CCP should remove all basic-proto suits and add proto suits at level 1 of their related skills. Skilling up only increases the effectiveness of the suit.

This fixes NPE
This fixes HP disparities
This makes balancing a bucketloadofmonkeys easier
And makes the game tons funner

I don't have such problems, but you can't deny the battlefield isn't more dangerous than ever.

**** happens without you having a fighting chance.
Before the only time you don't have a fighting chance is when there's a mass of troops trying to kill you, but those are easy to detect because, well, they're a mass of troops.

I really like this idea, actually. You have a "basic" suit that upgrades as you dump more SP into it. Level 3 gets you more CPU/PG and more slots to work with.

But, an issue arises. What does that suit cost? Is it super cheap, or super expensive all the time? Some people have proto gear but choose to run standard/ADV because it's cheaper. What happens then

In DNS alliance where control of PC and PFC is on their battleplans...but cares about the new players and the ISK they lose.

Give me a break dude. Stop hiding your opinions behind "I care about the new players" false front.

I call bs. Well, if you play well.

I doubt mediums can do well, but lights and heavies can.

Actually, now that I think about it, I do well with my starter medic, so I don't know if I should believe you or not.

Get, um, what's the word? Grub? Green? Oh, yeah! Get good.

Quit splitting the pool of "ISK Destroyed" among the whole team.
Add more rewards for WP earned.
Players with <100 WP only get paid for time in the match.

Players with <100 WP are most likely, and should be, only using MLT and Starter Fits. They need to learn efficiency and pay-for-performance at an early stage.
NPE is going to suck until they get PvE. Period.

People end up dying a lot because of protostompers, right?
People protostomp because they want to pad their KDR, right?

So, before we start swinging the nerf/buff bat around, wouldn't an easier solution be to introduce an "ISK Efficiency" stat or something in the place of KDR?

What we need is for the Player Market to open the **** up. When players can supplement their battle earnings with the ability to sell salvaged items isk will flow more freely and FW will become extremely relevant.

I feel that if we continue to change prices now once the PM opens up CCP may do a price adjustment on all items to make the new market relevant an in line with EVE. And if the Dust community gets too use to lower prices a higher adjustment could bite a lot of people in the a##.

In the old DUST, you could take even an STD suit, and expect to get at most 2 deaths if you're good.

That's no longer the case, unless you're a thale sniper in the redline, there are MANY ways to die where you pretty much have no way to react.
Cloaked shotgunners, HMG's up your but from an LAV driver or someone who just spawned, super tanks that can insta kill you before you can blink, and more and more.

You're expected to die, but your wallet cannot take it.
4 deaths in a good ADV suit means you're not making any money.
4 deaths, that can happen super fast.


I can hear you now:
"But I'm super rich, ISK is lol to me"

True, and that's true to me too, I run with a squad so ISK losses are rare, but think of a new player?
Do you think they can take losing 50k ISK a suit when matches give you 200k per?

That's another reason people brick tank, they don't want to lose their expensive suits without having a say in it, without having the possibility of fighting back.



Ultimatly this doesn't matter to me, I have a lot of ISK and make it easily, but I care about the new players, and running ADV suits to be somewhat competitive against proto suits is not viable for them.
They're forced to switch to MLT suits and have fun being stomped over.

CCP should remove all basic-proto suits and add proto suits at level 1 of their related skills. Skilling up only increases the effectiveness of the suit.

This fixes NPE
This fixes HP disparities
This makes balancing a bucketloadofmonkeys easier
And makes the game tons funner

In the old DUST, you could take even an STD suit, and expect to get at most 2 deaths if you're good.

That's no longer the case, unless you're a thale sniper in the redline, there are MANY ways to die where you pretty much have no way to react.
Cloaked shotgunners, HMG's up your but from an LAV driver or someone who just spawned, super tanks that can insta kill you before you can blink, and more and more.

You're expected to die, but your wallet cannot take it.
4 deaths in a good ADV suit means you're not making any money.
4 deaths, that can happen super fast.


I can hear you now:
"But I'm super rich, ISK is lol to me"

True, and that's true to me too, I run with a squad so ISK losses are rare, but think of a new player?
Do you think they can take losing 50k ISK a suit when matches give you 200k per?

That's another reason people brick tank, they don't want to lose their expensive suits without having a say in it, without having the possibility of fighting back.



Ultimatly this doesn't matter to me, I have a lot of ISK and make it easily, but I care about the new players, and running ADV suits to be somewhat competitive against proto suits is not viable for them.
They're forced to switch to MLT suits and have fun being stomped over.