Tallen Ellecon
KILL-EM-QUICK
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.15 22:19:00 -
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I think the amount of Passive SP should be reduced, but have passive boosters give a bigger bonus.
Already BPOs are unavailable, but in a year when the markets open up, people have more ISK, more people will be skilled up, and there will be a much lower demand for Aur items.
So boosters of all kinds will be the primary source of revenue for this game. Now will this make it pay to win? Not anymore than having boosters now is. Eve is subscription based but what people are really paying for primarily is to keep their skill queue running, at least here there is no upfront charges,no recurring charges, and you still get SP. The skill purchasing mechanic is also great because you don't need to be constantly logging on to update it.
Dust can stick to the f2p model and players can still do alright without paying, but tying more passive SP into passive boosters means that people with more money than time to grind can gain more SP over time by paying to play. This is enough of an advantage to make paying for boosters feasible. Time is still the greatest factor in who has more SP, A player whose paid nothing for 2 years can be caught up to by a player who has played for 1 only if they've spent almost $400 on passive omega boosters! That's pretty fair IMO and not P2W.
As for active SP I think that is something entirely different but still needs to be looked at. I wouldn't be surprised either if CCP tweaked the passive SP gain slowly and then just started selling less expensive boosters. A rollover cap would be nice as well, heck maybe even have a booster to let you rollover bonus SP. I personally like the idea of rolling over all bonus SP to a certain limit for everyone and then having a booster raise that limit as a compromise.
I don't think this would push the game into P2W territory either, but it would give people the option to get a bit more out of paying, and hopefully the increased revenue can be used to speed up the development process.
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