Edgar Reinhart
Resheph Interstellar Strategy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.23 18:19:00 -
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EDIT: Sorry it's a wall of text..... didn't seem that long when I was typing! There is a sort of idea based around meta levels nearer the bottom but I'm not sure it's worth it!!!
As someone who still really only runs Starter Fits I have definitely been guilty of both AFKing 5mins into a match when already 5 capped and flat out leaving when I've seen the team sheet come up (There's only so many times in a night you can face a full Carne Con Papas, Negative Feedback stomp sync) and I accept the abuse and team kills it gets me in FW.
And that's part of the problem the player base is small enough that it doesn't take long to know who you're up against, who they'll be squadded with and how they're going to go about having you redlined in 5 mins.
There are also two problems to deal with. One is that people who can run proto give up and don't keep pushing because they can't out spend the opposition (an unfortunate hangover from PC as, I believe, ideally it should be very very difficult to finance running proto in pubs at all times. The trouble now is that some people can, and then some, so is it unfair if not everyone can? Hence calls to buff payouts).
The second problem is for people like me when it becomes apparent that there is actually no point in pushing, trying or doing anything other than run into a wall for 5 mins and make a cup of tea because anything you do you'll either be on your own or hunted down within seconds and one shotted by a Viziam or Kaalakiota. As much as people cry about not trying how much use to your team are you actually going 1/10 with 75WP?
Saying that I don't mind being cannon fodder IF THE MATCH IS EXCITING and there is a chance to turn the other team over, but I'm not going to simply be there to pad someones KD. Starting a match with two big corps on either team only for one to back out at the start is really irritating because it has potentially denied a whole bunch of people a good match to be involved in.
Having come up out of the lower tier of match making into the higher one a couple of times now it's a sad truth that the lower tier matches do seem better, more exciting, varied and dynamic...... and that's not just because my KD improved.
These frustrations are currently multiplied as I'm trying to grind LP (this is my own fault though not match making etc)
It'd be a shame if proto was removed from pubs (not that I have any yet), even if it's only because it adds to the variety and requirements to be aware of what's going on around you. Also most of the people who have it have earned it, invested in it, paid for it etc etc, and apparently even stomping like mad it's tricky to make enough ISK in pubs to fuel the proto habit (for some).
If meta levels come in I'd probably like to see a dynamic balance around them on a per match basis. Rather than just lock people using a certain meta out of pubs I'd like people to be able to run whatever they want but their meta level to be taken into account at the end of the match.
Now I know people are going to point out how open to abuse this probably is and how bad idea is bad but....
The oppositions average meta level, possibly based on everybody's preferred suit or simply on the highest meta level each person ran, could be calculated at the end of the match and then people get a multiplier on their WP or SP or ISK based on if their meta level was above or below that average.
Everybody on the opposition only in Milita and your out in a maxed out mk.0 assault?
Fine you can get your 40/1 KD but you're going to be getting an eg. -25% multiplier to your EOM WP/SP/ISK whichever whereas the guy on your team who also only showed up in Militia Gear will be getting a +/-0% multiplier meaning they may come away with as much of a payment as you.
Then because you've dragged your sides meta level up above the oppositions most of them will get an e.g +10% multiplier on their results. For them 1 or 2 kills could be worth as much in terms of WP/SP/ISK as 4/5 of yours.
or something like that. It's similar to the idea that if you kill a higher tier suit you get more WP than if you kill a lower tier one but team rather than individual based.
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