I appreciate you taking the time to read my post... But your comment isn't constructive in the least bit. You haven't pointed out one thing that might possibly be wrong (or right) with my suggestion. Don't post for no reason bro. You're just making the topic unnecessarily long.

For everyone else, please be constructive:
If you hate it, give valid reasons as to why it isn't feasible.
If you like it, hit the like button.
If you like it, but for another reason, add to the post.

To paint a picture:
If the vets cap out every week, & I cap out every week, I will never catch them & they will always have the advantage SP-wise (skill-wise is a completely different monster).

No, I just think there's no reason to turn everything around that works pretty good in Eve Online. Actually even I would profit from a system like this. But there's no need at all. 3 months and you can use protogear.

Also protostomping is barely there. It's corp squads you lose against. Gear has barely anything to do with it.

maybe rollover SP at the end of each week should be cut by 40-50% or something... that way you dont have some dude not play for like 2 and a half weeks log on play everyday for a week, hit the cap and get the same SP as people who play on a daily basis, then log off for 2 and a half more weeks...

At a certain point, the difference between SP between the new player and the vet player will cease to be significant.

Also kamarri, good couple of matches the other day :D

this universal cap idea is typically used for most MMOs, obviously once you get all of your dropsuit upgrades, protosuit, proto weapons/proficiency, you only can progress laterally. But that makes all of the difference. To start with a proto scout to infiltrate right away, to switch to a proto battle suit, is much different from only having one glass protosuit with no dropsuit upgrades/modules. if you are so against a universal cap, then make the first cap 15 million, where new mercs can get their proto modules, upgrade, suit, weapon that way they have a fighting chance. "it only takes 3 million SP to get proto suits and weapons." True but that means nothing without the passive upgrades (CPU/PG), proto modules and equipment. New mercs would be wasting ISK with protogear on par with vet mercs ADV suits.... I feel like I am just reiterating myself over and over.

Your argument: "I already satisfied with my gear because I have been playing for six months."
Mine: Dust will not retain new players if it takes 6 months to catch up to have one fitting to be competitive. By then, vet mercs will have unstoppable vehicles, multiple dropsuit fittings for different situations, while relatively new players will only have Duvolles and ADV gear.

The current SP system is frustrating.

I understand that it is almost impossible to catch the vets, but I should at least be given the chance. By resetting the SP cap every week, there will forever be a gap between myself & the guys who have been here since the beginning.

To paint a picture:
If the vets cap out every week, & I cap out every week, I will never catch them & they will always have the advantage SP-wise (skill-wise is a completely different monster).

So I propose that in the stead of the current system, there should be a rollover system. To clarify, when a new player enters the EVE universe, weekly SP caps from week one (whenever the game was released) until now should be summed and take the place of the SP cap. Once this "total" cap has been reached, then & only then would you have the 190k weekly SP cap.
To further clarify, if a player misses a week or two for whatever reason, the SP should rollover to the following week so that the player has the chance to gain all the SP that they missed out on.

I read on one of the DEV blogs (or maybe it was a DEV post) that the weekly SP cap was to keep the gap between the hardcore players & the normal players minimal. With that being said, the current system feeds the very problem that you're attempting to avoid. The hardcore players are hardcore & will therefore cap every week. If you don't give the rest of the community a chance to catch these players, then there will always be a gap!

Keep in mind that with this new system, new players don't get any kind of advantage over old players so everyone should remain happy. Furthermore, because of the current system, I've noticed that the there is a negative trend concerning player numbers on a weekly basis (ie. http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust). I believe that the rollover system will fix this, as players who have not reached the "total" cap will continue to grind until they do. This is because there are many more players who joined months into the games release rather than players who began when it was first released.

I would just like to say that I love this game & hope that it sees a bright future, BUT FIX THE SP SYSTEM!

TL;DR = IMPLEMENT A ROLLOVER SP SYSTEM

I don't know what game you play, a third of the games I play have stacked squads of proto-users. A third of those, use officer weapons. Yes. They have the comfort of having such an unbalanced match they have no problem going 30+ to 0. You may think otherwise because you are most likely one of those proto mercs. Against closing the SP gap, against retaining new players, selfish proto-user.

Don't get me wrong, I will protostomp as soon as I get my proto gear. Why? Because of mercs like you, and the SP system. Yeah, I have been playing almost 3 months, and it will be another month before I get a proto suit. I think 4 months of getting protosmashed, it will be my turn

have stacked squads

The SP accrual rate should be doubled. With that atleast a new player can catch up in 3 months.

love this, who cares if at 15 mil you can make one really good suit? Why not have more than one? Hell to max out dropsuit upgrades you need like 20+ mil and theyre probably going to add more mods. Not to mention all the weapons and suits for different play styles. And some people in the beta were reluctant to spend all their time grinding, why would a new player now want to do that save for just the obsessively dedicated.
A question though, By universal cap do you mean that once you hit 15 mil you can't get any more experience? If so that's an interesting idea...I don't know how well it would go for people who want their characters to have alot of flexibility on the battlefield but it would on the other hand make having multiple characters viable.

There's a big difference between a player with 500k SP and 5 mil SP. There's something of a difference between a player with 5 mil SP and 10 mil SP. There's less of a difference between a player with 10 mil SP and 15 mil SP. See where I'm going with this?