Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2014.12.10 01:48:00 -
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APEX suits are extremely minor. A Basic Suit with Complex Modules is likely better than an APEX suit given the not perfectly suited modules and basic quality. Saying they are P2W is giving the APEX suits way too much credit.
Market Dealer is 15% more isk for selling crap. Stuff sells so incredibly small anyway. But if you want to save isk, you are probably better off buying Aurum and using Aurum gear rather than getting 15% more on salvage. Also, this game has no economy. If you have 10,000 isk and are isk positive to the extent that you are getting 1,000 more every day you can play forever the same as if you had a billion isk.
Loyalty ranks are fairly minor. You are not really getting that much more of a benefit over another person if your loyalty rank is 15 rather than 1.
Stacking boosters and end of match boosters? Yes, this is encroaching into Pay to Win territory especially in the case of someone starting the game right now. I have 41 million SP or so. If I pay 100 dollars for boosters, I might unlock more stuff but it doesn't mean much. But two new players, one spending 30 dollars for triple boosters and the other not? That is 1.8 million passive compared to 720,000 and 7.5 million active compared to 3 million. I get Prototype in a single role in a month while you get to about Advanced in a month. In two months, I have all my Passive skills and maybe another Prototype role while you are pushing for your first Prototype role. It is a massive advantage beyond the 50% it was before.
However, Boosters might someday change to instead increasing the rate at which you get SP rather than giving you more SP above the cap. If this happens, it will be "use boosters to get to your cap easier or grind it out" which means Mr. Free-to-Play has the same opportunity as Mr. Ridgeson the "CCP sends me a thank you note every year" guy. Who knows?
The only P2W aspect is the result of Rattati leaving his brain in his car and forgetting how boosters work. The rest is so minute I think it falls somewhat close to 'ethical.'
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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