating credits, I just send 1.4 million to each new one I roll and never worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 'Cause there ain't no rest for the wicked, and money don't grow on trees. Nice CTE reference there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 ..... You quoted my post...... They roll around in our hard earned credits in their offices... Hey! Do you have any idea how many injuries they'd get if they rolled around in their offices WITHOUT our hard earned credits to cushion the impacts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdbgjfdhjgkjdhsg Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Did you have something better to spend your credits on? If I didn't have better things to spend my credits on I wouldn't have made this thread:rolleyes:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Credit sinks are a necessity yeh. The only thing I would like to see change is the augmentation. It's expensive enough as it is but if you want to change a look the costs are just silly. I would really like augmentation slots be linked to the gear slots and not the actual gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) If I didn't have better things to spend my credits on I wouldn't have made this thread:rolleyes:. You can make millions quick and easy by rubbing together 2 brain cells and spending a few mins around play time with crew skills/crafting/GTN. Edited July 22, 2014 by Joesixxpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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