Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Final Resolution.
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Posted - 2014.05.25 03:02:00 -
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To be fair, I believe that PC exists for two reasons now. Money and the prestige of being the top man on the biggest mountain. Both are kind of no longer working.
1. Economic
* ISK is kind of pointless. With the news that DUST won't be getting a player market, money is of no importance. If you run isk positive by .01 ISK, you have officially beaten the economy. Anything that can be bought is sold infinitely meaning there is no supply and demand. Money is not needed in a world of no economy. If PC had existed in EVE with people making hundreds of billions of ISK the game would have been destroyed. That happened in DUST and yet it doesn't matter. ISK is pointless.
2. Bragging Rights.
* This is the only reason behind getting a district now. "We have 10 districts which means we are better than you as you only have 3." This causes healthy fighting. The problem I see is that, well, the game is in Purgatory. The future of the game is up in the air. We have no idea what happens to DUST once Legion is up and running. Fighting for bragging rights worked when we players didn't see the end of the road or even acknowledge that the road could end. It is the same kind of thing behind people no longer carrying about raiding in other MMO's once a new expansion has been released. "In a couple of months, it won't matter at all."
The problem is compounded with PC because it is frustrating to do. Setting timers of when to get 16 players together at different time of day or nights when DUST has been a far, far more casual game than EVE (I like that about DUST) is difficult. I believe that a better way of doing PC, while maintaining the Economic and Bragging Rights is to bring back Corporation Battles.
A wager could be placed on the Battle meaning there is Economic concern. A Corp challenges B Corp to a fight for 100,000,000 ISK that is taken from the loser and given to the winner. That also has bragging rights. "Man, we slaughtered those B Corp sissies and took their money!" This would also allow friendly fights. I would think that DUST Uni would love nothing more than being able to set up friendly fights so they could show some of their newer members to ropes.
Just disable or cap SP gain from the matches to avoid the SP farms that exists with Locked Districts. It has all the advantages of fair PC fights and has added convenience.
Dunno how possible that is but figured I would throw up my .02
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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