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Soraya Xel
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Posted - 2014.11.05 23:44:00 -
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I liked the idea of the 750K skill cap because of the potential for people not to hit it. To be able to play as much as they want. I like the idea of making boosters just get you to cap faster, rather than being above cap. It answers some people's "pay to win" claims as well, since then the SP ceiling would be the same for both free and paying players.
But with the regular cap, I guess I could go with Viktor's 300k or 350k. Doubling it would be nice.
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Soraya Xel
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Posted - 2014.11.06 01:03:00 -
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Joseph Ridgeson wrote:But it is still shocking that no one on the CPM raised their hand and said "Are we really going to give out 3 million SP a week?" or informed Rattati how Boosters work.
The point here is that to be honest: I am okay if someone can get 3 mil SP a week, at an exorbitant cost. Particularly if it both is helping pay for DUST development, and a chance for new players to catch up to veterans if they want to. And I don't feel that many people are going to regularly triple-stack boosters long-term. I figure they might do it for a short time if they're trying to unlock a new role.
And the cap raise was a straightforward enough item, nobody had any reason to think Rattati had a different impression on how boosters work.
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Soraya Xel
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Posted - 2014.11.06 01:28:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:Was there any discussion about the fact that the game would be 3 times as much pay to win due to booster stacking (even more with instant) and four times as grindy? Those are some pretty massive red flags right there.
As skill boosters aren't pay to win... no.
And I disagree with it being "more grindy". There is no obligation to cap out every week. You can reach the same amount of SP as the old cap in even less time than you used to. If you have a particular obsession with hitting the cap every week, to be honest, that might be a medical problem. You should be playing the game because you want to, and I don't think a low skill cap should cut you off or discourage continuing to play. But I don't think you should be playing just because you haven't capped yet.
CPM1 Elect. Thanks for all your support. [email protected] for ideas, thoughts, and feedback.
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Soraya Xel
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Posted - 2014.11.07 16:01:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:With a booster you pay cash for something (SP) that indisputably makes your character more effective. It is PTW by any measure whatsoever.
Actually, this is false. Pay-to-Win is when paying cash gets you something you can't get for free. Aurum allows you to get skill points, and indirectly, ISK faster, but does not allow you to become superior to what free players are capable of on the battlefield.
But many players seem to think paid features should be unappealing and undesirable, because they don't want to spend money. This would be a poor business model. CCP needs to sell things in a manner that makes them appealing, that makes you wish you had them, so in some hope, you might consider buying them. This is how you do free-to-play games correctly.
CPM1 Elect. Thanks for all your support. [email protected] for ideas, thoughts, and feedback.
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Soraya Xel
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Posted - 2014.11.07 19:33:00 -
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Ryme Intrinseca wrote:Soraya Xel wrote:Ryme Intrinseca wrote:With a booster you pay cash for something (SP) that indisputably makes your character more effective. It is PTW by any measure whatsoever. Actually, this is false. Pay-to-Win is when paying cash gets you something you can't get for free. Boosters are pay to win even on that definition. There is no way you can get access to +50% SP gain without using real money.
Still false. It gets you more SP. But you can get SP for free, just slower. That is how free to play games work.
CPM1 Elect. Thanks for all your support. [email protected] for ideas, thoughts, and feedback.
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