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8213
Grade No.2
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Posted - 2013.08.26 16:38:00 -
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Does anybody still play on a regular basis after their Bonus SP runs out? |
TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
2953
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Posted - 2013.08.26 16:42:00 -
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8213 wrote:Does anybody still play on a regular basis after their Bonus SP runs out?
lolno |
Vespasian Andendare
Subsonic Synthesis
Alpha Wolf Pack
163
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Posted - 2013.08.26 16:45:00 -
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8213 wrote:Does anybody still play on a regular basis after their Bonus SP runs out? Sometimes. I wasn't playing enough to cap out until recently, and I have to say, seeing ~800 sp awarded in a match is pretty deflating to one's will to play "just because."
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Vin Mora
Sanguis Defense Syndicate
103
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Posted - 2013.08.26 16:47:00 -
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8213 wrote:Does anybody still play on a regular basis after their Bonus SP runs out?
If my Proto Gal Assault buddy plays then I will play on my Proto Gal Logi character. He needs the support to be really effective, and I like the playstyle of my main.
If/when he switches to alt, then I switch to mine as well. |
Gambito Flourish
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:04:00 -
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I started a new account, and my goal was to get out of the Academy in my first game. I would have done it, but we captured all the NULL cannons, and I couldn't make to the enemy spawn in time, lol.;
I got 1400+/2000 WP needed to graduate my 1st game, lol |
MarasdF Loron
Ghost Wolf Industries
Alpha Wolf Pack
84
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:09:00 -
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I usually only play the 20-25 matches a week it takes me to cap out... *Le sigh* Would play more if there was any point to wasting isk as a tanker. |
Sana Rayya
WASTELAND JUNK REMOVAL
140
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:10:00 -
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I do. This week I'll have earned about 255k SP just from active play after cap (using a booster). Whether it's really worth it is a different matter altogether; after my 30d actives run out, I probably won't grind ambushes for the purpose of SP/ISK and just play for fun if my corp mates are on. |
calisk galern
BurgezzE.T.F
791
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:11:00 -
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I do from time to time, on the rare occasion I cap out early, I will play a couple games if I find myself looking to play something. |
HAICD
Dogs of War Gaming
DARKSTAR ARMY
31
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:11:00 -
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Nope just goof off with my alt to make money for my main character. |
Aisha Ctarl
The Generals
EoN.
1101
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:12:00 -
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I used to just to gain more ISK, but nowadays not really unless it is with my corp mates.
DUST just isn't fun or enjoyable enough "just to play" after you've capped out. I only play really to get SP to purchase skills...what's the point of playing once I can't earn high SP because I've capped out?
- There is no point. |
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ZDub 303
TeamPlayers
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:13:00 -
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Only PC matches after cap. |
XANDER KAG
Red Star.
EoN.
232
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Posted - 2013.08.26 17:17:00 -
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Sometimes, it mostly depends on whether anyone I know is online. If not then I either get on an alt or go back to skyrim until the cap resets again. |
Vespasian Andendare
Subsonic Synthesis
Alpha Wolf Pack
163
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Posted - 2013.08.26 18:41:00 -
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Aisha Ctarl wrote:I used to just to gain more ISK, but nowadays not really unless it is with my corp mates.
DUST just isn't fun or enjoyable enough "just to play" after you've capped out. I only play really to get SP to purchase skills...what's the point of playing once I can't earn high SP because I've capped out?
- There is no point. I have to agree and echo this sentiment. Dust is fun. Don't get me wrong. There was a time I didn't think that, then it clicked with me, I found Logi is my specialty, and the world changed. It's genuinely fun to play now when I'm working toward something. Working for something that makes me better. I surely don't need the money. I generally am isk-positive during the match, and if it's going south, then I change up suits so I can be isk-positive.
So what's left then is playing for the sp. And when I cap, and there effectively is no sp to be had, it's just not fun enough to get splattered by a Logi LAV, Forge-Gun-one-shot, sniped from god knows where, etc. The game is too unforgiving to play for the hell of it or just for the isk.
But I honestly can't wrap my head around that CCP wants the answer to this to be more accounts. Sure, I have an alt account, too, but this doesn't help my main playstyle when I'm not getting "real-world" experience with my main playstyle for an alt's. It doesn't encourage specializing.
I've been thinking about that last point recently. If CCP wants to limit the skillpoint gain over time--to impose limits of maximum sp/week, in order to stop hardcore players from vastly outpacing the casual player or newbro, how, then, do other FPS games stop this? IIRC, I could play CoD all day and never stop gaining ranks. So what is the main difference? Is it that CoD's weapons are all powerful in their own right, sort of some "tiericide" weapon balancing, so even newbros can be as effective as a Vet out the door? I remember preferring one of the "starter" weapons (G36C) over some of the later-unlocked ones. But I remember that even using the starter gun, I was still as effective of when I unlocked the 552 or AK-47.
People have stated before that the increase in relative "power" of the high-sp vet and the just-out-of-the-Academy newbro is too high; that a Vet having really high sp (and thus increased base stats, proto weapons/gear, etc.) greatly outclasses and outguns a new player. I believe this reasoning to be true, and it's because of the way the meta levels work on weapon performance, power, etc. High sp players can afford all proto kit, whereas the new player is in standard or militia gear. Maybe the differences in meta levels ought to be "better" weapons, but better in the sense that they have better scopes or attachments (night vision sight!).
Anyway, sorry to digress. I don't play much after cap. :P |
Chris F2112
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
351
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Posted - 2013.08.26 19:08:00 -
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I'll play PC matches, but otherwise I'll just fool around with an alt. |
Xender17
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
490
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Posted - 2013.08.26 19:12:00 -
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Can't remember the last time I didn't lol. |
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