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Posted - 2014.05.03 05:38:00 -
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CCP Logibro wrote:
No, it's actually a matter of can we. There are technical questions and restrictions, policy questions (with Sony) and design questions (how do we convert experience when the progression system is different, items are different and ISK works in different ratios).
When we can answer the questions above, we'll share with you. Trust me when we say we want to let people carry over progress. But we just honestly don't know if we can do so yet.
Convert experience by taking a record of all isk and SP earned under a batch text file, run that through the system to chart over the characters, then switch over the character titles to the newly created files.
Hand out ID#'s to players so you can more reliably connect them across the media without having to directly link the two. If someone wants to transfer, they simply enter their ID to create a character via a web page and it reads from the batch file.
The experience system if SP is to be implemented would then be scaled by %, and no need to really change the ISK, you could have it as an alternate currency and call it KSI or something, which would then be convertible to normal currency within a few weeks.
Red5 a very new company already did transfers like this, complete with a currency overhaul AND conversion to the new system, and they did them well. CCP is MUCH larger than Red5 and so this should be simplistic.
Items held that are extras would be converted to ISK directly, except for special items like BPO's which could be turned into redemption coupons so that one could regain the BPO in it's new form when it becomes available...
The only actual boundary is legal spacing between Sony and the character titles.
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Dovallis Martan JenusKoll
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Posted - 2014.05.03 07:29:00 -
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Harold Junk wrote:I dunno, does CCP want a bunch of uber's in their game they're trying to sell to brand new players?
Like how they try to sell EVE Online to new players? I truly doubt that they care about experienced players being inside the game, because eventually that is what you'll have to face every day.
A bigger concern is how to integrate new players into the population with high level players everywhere.
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