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CCP Rattati wrote:

Dear players,

we will be implementing the following change to Skill Point calculations

1) Two formulas, one for New Players and one for Veteran Players.

The New Players will be awarded more SP per BattleSecond and less per War Point, the reverse for Veterans. Now Veterans have a higher upside, but they need to do something in battle so AFKing will be rather worthless for Veterans. New Players will not be stuck in a situation they can't get out of, while they learn the game.

Attributes:
New Player Skill Points/BattleSecond = A (integer)
Veteran Player Skill Points/BattleSecond = B (integer)
New Player Skill Points/War Point = C (integer)
New Player Skill Points/War Point = D (integer)

2) To prevent War Point exploits, there will be diminishing returns above a certain number of War Points, a high number that is "next to impossible" to reach with normal gameplay

Attributes:
War Point Threshold = T (WP)
War Point Diminisher = P (%)

3) To prevent exploits, there will be no Skill Points granted to Veterans with less than minimum War Points.

Attributes:
Veteran Minimum War Point Threshold = M (WP)

Please discuss and propose numbers


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Jadd Hatchen KILL-EM-QUICK 754	Posted - 2015.01.13 20:54:00 - [1] - Quote CCP Rattati wrote: Dear players, we will be implementing the following change to Skill Point calculations 1) Two formulas, one for New Players and one for Veteran Players. The New Players will be awarded more SP per BattleSecond and less per War Point, the reverse for Veterans. Now Veterans have a higher upside, but they need to do something in battle so AFKing will be rather worthless for Veterans. New Players will not be stuck in a situation they can't get out of, while they learn the game. Attributes: New Player Skill Points/BattleSecond = A (integer) Veteran Player Skill Points/BattleSecond = B (integer) New Player Skill Points/War Point = C (integer) New Player Skill Points/War Point = D (integer) 2) To prevent War Point exploits, there will be diminishing returns above a certain number of War Points, a high number that is "next to impossible" to reach with normal gameplay Attributes: War Point Threshold = T (WP) War Point Diminisher = P (%) 3) To prevent exploits, there will be no Skill Points granted to Veterans with less than minimum War Points. Attributes: Veteran Minimum War Point Threshold = M (WP) Please discuss and propose numbers the above emphasis is mine... So if I read that last part correctly, then what you are saying is a vet has to meet some minimum level of WP (M in the above equation) to be able to get ANY SP at all from the match? WHAT ***** CRACK ARE YOU GUYS ON THE CPM SMOKING!!!! Seriously, can you devise a worse way to discourage your long-time invested player base from ever playing your game EVER AGAIN? The game is already a freaking stupendous grind to get SP to begin with (as compared to EVE online) and you are going to DETRIMENT your veteran player base as a "reward" for sticking with it? Do you guys ever look at the big picture effects of this you are spewing forth? You want to ENCOURAGE your veteran players to sit back and TEACH the new players how to play the game, not worry about meeting some minimum criteria to even earn SPs every god damned match! You want the vets to be the squad leaders that are coordinating what the squad is doing so that teamwork is fostered, not making them compete with their own squad mates for every single WP possible such that they have to take all the ** themselves and screw the team. SERIOUSLY!!! You guys both at CCP and on the CPM are falling victim to some ginormous amounts of GROUPTHINK!