Kallas Hallytyr
Skullbreakers
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Posted - 2014.11.25 19:29:00 -
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shaman oga wrote:Dimishing returns is just in term of SP, it should be a applied to the bonus as well.
Keep current amount of SP we need for each level, add diminishing returns to bonus too.
Very strongly disagree. The point of diminishing returns on SP investment is that your bonus gets more expensive per level. Making the bonus worse is jump ramping up the already steep incline of SP grinding.
The suggestion is unnecessary and overly penalising.
Alt of Halla Murr. Sentinel.
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Kallas Hallytyr
Skullbreakers
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Posted - 2014.11.27 17:54:00 -
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shaman oga wrote:If a skill from 1 to 5 costs a total of 1 million SP, it will still cost 1 million SP, how does it hurt vets?
It makes game better for new players, they need less levels (aka less SP) to have better bonus, it doesn't change a lot for vets.
But what it does do is seriously devalue the last level or two. Why the hell would I want to spend 500,000 SP on a 1% bonus when the first through third gave me 10%?
Frankly, we already have diminishing returns on your SP investment: there is no need to make that even worse. It doesn't make the game better for new players, it simply makes it less worthwhile to being heavily invested. This system would penalise specialists and make those who spread themselves across multiple specialisations that much better; that is not something that should happen.
Currently, specialists have a distinct (albeit somewhat minor even now) advantage over jacks of all trades, whereas your suggestion would almost entirely negate the advantage that specialising brings. Why specialise when you can be a jack and be almost as effective in two things as that other player is in one?
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And before the unlocking of stuff is brought up again, when you're using a proto suit it's not because of the bonus, it's because of the slots and fitting. With modules, you gain a slight advantage, but when your ADV module is giving you 50 HP + 8% (54) at level 3, or 50 HP + 10% (55) at level 5...why bother? Yes you can use the proto module,but that is both more expensive and more fitting: unless you're running maxed out fittings as much as possible (which is not the case for most) then you're just dumping SP for tiny gains.
Alt of Halla Murr. Sentinel.
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