All i see now is 2.75 as the minimum.
Where is the .75cents Energy option?
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 03:48
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 07:35
#2
They probably lost a lot of
They probably lost a lot of the 75cent option to overhead so they nixed it. I sort of like the idea of the micropay though.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 08:05
#3
Actually doing the math it
Actually doing the math it was less economical, CE to dollar wise, to get energy with $0.75. If you got 20k CE that way, they'd have made far more money than if you paid for the 20k CE alone. It IS a shame, because I felt comfortable doing that dollar value every now and then.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:33
#4
Most likely it wasn't
Most likely it wasn't economical for them due to Credit Card/Bank/etc. fees. Often these are flat fees per purchase. So a fee of 25c on a 75c sale is a much bigger hit than on a 275c sale (1/3 vs 1/11).
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:34
#5
Removing the option makes it
Removing the option makes it notably more costly for abusive types to develop a 'stable' of alts.
Therefore, I approve. Big time.
It probably will inconvenience a number of legit players, of course. Which is too bad.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 10:10
#6
I don't think it'll have too
I don't think it'll have too much of an effect on people developing a stable of alts. Those that want them will pay the next minimum value, simple as that.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 10:11
#7
Wasn't there a limit of 3
Wasn't there a limit of 3 alts per computer?
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 10:17
#8
3 alts per account. You can
3 alts per account. You can make an apparently infinite amount of alts per computer, but each free account (i.e. one you haven't paid for CE through) will share ME with each other. So 50 free accounts all sharing 100 ME per day.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 11:42
#9
Oh no, I liked the .75c
Oh no, I liked the .75c option. =(
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 11:47
#10
you can only register 2
you can only register 2 accounts per computer though. or IP, probably IP, I can see people using IP Proxies to cheat the system into having an unlimited number of accounts to do runs with on alts, then send the crowns/farmed mats to their main.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 11:49
#11
The limits of freedom
You can register more than 2 accounts if you pay for CE on each of them. The limit is only on free accounts, I believe.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 11:55
#12
Right.
Still, I doubt that's
Right.
Still, I doubt that's why they did it. I suspect they were simply losing 10 cents to the bank on each transaction, or some such, and decided it wasn't worth it, as Psyfun said.
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 12:18
#13
I was surprised
I was surprised to some extent that that option even existed at all. I only really know about Paypal, but I know that Paypal takes a flat amount and a small percentage. The minimum cut for any kind of account is, I believe, .30 + 2%. This means that OOO was getting .43 for each .75 payment made through Paypal. By eliminating the .75 option, they help make it so that most of the money people are paying the company actually makes it to the company instead of getting eaten by fees. It's not really good for the customers or for the company to have huge chunks of the payments lost that way. (It's bad for the company for obvious reasons, and it's bad for the customer because company profits can be reinvested into development, maintenance, etc.)
Thu, 05/05/2011 - 12:43
#14
I suppose it could also be
I suppose it could also be that it was the least popular payment option, so it wasn't worth keeping around (for the reasons Joydmn says). Maybe 3R expected it to be a more popular choice to make up for the lower profit, but it didn't work out that way?
I guess they got rid of it. That's too bad