Because a showing up late reward sounds total dildos.



Now a Veterans Day for all mercs here since early 2013...that'd work.


Just kidding.

No, the proletariat must be kept down and miserable lest they rise up.

I enjoy farming them like so much cattle. It makes me feel like a big man.

I also want anything that kills me nerfed, shotguns buffed, and a respecification of my SP.

Here I am becoming the creature that I never wanted to be: the "EVE does X" guy. Forgive me, mother...

EVE did the same thing at one time too. New players were given a triple skill training acceleration below 1.7 million SP in order to get the most essential skills, usually Learning or even basic flying. That went away once the Learning just became utter baseline. But the idea was still there "give new players a way to get into the game faster without giving them an edge over people that have been here longer." *sigh* "If EVE was willing to do it then DUST should have no problem doing something similar given the fact that EVE generally treats new players like bloody experts."

*gags*

It isn't a bad idea to give new players faster SP but it would have to be done in a very careful way. I got off lucky when I started. I had played EVE and I understood that SP is not something that can be spent flippantly until you have A LOT of it. For the new player, giving them 500,000 SP and never a way to learn the game is a nightmare. I remember reading about someone who quit or at least started a new character after he dumped all his points in Turret damage because he thought that tanks spawned on the map like Battlefield. If anyone remembers the old Talent system in WoW and Death Knights, you can get a glimpse of what I am about to say.

In WoW, starting Death Knights started at a fairly high level compared to every other class. However, they were given zero, zip talents at the start. Instead, they got to the correct amount of talents they were supposed to have by completing the introductory quests for DK's. This both set it as a "you kind of have to earn it!" and let players see what the abilities did. I think a system like that would work wonders for DUST/Legion.

Give starting players no bonus 500,000 SP and let them know "you will get an influx once you complete X." They do the first game of Academy or better yet a training simulator, they get 50,000 SP. Keep doing that until they have their 500,000 they should have and teach them a bit about the value of saving. Jeez, even "You will want to use an Assault suit. However, you do not yet have enough SP. Continue on with the tutorial in order to obtain the necessary SP." The new player does it, they get the SP. "As you may have been able to tell, it requires careful planning in order to obtain the more powerful skills and benefits in DUST. Before you spend your SP, it is advised that you plan ahead and consider your options." And, yes, give new players accelerated SP to a point but only Active SP so they have to 'earn it.'

Once they finish the Academy, automatic skill respec. "You will be given the option to refund your skills again at 3.2 million SP, so feel free to experiment. However, it will be the final time it will be offered in this manner."

Oh Stevie loosen up. It's supposed to be fun in here, isn't it?

And in responding, by definition, you aren't ignoring. But what do I know, I is stupid.

No weekly cap until 12 million SP would be a good idea.