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Aeon Amadi
Edimmu Warfighters
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.08.07 11:28:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:What was the thing about Militia and Standard Standings?
Honestly, I haven't played FW in a long time, but isn't there a decrease in standings by playing for the other Factions. It should and it's something we can take a look at, if there is a fixed amount setting or a %.
Extra content, you probably know as well as I do that we don't have it. We can add new LP items, but we need to see FW participation numbers go up to make it worth our time.
There is a penalty, just it isn't exactly damaging. It's still 100% possible, given enough time and effort, to get perfect 10/10 standings with -all- factions. If I fight for Gallente against Caldari.. I gain a portion for Gallente and lose some for Caldari, but if I turn around and fight for the Caldari - I actually gain more than I lost in the first match. Thereby, I can continue doing this for ages until I've gotten perfect standings with both.
It essentially takes the whole 'Loyalty Point' thing and flips it on it's head. It's not so much Loyalty as 'we're going to like you more if you undo the damage you just did in that last battle' repeatedly.
Point in case (note that this was made -before- it was confirmed that we never go negative in standings)
No More Excuses
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Aeon Amadi
Edimmu Warfighters
Gallente Federation
6535
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Posted - 2014.08.07 12:31:00 -
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IMO, FW needs a full fledged market - regardless of race (some modules being unavailable, as someone mentioned equipment specifically)
Either that or simply have ISK rewards. /shrug
No More Excuses
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Aeon Amadi
Edimmu Warfighters
Gallente Federation
6535
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Posted - 2014.08.07 13:35:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Are you serious, prioritizing limited resources is the most important aspects of the Hotfixes. Adding LP items for a tiny FW playerbase over doing something better for the majority. Not really difficult to understand.
Obviously, but it's a chicken or the egg sort of thing, in my eyes. Have to understand that players aren't going to flock over to Faction Warfare if they can't recover the losses of the suits and gear that they do use in FW. I use Gallente Commandos, which aren't available on -any- market. That reason, crossed with excessive wait times (10+ minutes) makes me want to just play pub matches instead of trying to get into FW when I'm going to have to inevitable go -back- to pub matches to cover the suit anyway.
So, it comes down to what do we do first? Hope that FW gets more players to justify adding new items, or adding new items in hope that it encourages more players?
What we -cant- do, however, is sit idly by and not look at some of the key factors that are weighing on why players don't participate more in FW. LP rewards are being increased, that's a good start, but it's fruitless if it only covers a handful of gear. Bearing in mind that (I don't know if this is true, just what I've heard) that ferroscale and reactive plates aren't available on the Gallente LP store... You're kinda limited in your fitting, on top of what suits can be used, on top of what weapons can be used.
As I said in my previous post, the only real way out of this is to add ISK rewards and justify the partial loss of gear and allow players to at least recover -some- of the losses with LP and -some- of the losses with ISK. It's probably no small change, I understand completely, but it is something to consider as opposed to making a whole market's worth of new items, at least in the meantime.
No More Excuses
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