Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2014.10.30 17:53:00 -
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Magewarlord wrote:DEZKA DIABLO wrote:Press return from time to time. Huh??
Before these things called 'Computers' there were these devices called 'typewriters.' When they started to become electric, there was a button called "Carriage Return" that would return the paper to the starting position so you could continue typing. This is why on my G510 keyboard the 'Enter' key has an arrow that points to the left. It is also why, on some keyboards, the Enter key reads Return or even CR. It is a holdover from a different time, just like the original QWERTY.
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But, in truth, I mostly agree with you. My two big complaints are not so much the increased cap but rather the increase cap while only increasing SP gain per match by your WP and the Triple Stack Boosters. I'll start with the first bit.
You get 1 SP per WP and you get 5 SP per Second you are in the game. So if you play 10 minute games, get 1,000 WP a match you are looking at 4,000 SP a game. Needing 190,400 SP, you are looking at 48 games to cap. Say that you run with a Squad and pull in 2,200 WP a match, 5,200 SP a game or 37 games. Now that the cap is 750,000, what does that mean?
Well, 1,000 WP man gets 5,000 WP a game and needs 150 games to cap or 25 hours of play assuming he can go back to back games. Since he can't, let's say you get 5,000 WP every 11 minutes so 27.5 hours of sitting at DUST playing away in order to cap.
2,200 WP man is at 7,400 SP a match. 102 games, 17 hours in game, or 18.7 hours with a 1 minute delay between games. That is a lot of DUST to cap every week. In truth, I don't see many people being able to cap every week unless CCP decides to also increase the more important modifier of Time in Game. Double the SP from WP is so very minor after you have nearly quadrupled the SP cap a week.
Booster stacking is insane. For 30 dollars right now, you can get three 30 day Active and Passive Boosters. 1 base + .5 + .5 + .5 = 2.5 x 750,000 = 1,875,000 Active SP a week and 420,000 Passive SP a week. Cap out 4 times in that time frame and for 30 dollars you got 9,180,000 SP compared to the 3,672,000 SP from someone who did not. For me, getting 50% more SP than someone is "pay to get ahead" but 2.5 times more is strictly Pay to Win.
Overall CCP really, REALLY moved away from Passive SP with 1.9. Before Active was 190,400 compared to Passive's 168,000. About 13% more but now Active will be over 346% more. In truth, Passive Boosters are completely NOT worth the money anymore.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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