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Posted - 2014.11.01 00:15:00 -
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DarthPlagueis TheWise wrote:I really don't agree with this. Sure, it would've been nice to double the weekly cap. But quadrupling it? The cap was just over 180,000 SP so 750K is more than 4 times as much SP per week. I hope they get rid of Active Omega boosters permanently now (they prob wont) because that will literally be earning it 8 times as fast as now.
This means since it took me over a year with almost constantly using active boosters (I've spent $120 on this game) to get 38,000,000 SP it will take a new player actually less than 9 months to reach that WITHOUT any boosters or accelerated SP events (given that we still earn 24000 SP per day).
Current cap is 190,400 and the assumption of hitting cap every day is a pretty big leap.
Just because the new cap is higher does not mean everyone will be hitting it
Very roughly speaking it takes 1.5 hours per day to cap currently, it will take 4.4 hours per day under the new cap.
Saying "It'll be easier to earn SP now" is an oversimplification, the only way you can make a 1:1 comparison like that is if you are already putting in over 30 hours a week now. If you are falling short of that mark then you cannot legitimately compare in the 1:1 manner you are outlining.
Quote:In fact: It will only take about $50 worth of boosters to surpass a veteran who spent over $100, in two or three months instead of over a year.
Screenshots or it didn't happen 
In all seriousness though how are you reaching this conclusion because the math I've seen doesn't seem to indicate the premise you are outlining. Even if it did that still wouldn't be pay to win because reaching the same level of SP does not guarantee victory. SP provides utility, or the opportunity for it depending on how you invest it, and equal SP provides equal opportunity which is not equal to winning.
Choices of how you spend your SP still matter, how you build fittings matters, etc.
Yes if someone chooses to heavily no life Dust after the patch they can reach higher levels faster, but then again unless they are putting in more time than you they'll never be able to catch up.
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