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Posted - 2014.02.02 20:14:00 -
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DUST 514 already has a little bit of segregation for the playerbase. A casual noob can't go waltzing into a Planetary Conquest match... and that's where it ends.
Now, I just hit a milestone in lifetime WP, and realized that it didn't reflect my SP. After reaching the cap for bonus SP, the most you can obtain for SP is 1000/match(1500/2000 w/ Boosters). That simply makes zero sense. If I earned 2000WP that translate into SP, than I want what I earned. This is why after caps are reached, weekly dropoff steepens, and why Tuesday is the deadest day of the week for DUST. If a Player puts there time into something, they should be rewarded.
Now, many could argue that this keeps players from running wild in gaining SP. That could be correct, but once again, it is earned. You can't AFK WP. A lot of my SP has come from after cap play. Usually 100,000SP/wk is after cap, however, it can easily be said that I've earned 300,000+ WP during that time. I am being cheated out what I've worked for. Reward me what I have earned, if that allows me or some other guy to rack up a large amount of SP, then so be it. It was earned.
This is where segregation comes in. Yes, allow me to rack up SP that I've earned, make my character into a superhero. Reward me. But don't let me use my powers on new players that for whatever reason don't have my level of time and effort put into the game. Players in public contract matches need to be segregated by WP. As warpoints are the most accurate representation of someone's playtime, skill level, and meta level. You can't separate by gear, because core skills and proficiency skills would still trump new players greatly. You can't separate by SP, because it is passively gained. A player could in theory have never played a match in his life and be bumped up to advanced levels, because he let his SP build.
Warpoints show the player's in game progress.
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Dem Durrty Boyz
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Posted - 2014.02.02 20:17:00 -
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The booster sales idea still doesn't make sense either.
Who would buy a booster for a whopping 500 more SP in a match? You're still getting cheated out what you've earned. I think most people buy 3-day boosters because they are cheap, and that's all they need to cap out, everything after that isn't worth putting time into.
A 7-day can be used for two weeks worth of cap if you play it right, and 30-day boosters are for lifers on the game, which less and less are sticking around and new players probably see it as to expensive since they are already 10,000,000s of SP behind the top players.
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