Cygnus Gogela
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Posted - 2014.05.04 05:59:00 -
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In EvE skillpoints are almost meaningless.
Honestly, I have about 150 mil SP in EvE. Playing for almost 8 years now. If I started an alt today I'd be combat effective in about 3 months. I would be making billions a week within my first week. It's about what you know.
A new version of DUST will be similar. Well as I play EvE, I'm actually first and foremost an FPS guy. If I have to put twice the rounds on you as you do for me there's a high probability I'll still kill you. Some of you would stomp me into the ground... and do. I suspect, though, that protostomping will be less of a factor in the new DUST. It will likely be more skill based, and SP will probably just unlock new styles and tactics. I bet, though, that if you come to Legion with a good FPS mindset and understand the progression system in EvE you'll realize that you can make a combat effective account in a few weeks. Sure, DUST vets will have an advantage in that they can spec for a variety of skill foci (that's the correct spelling of "focuses" fyi) in short order... but it won't eclipse the importance of skill and knowledge. In that context, I don't see why CCP wouldn't just cache out your skills and load you up on SP in Legion. Skills are nice to have in EvE... but a good PvPer is a good PvPer pretty straight away in EvE. I don't see how Legion would be so radically different.
Happy Violentime wrote:When you bundle it all up with the Eve Universe crap its fairly obvious to see why the did it - Valkrie and Legion - 2 Free to play EVE minigames for Evetards - guess Star Citizen has them worried?
I'm as pumped as anyone for Star Citizen. I came to EvE from playing Freelancer mods. However... it's been kicked back in development a year already... not much there atm. I'm getting skeptical. Remember what happened to Black Prophecy and Jumpgate Evolution. Don't hold your breath for anything. All the corporate guys at ALL of these developers are full of s***. Play it before you judge it. Chris Roberts has an AWESOME track record. ...but all developers are lairs.
DUST sucked anyway. Play EvE instead.
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Cygnus Gogela
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Posted - 2014.05.04 06:07:00 -
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Ulysses Knapse wrote:Cygnus Gogela wrote:In EvE skillpoints are almost meaningless.
Honestly, I have about 150 mil SP in EvE. Playing for almost 8 years now. If I started an alt today I'd be combat effective in about 3 months. I would be making billions a week within my first week. It's about what you know. Why three months? Skillpoints might be meaningless, but the skills you unlock with them are not, or it wouldn't take you three months.
Just my estimate based on what I've seen. It took me a year to figure out what the hell was going on in EvE. I had a freind sign up though... he played a LOT of MMOs before. He was flying a T3 and killing tons of dudes in 3 months. That's what I base that estimate on. Him... not me. He's one of the best gamers I've ever seen. I'll stomp him in an FPS but he killed me in EvE. Within 3 months even me with 150 mil SP couldn't take him.
DUST sucked anyway. Play EvE instead.
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