MA and FPC needs all types mind you.
Some make it through no depositing others well continually deposit. As long as ped is funneled out of EU (decay) than ped will need to be funneled into EU via deposits.
Really EU is open to so many different styles of play and no one way is more right or wrong unless you are a scammer then sorry your no better than pond scum IMHO.
I guess the option to play without depositing is open to everyone and the option to deposit likewise. I personally find enjoyment seeing how far I can stretch my ped and then sometimes I deposit like a mad man to achieve some goal or attain some piece of pixelated equipment.
Personally no matter what style of play I think it would be nice to have some form of recognition in terms of achievements and maybe milestones within Planet Calypso. Sometimes it can feel like no matter what you do or how you do it MA is out to bleed you dry rather than acknowledge some loyalty to EU no matter how that is achieved.
I guess my biggest beef has always been a lack of being able to attain what you need through grinding mobs, dropping bombs/probes, and clicking crafting overtime. Yeah you can build that PED card and wait for that special price on the item you want but something seems lost in continually having to do that all the time.
I agree there is a need maybe to make things seem achievable no matter what level or how much you spend in EU. Otherwise it turns into a mindless grind of the same items over and over again. I think its human nature to want and see tactile (albiet virtual) results and not just from building PEDs from other players but also from participating in the professions the developers implemented.
I think it gives newbies a sense of "I hope to get there someday" and those who have gotten there to think "what comes next?"
We are all intertwined in EU no matter how you participate. We all have good and bad days that is something I have come to count on the longer I continue. We have the full spectrum of game haters to game lovers in EU and that is what makes this project work IMHO.
Now saying that I think MA will get more people in EU by providing an entertaining and enjoyable platform people don't mind spending a few bucks on. If you make something entertaining and enjoyable people will spend money. Look at
Avatar the movie its entertaining and enjoyable and its made over 1 billion in what 3 weeks? Maybe the emphasis MA and FPC and all the planet partners need to concentrate on is not how to squeeze a few more ped per hour out of those who are already here but how to make it so darn entertaining that people enjoy opening up their wallets and spending a little and tell their friends about it and their friends about it. I spent my money on
Avatar and I walked away thoroughly entertained without a thought about the money I just spent and that was my return.
How do you make EU like that because as it stands now I sometimes wonder if its worth it to continue and if I am not here who will buy all of Brooklyn's freebies so she can play for free as well
?
See Brooklyn while I agree with some of your posts your style of play depends on depositers and if they go away then who will pay MA salaries, server upgrades, power bills, and new software/hardware? So don't be so quick to boohoo those who don't play your style we all depend on each other and no style of play is more righteous than another (unless you are a pond scum scammer lol)