Allow C-Store Points to be Gifted

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Please put this feature in. People could give others a way to enjoy C-Store items, fansites and podcasts could use it to have prizes and contests, etc.

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That would actually be a cool idea.
A C-store giftcard of a sort.

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Interesting idea.

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As I stated in the "How to get Cryptic Points", I would very much like to do this. Makes a good birthday gift for some of my friends. :)

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That would be rather cool!

I particularly like the idea of seeing a C-Store giftcard! I could see GameStop employees having to deal with confused mom's this december... "He said he wanted Sea Points or something... from... oh what was the name... Mysterious games? Something like that. Its for that Star Wars thing he's always playing, with that George Takai fellow in it. Did you know he was GAY? I just read that!"

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Somehow I worry that it might be trouble with gold farmers though.

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Somehow I worry that it might be trouble with gold farmers though.

Indeed it is a possibility, but I think that if they did it as EVE handles their GTCs then it would be fine and pretty worry free.

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Somehow I worry that it might be trouble with gold farmers though.

Why exactly? It's not as if energy credit as really worth much in game. Aside from early and mid levels, you really don't need credits other than purchasing new ships upon rank-up and maybe a few items off the exchange if you don't feel like doing exploration / pvp / etc missions for marks & badges. I don't really see C-Store points as being able to be robbed from people by a traditional gold farmer, unless a gold farmer somehow tricks a player into sending them the 'gift' of c-store points, in which case it goes beyond your usual link / email / website scam that most fall into.

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bump for great justice. and hopefully a dev response. please allow this :(

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Any updates on this? devs? please?

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See, now you are confusing me. In the OP you state/ask:
Please put this feature in. People could give others a way to enjoy C-Store items, fansites and podcasts could use it to have prizes and contests, etc.

Combined with the title of the thread: Allow C-Store Points to be Gifted

Now we have a clear picture of this thread, to add the option to pass along Cryptic Points to friends/etc. Or, at least I thought we did. In response to the worries about usage by "Goldfarmers" (Which WILL happen) you state/ask:

Why exactly? It's not as if energy credit as really worth much in game. Aside from early and mid levels, you really don't need credits other than purchasing new ships upon rank-up and maybe a few items off the exchange if you don't feel like doing exploration / pvp / etc missions for marks & badges. I don't really see C-Store points as being able to be robbed from people by a traditional gold farmer, unless a gold farmer somehow tricks a player into sending them the 'gift' of c-store points, in which case it goes beyond your usual link / email / website scam that most fall into.
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So which is it, energy credits or C-store points?

C-Store points WILL be abused by goldfarmers, because the ONLY way to get them is with money. If this idea is implemented it gives those farmers a way to circumvent the charges to players, and create a "black market" on C-Points.

You do realize "Energy Credits" and "C-Points" are two different things right?