KalOfTheRathi
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Posted - 2014.04.13 02:26:00 -
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ARF 1049 wrote:Well they could still make this even if it was still medium frames and just racially aligned weapons, I know they are supposed to be crap but still, I have no personal intention of running them I just remember when they did have the 4 different types, logi sentinel assault and recon. I personally hate my starter fits because I hate shield, I normally run armor on a scout (not tank) but armor, but I think racial alignment would make the game seem more, racially correct? The last time I ran a medium frame anyways was pre 1.7 on Gihad runs with a logi My first character was this guy. Gallenti as a Sniper. Suit was junk.
I do agree with what you are saying. I just don't see it happening again. The Sentinel beginner set really ticked off a lot of people as you got a reasonable heavy suit (good enough anyway) with a free forge gun. Now even the BPOs are being shuffled to the junk pile. This guy has a Sever suit which required nothing, now it needs Minmatar Logi lvl 1 to use it. Which is wasting SP when SP is the only currency in that game that matters.
A good F2P game creates an environment where one of two things happen. One is the game becomes your hobby. Spending 10-XX Real World Cash Units a month becomes an easy decision. I don't drink, smoke or go out all that much. Being retired has benefits in relationship to time but limitations based on cash flow, at least for me. So before Uprising Dust was a hobby that spending $20US three times was fine. Helped out the troops, keep the Devs paid, etc. all that stuff. I stopped that when they dropped the Mercenary Pack (with 30 day active booster) as Uprising was horrible. Kinda still is compared to Chromosome, at least for me.
The other method is that players get something they want. They are eager to spend their money. But spending RWC to get AUR is alright-ish it still feels more like extortion (the bad way to make a F2P game) than getting something I actually want. Because most AUR gear is just one level up from where you are. No skins, paint jobs for my tank or a really buff suit for the warbarge. Not that I would buy more than one of those but many Mercs would buy at least 1.
Remember the Assault Pack I think it was called? A bunch of HAVs. The shield versions were junk but the armor were okay. However, I wouldn't buy it because half the tanks were useless and paying 2X to get the armor was bad math. And we all know that CCP/Shanghai have issues with math. 
TL;DR
If you want better starter fits, choose Gallenti as a race. 
And so it goes.
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