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EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game

Posted by Soulskill on from the sorry-about-your-luck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Massively.com has reported that an EVE Online player recently lost over $1,200 worth of in-game items during a pirate attack. The player in question was carrying 74 PLEX in their ship's cargo hold — in-game 'Pilot's License Extensions' that award 30 days of EVE Online time when used on your account. When the ship was blown up by another player, all 74 PLEX were destroyed in the resulting blast, costing $1,200 worth of damage, or over 6 years of EVE subscription time, however you prefer to count it. Ow."

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  1. ok i'll say it by pezpunk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and nothing of value was lost.

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    1. Re:ok i'll say it by X0563511 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      However there is also no need to ever undock with one PLEX never mind 74.

      You've made one error here - prices can vary by location, and buying/selling is location sensitive.

      I'm not arguing about anything else, he definitely acted the fool - but still.

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  2. Meme over by spun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is one of the more condescending and snotty memes out there, like "FTFY" it exists only to mock. Basically it is saying "I militantly don't care about this, and neither should you." Value is a funny thing, by definition it means whatever you want it to mean. There is no 'value' outside of the human mind. In your own mind, you are the absolute master of value, you can place whatever valuation you like on anything you like. So, when you say "Nothing of value was lost" All you are saying is that nothing you value was lost. Which is likely just as true of, oh say, those floods in Pakistan, nothing you value was lost.

    But obviously, these PLEX were valuable to quite a few people, not to mention a gaming company.

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  3. Re:They should made so the only way to lose it was by frist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is not a game for pussies.

    This is not a game for you to play so don't try to change it so it is.

    People keep writing this. Let me get this straight. EVE is not a game for pussies. So it's a game for toughguys? Given the choice between categorizing players of a sci-fi MMO as toughguys or pussies, I'm forced to go with pussies. You're playing an MMO for crying out loud, you're not engaging in street fighting.

    I think the term you EVE toughguys are looking for is "casual player" not "pussy". But whatever makes you feel tough about playing a SCI-FI MMO. From what I hear, EVE is for pussies and UO or Lineage are for toughguys. You see what I did there?