Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2015.02.01 18:26:00 -
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Edau Skir2 wrote:As for this damage bonus, it's 5% maximum. The only time this will be broken is on a Commando. Maxed out, with a complex mod, and prof 5, you'll be getting a 32% damage bonus.
That is assuming it all stacks that way. Could be multiplicative for all we know, being a much smaller bonus. Certainly have to wait and see; might not be that bad.
TheD1CK wrote:
The vet will have 50mil SP +, prof 5 in their favored weaponry, and likely L5 dmg mods.
The newb would have -10milSP, weapon operation L3, and Militia dmg mods.
But sure our barges could add 5% for all, if they grind/pay for it
But it brings us back to prior the needed TTK changes
and is most certainly a P2W advantage, even if time balances it out..
And the peasants grind to catch up, we are all at an even playing field with + 5%
But what about the new, new player experience??
This is just increasing the gap between new / old gamers on Dust
I'm not 100% against the bonuses, but I do think they should not be permanent
And should act as a performance booster, and expire after use (over a set time/amount of battles)
A Vet and a new Player's SP difference doesn't really show the P2W though, just time investment. You are showing how apples are not oranges and concluding pineapples.
If the 5% were a performance booster and expired, wouldn't that just be the same thing as a permanent bonus for people that buy components? Hell, that is making it more oriented towards P2W.
This change does have some more negative implications for the ultra new players, this is true. However, there are bigger problems for the ultra new player than a measly 5% damage difference.
1. The game isn't good enough to have new players trudge through the game to get to where it is decent.
2. Like above but throwing fresh off the Academy people into jerks like us with 30+ million SP isn't going to let them stick around.
3. No tutorial. "What's a fitting? What's a BPO? Why does this suit have an infinity sign but this one doesn't? Why is this suit suddenly red, what does it mean 24/20 in the corner?" These are all questions that new players would ask.
In truth, the game probably needs to give some kind of booster for new players. Let them earn quadruple SP until they are at a few million SP. Enough that they can fit out a suit to hold their own in a fight but rather than just giving them a few million SP they have to work for it a bit. So when it comes to the cancerous growth that is "DUST 514's New Player Experience", the addition to the Warbarge is benign polyp compared to everything else.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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