I am in a wealthy corp, although not as wealthy as some and we do not pay our players -- and, FWIW, I agree with your perspective.

That said, and I know you don't want to hear it, but there's nothing stopping you (or anyone else broke) from running starter/BPO suits to accumulate ISK. Just be prepared to die more often.

You're only as broke as your need to run expensive suits and build your (meaningless) KDR.

Respectfully...Leadfoot

I can not agree more

I am constantly counselling players to think before the skill up there weapons or suits, they are sure this will make them better players.

I always suggest they look at the things that wont necessarily encourage them to spend more ISK like, shields, armor, engineering, rapid reload, hacking,etc. I get these things appear boring, but they are essential.

most will ignore this advice and go straight for better and much more expensive equipment, which they quickly loose because they have an out of balance suit that is financially unsustainable...and.... sadly... let the begging for isk begin

I am isk rich manly because I have the skills to run a very cheap suit and hold my own, 1st thing I check is how much it costs, and that is the deciding factor as to when and how much I use it.

sorry if this comes across as "preachy"

I understand that people run cheap suits but hiding in a corner until the game is over doesn't sound fun to me there is no way a cheap fit can go up against what I'm seeing on the battlefield.

You're only as broke as your need to run expensive suits and build your (meaningless) KDR.

Respectfully...Leadfoot

I run my advanced heavy suit and die to a proto heavy I put on my proto heavy and I run through most heavies.so you can't say running cheaper suits are better like I said in theory it's perfect in reality it's not so good no matter what any of you rich players say.

[quote=Enki Kalgarian]I run my advanced heavy suit and die to a proto heavy I put on my proto heavy and I run through most heavies.so you can't say running cheaper suits are better like I said in theory it's perfect in reality it's not so good no matter what any of you rich players say.

Can I ask something?

The OP is clearly speaking of the 1% whose wealth is just absolutely insane compared to the rest of the community, I myself am sitting on nearly half a billion, and have spent nearly that much on lol worthy things or just throwing it away.

So, then, why, are people bringing up running cheap suits?

At best a pub game is going to give you 500k, lowest 150k, and on average, 250k. I highly, highly, doubt any of you runs a free suit, true to the name. You do use mods, and better then MLT or STD ones. You have too, there's always someone running around in proto wiping out the other team, and you need to in some way keep up. Without being able to kill - you can't get the higher pay checks. *Not saying such a free suit is impossible to get kills with, it's just unlikely you'll not get frustrated at some point after a few losses in a row vs stacked squads or all your kills are taken by higher DPS weapons*

The disparity between player like myself, who almost do nothing but PC all day, never touching pubs but to chat in squads or get Loyalty Points, compared to the average Dust Joe, is pretty immense. And no one running free suits all day and with more play time then me by half a year even will come close to my wallet.

So, instead of trying to get people to run free suits, why aren't you encouraging them to join PC? It only takes about 10mil SP to be competitive.

I understand that people run cheap suits but hiding in a corner until the game is over doesn't sound fun to me there is no way a cheap fit can go up against what I'm seeing on the battlefield.

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nyet.
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verbotten!

militia heavy basic hmg militia shield basic smg militia repper
UNDER 7k
makes ISK every match

militia scout militia uplink basic uplink militia ar, basic smg militia cardio militia kincat
makes ISK every match

or change militia uplink for basic cloak
makes ISK every match

trust me on this
been running militia since Sony gave out keys for the PSN Dust 514 stress test.
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Prove your words come and fight with us you can find us on Northwind chat.

sure

why do you find it difficult to believe rich folks run militia ?

Never hide

pick your spots, play within the limits of the fit you are running

go with a cheap suit to start, if the battle is going in your favor, change to a more expensive fit.

if you up against a team of proto stomper, stay with the less expensive suits,

have fun, experiment with different basic fits

I hear what your saying.

I have found this quote from the literature archives of an unknown source.

It translates as follows:

"You can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong."

Us 1% gives you lowly 99% something to aspire to, to strive, to be better. We are Gods among clones. Use this as inspiration and go forth. One day you may be in the likes of us.

Come see me! I will t-bone ur dropship before you even get a kill. I will gladely trade my 30k ship for yours.

And like the 1% in America they have so many excuses why the 99% are broke and don't care at all. all that matters to them "ccp"is making money.

Rich people thinking they are gods there's the problem.i will follow you as my god if you give me some Isk .

so 1% save their money and 99% spend it on proto suits? big surprise.

hmmm...???....

should I or shouldn't I.....?

I understand that people run cheap suits but hiding in a corner until the game is over doesn't sound fun to me there is no way a cheap fit can go up against what I'm seeing on the battlefield.

I think you should

You just described the USA.

If any of you can prove to me that running starter fits and or militia fits can stand up to what we are seeing on the battlefield come and play with us we usually play Dom on the Europe server or join our channel Northwind.