How Much Have You Spent on Cartel Coins?

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Almost every time something is said or linked in the GC about a CM item, like clockwork, someone says something like "You are stupid to waste money on the CM" or "EA will never get my money" The backlash from players who do not spend money in the CM is so off putting. I can understand people thinking that the CM is silly and not spending money in it, but vocalizing disdain for people that do spend money clearly comes from insecurities.

I do not understand why people spend so much money on diamonds. In my opinion it is just a shiny stone. I do not, however, judge people that do spend money on diamonds. I certainly do not take every opportunity given to put down people that are wearing diamonds. Who am I to say what other people should spend their money on?

I could make a bunch of points about how I spend way more money on golf, or at the bar, or trips to sporting events, but why should I? If I have the cash I can spend my money on over sized monster truck tires or over sized stuffed animals. The point is that no one should judge me for it because no one should care. Its like what Jay-Z said "what I eat dont make you ****"

I haven't spent anything to buy more cartel coins. However, I think I've spent about 10 million of in game credits to get cartel items. I probably spent about 3 million to get 10 packs, 3 million for pets, mounts, etc. and the rest for various convenience unlocks such as cargo bays, inventory, etc.

That's a pretty good quote.

Nothing outside of subscription.

Zero. Sitting on about 2.5k points with more due in a couple days. So far I havent felt the need to purchase much from the store. Rocket boots were the only thing I wanted and my free coins easily covered those and a few packs when F2P launched.

Nothing. I support the game with my subscription, that should be enough. Naturally I spend the cartel coins I get monthly on the rare occasion I see something I really really like (Valiant Jedi Armour!), but mostly I get the cartel market items I want off of GTN. I just know the second I spend my coins rather than credits they'll release an awesome armour set the very next week or finally put up discounted inventory/cargo bay unlocks. So I carefully bide my time...

$80, with a bit of a story behind it

You see, I was trying to buy $40 in cartel coins as a Yule present for my brother in law. I botched it, and ended up putting $40 into my own account - no refund. Bummer, but I'll still make use of them. My $40 went into Level 7 ship upgrades and a bunch of Legacy unlocks so my Bounty Hunter will have a much faster ride through the game than my Consular.

The second time was a success and bro-in-law got a bunch of goodies for his smuggler to play with.

It's my belief that this stems from people being concerned about the direction of the game. They see the CM making money hand over fist and are afraid the devs will go "Hot diggity, let's just keep doing that instead of actually developing the game". CM content already seems to come out lightning fast compared to actual game content. When they see someone drop 120 bucks on coins, they see it as similar to enabling an addict.

That's my working theory, anyways.

To answer the OP, I've spent $60 on coins.

If people see it as similar to enabling an addict, then those people have a major case of the hyperbole. I am not a rich man, nor do I spend money for the sake of it, but I am in a situation to where spending $120 on a video game is not a big deal. Am I an addict? Do I wake up in cold sweats screaming "REVAN MASK! I NEED ME SOME REVAN MASK!"

Does the CM really take away from core game play? Will the EA make the Devs spend more time on the CM than the new raid or WZ? How much time does it really take to re-skin old gear and mount models and put them up for sale? If not for the extra cash from the CM do you think would be getting new content every months and half? Lets let the expansion come out before we jump right to "the CM ruined my endgame!"

£0
and no intention of spending any in the future :P