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DarthPlagueis TheWise
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Posted - 2014.10.28 12:07:00 -
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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).
As a matter of fact with active boosters on the whole time it will take a new player 6 months to get on my level, even though I spent far longer than 6 months worth of boosters (although the dragonfly and covenant packs yielded extra boosters). But wait, now they can stack boosters on top of each other up to 3 times. That means it would only take them 2 bloody months!
Although with the loyalty system veterans will have a higher SP potential, it begs the question: how much money would the new user have to pay to surpass a veteran completely? The way I see it, not much at all especially if they join a proto stomping corp that continues to exploit Ambush mechanics to farm wins, as I haven't read about any fixes for ambush in the patch notes.
In fact: It will only take $40 worth of boosters to surpass a veteran who spent over $100, in two months instead of over a year.
 Doesn't that just devalue all the hard work we've put into this game? That was actually one of the more important reasons I enjoyed this game. I guess instead of earning your place in Dust514, now you can pay a small fee for it.
destiny sux
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DarthPlagueis TheWise
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Posted - 2014.10.28 23:52:00 -
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Edited the OP to reflect my mathematical error, it actually takes closer to 3 months and a little over $50
Sequal Rise wrote:I think that the sp active cap will be something like 414k sp and the passive 336k which makes 750k sp weekly. It's not gonna be 750k active ^^
I really, really hope you're right.
fattim wrote:Surpass a vet in terms of what? Even if you were to have 243m SP at the start of character creation, 2 months is hardly enough time to surpass vets in terms of map knowledge, tactics, and knowledge on mechanics.
Though I honestly don't see what the problem with new players being able to catch up to vets in terms of SP, as it lowers the amount of time it takes to become competitive, something that was vastly needed.
Who would want to wait 4-6months just to be able to compete with others?
It takes the value of earning it away. You mindless drones may not like having to actually earn your place in this game, but I do. It gave this game one of the greatest senses of accomplishment I've ever experienced in a game.
I used to be one of the true Amarr Sentinels with everything maxed out, and one of the even fewer Gal Logis with every single thing proto. Now those will be a dime a dozen.
And no, character creation gives people plenty of time to try out everything and see what fits them best. If they didn't pick what suited them from the beginning, it's their own fault. You only need one proto suit, one proto weapon, and two proto modules (high and low) to get on a competitive level.
destiny sux
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DarthPlagueis TheWise
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Posted - 2014.10.30 08:31:00 -
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I'm not all that upset about it. Just means before I heard about this I was going to buy quite a lot of AUR, now I'm not. As tempting as the quafe suit is, I don't need it, and I'd rather save real money instead of in-game money.
Dust is still one of my favorite games, but you guys just don't get why I'm put off by the idea of some kid with too much money and time grinding ambush 24/7 for a couple months being able to earn as much SP as I have.
It used to be a milestone, something to be respected, to have your dropsuit upgrades maxed out and to be able to use - for example - a Logi, Scout or Heavy.
Now it's just going to be commonplace and takes a lot of the novelty of the game away, for me.
destiny sux
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