DUST Search - An Academy Fix

cranium79 wrote:

Joel II X wrote:

cranium79 wrote:

the cap for the academy should be 25,000 WP. after that you should have the OPTION of joining regular matches, up until you reach 50,000 WP. then you are out of the academy completely. back in the day, the cap was like 10,000 WP or something like that.

the problem is, people with alts complained that things were taking too long. i say that the true noobs need this high of a WP cap to exit the academy. by then, they should have at least some experience. to those who create alts, you created the alt knowing what needs to be done. reach your 25K and be done with it. it should be easier to hit that mark since you know what you are doing.

it's kind of funny though. i entered this game during closed beta, when there was no academy and everyone was getting 4X sp and isk. everywhere i looked, it was full of proto-gear (the sagaris and surya) and missle turrets were OP. i had like a 0.25 KDR for the first month... lol. didn't bother me, and after a couple of full respecs... i was doing ok.

This! I love this idea!

And I've never had a respec. Just the vehicle one.

my respec came because the new build was released. at that time everyone got a respec. then we were all on an even playing field, at least gear wise. back when i joined, you could only play on weekends (2 days a week). the server was down the other 5. we got 4x sp and isk. dropships would crush your head every time you spawned Shocked

and we only had 1 suit type per frame (1 heavy, 1 scout, 1 assault, 1 logi). then we got A and B versions of some suits (the assault A&B ended up being the cal and gal versions.). i think i've been full respec'd like 4-5 times since i've joined. i did not take any of the optional repecs since the last full respec. i think that was chromosome, or one right after that, if i remember correctly.


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Lorhak Gannarsein 1251	Posted - 2014.01.20 12:50:00 - [1] - Quote That would be kind of cool. Maybe 500pts, though, considering the comparative SP totals and skill at DUST. After all, we kind of want to make sure they know how to hack things... Happily printing ISK with permahardeners and MLT blasters. Just let me get a couple mil more before nerf, CCP!
Lorhak Gannarsein 1253	Posted - 2014.01.20 23:17:00 - [2] - Quote cranium79 wrote: Joel II X wrote: cranium79 wrote: the cap for the academy should be 25,000 WP. after that you should have the OPTION of joining regular matches, up until you reach 50,000 WP. then you are out of the academy completely. back in the day, the cap was like 10,000 WP or something like that. the problem is, people with alts complained that things were taking too long. i say that the true noobs need this high of a WP cap to exit the academy. by then, they should have at least some experience. to those who create alts, you created the alt knowing what needs to be done. reach your 25K and be done with it. it should be easier to hit that mark since you know what you are doing. it's kind of funny though. i entered this game during closed beta, when there was no academy and everyone was getting 4X sp and isk. everywhere i looked, it was full of proto-gear (the sagaris and surya) and missle turrets were OP. i had like a 0.25 KDR for the first month... lol. didn't bother me, and after a couple of full respecs... i was doing ok. This! I love this idea! And I've never had a respec. Just the vehicle one. my respec came because the new build was released. at that time everyone got a respec. then we were all on an even playing field, at least gear wise. back when i joined, you could only play on weekends (2 days a week). the server was down the other 5. we got 4x sp and isk. dropships would crush your head every time you spawned and we only had 1 suit type per frame (1 heavy, 1 scout, 1 assault, 1 logi). then we got A and B versions of some suits (the assault A&B ended up being the cal and gal versions.). i think i've been full respec'd like 4-5 times since i've joined. i did not take any of the optional repecs since the last full respec. i think that was chromosome, or one right after that, if i remember correctly. Mostly resets; let's not go starting any forum fires... Happily printing ISK with permahardeners and MLT blasters. Just let me get a couple mil more before nerf, CCP!
Lorhak Gannarsein 1254	Posted - 2014.01.20 23:34:00 - [3] - Quote Waiyu Ren wrote: cranium79 wrote: the sp based system wouldn't work because of passive and augmentations. WP are only earned when you kill, hack, supply, spawn support, or heal. this requires in game play that gives you experience. Yeah, it's too simple, like the cap is now. But then i started wondering how SP was calculated, and whether the stats used to calculate it could be bent to another purpose. :) I was kind of thinking all players should get the option of a free respec at 2.5 or 5mil sp anyway... Eve players get a couple baked in at character creation and can earn/buy more. Lucky buggers. They get remaps, which influence future SP gain, but from all the defensiveness about remaps, I highly doubt they're given a respec. Happily printing ISK with permahardeners and MLT blasters. Just let me get a couple mil more before nerf, CCP!