CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.07.10 04:58:00 -
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Nice thread, Logibro. I personally think this ought to go in the Rookie Training Grounds department (so new players can have better chances of seeing it), but HECK, it doesn't matter that much. It's still a good thing to post, anywhere.
I think I'm the opposite of you in my method, Logi. I've been at the game long enough that I wanted to make a deliberate BREAK from using anything "Militia". I wanted to prove to myself that I can profit in these matches by "balancing" my suitGǪ. by regulating moderately-costly fittings according to what level of fighting-performance I have to be honest to myself that I can deliver to the matches,GǪ I wanted to graduate from reaching for the low-cost gear as the automatic way to maximize my profit.
(It's not easy to see it, but you WILL reach a point in your performance where you don't need those training wheels anymore to comfortably make your ISK. But like I stated, SEEING when you've reached that point is a challenge.)
With the exception of some militia module that may come default on a loadout suit I might use, I only keep a collection of Militia gear in my asset pile. I look at them like a museum collection, and it's fun to study them and be reminded of "how Dust 514 begins for a player's first 3 months". This gear really is educational.
I also think it is "right" for some of the Militia gear/weapons to follow the "same potency--greater PG/CPU cost" pattern, and SOME Militia stuff to surprise you with a different "weaker potency--same UL rating" idea, or even an occassional "better value than the Basic variant" shocker. Players should always practice doing the math and testing for yourself in this game, rather than ".. reaching for 'the upgrade' cuz that's how I'm supposed to win in all the other games I playGǪ"
Although outmatched because of the TIME period they originally came from, Militia material is SO darn valuable to the learning process. New players just don't use it enough for learning; they tend to just dismiss it as "the pop-gun they deliberately start you off with so you can get killed a lot and hurry up to replace it"
Nooo, ugh. That's NOT what the Millitia arsenal is for.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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