Aeon Amadi
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Posted - 2015.06.21 16:24:00 -
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Yokal Bob wrote:Well there goes any need to gain any more SP or really play the game anymore. Stupid that all SP will do now is give CPU & PG.
What a waste of 3 god damn years
I can't see the point in playing anymore when thats all my SP will do.
Slot increases are a hamfisted way to show progression and it really messes with the true sense of game balance. It is an artificial increase in "skill" whereas true player skill needs to be a natural one-for-one scale.
Imagine playing Chess where the black set has no pawns but instead has two kings, two queens, four bishops, etc. That isn't a good way to determine who is the more skilled and to say that that is "progression" is shoddy at best.
With Tiercide the new manner of progression will be that you and I are on the same level, suit-wise, and our skill investments and player skill are what determines the victor, not artificial advantages like "I have more slots than you, therefore I can fit more/better equipment". Your three years will stack up against a new player, still, in the form of bonuses (25% more armor/shields) and fitting application (higher CPU/PG through powercores and reduced PG/CPU costs on gear). Those advantages are less drastic and a good player can still win you over if they have better player skill even without the SP investment.
SP investment does not entitle you to a win. It does not guarantee you any sort of victory. It is merely a construct of minor advantages that you have earned through the years and it should never be that a veteran player is simply better than a newer player just because. In a perfect world, the powercores wouldn't even be a thing and you would just have the suit without any PG/CPU differences with the only differences between you and a new player is your experience and your SP investment toward skills.
This model is what is used in Eve Online and it is what has worked for over a decade now. There is a reason that it works. Further more, there is a reason Dust 514 is unique in this sort of tiered std/adv/proto gear... because other games realize that it isn't good for balance.
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