LEHON Xeon
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
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Posted - 2014.02.04 22:50:00 -
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I've always regarded myself as fortunate in this game. Having first arrived in mid summer, I was just on the last end of being able to have enough SP accumulated in academy to compete in regular matches and even PC. The rest of the game I learned all myself, had no help from anybody in any corp, nor even any squads. I first started squadding up in late October and first actually decided to join a real corp back in December. Never even read these forums until late November.
Sadly, new guys just don't have a chance today. 400 WP or whatever it is for Academy is just a suicide mission. It was 12,000 when I was around and protostomp pubs were only a moderate occurrence. I still feel for the new guys when I'm in pubs and I see the bottom of the boards with guys going 0/10, 2/17, etc. A lot of them aren't going to spend all the time trying to build up skills and ISK either.
My recommendation is to just extend Academy for a decent length of time, and/or establish a secondary Academy for people who are at a certain SP level to avoid stomping of new players. At the current rate we'll just never have a large new player base and that's something we're all going to have to live with for the time being I think.
It's a trap! In this patch we can't repel firepower of that magnitude! - Admiral Ackbar would say in ambush w Nyain San
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LEHON Xeon
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
175
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Posted - 2014.02.04 22:56:00 -
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Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:If major, major things are not done to fix the NPE soon, this game will die or else not be worth saving.
I am quite serious. New players are the lifeblood of games. It is absolutely critical that they are supported and taught and given a fair chance.
It is completely unacceptable for them to be thrown in against people with three times their HP, twice as much range, and twice as much damage as them without even being taught what the gamemodes are.
I agree 100% with your assessment. Couldn't have said it better.
Eventually this game will fade out as more and more of the old guard leaves for whatever reason and the player base slowly decreases, sad as it is.
It's a trap! In this patch we can't repel firepower of that magnitude! - Admiral Ackbar would say in ambush w Nyain San
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