What would be the consensus on LP exchanges? Trading Minmatar LP for Amarr gear, but at a far higher rate and only after a certain LP level.

Normally I would never say this idea as it would then fit into my BlackMarket ideals once we had a Massive, self-staining economy, but working with what we have, why not?

Lore: After serving on the battlefields of the State for years, Headstrong had finally achieved level 3 loyalty. Numerous Gallente villages, burned, ships boarded, battles won. The Ishukone Executive approached him following his latest victory.

"Impressive, Mr. Headstrong. 100 battles won for us, we value such service."
"Thank you sir...but there is an issue..."
"What is it?" The stern faced man grumbled.
"I am a Minmatar Scout user, using augmented hacking speeds to win. However, the filthy Gallente have my tech in their War Arsenals."
The Caldari smiled. "Very well then...you have proven your loyalty to us after all this time. For three times the LP, we will get you some Codebreakers."

TLDR At Loyalty Rank 2, you are able to exchange LP of your faction for LP of another faction at a rate of 6 to 1.

At Loyalty Rank 3, you may exchange LP for a rate of 4:1

Loyalty Rank 5, 2:1

And Loyalty rank 7- 1:1

Numbers subject to debate of course...

Would be better just to offer up full module parity for all factions, honestly. Weapons, Dropsuits, and Equipment are a different matter but those can just be made tradeable.

Sounds good :)

Glad you like it. Let's see what everyone else says.

If the majority of the community likes that proposal than we can easily just make module parity across all factions and leave dropsuits, weapons, etc behind conversion. Then everyone can get the gear they want while fighting for who they want. This reduces the necessity for tradeable items and allows Faction Warfare to still be the predominant source of where those unique items originate.

I'll update the Trello soon but I just wanted to take a moment to input a consideration on making LP items more worthwhile.

The only two ways I can see that being done:
a) Is if the items themselves were brought up slightly (Std assault rifle with ADV assault rifle stats, adv AR with proto stats, Proto AR with Experimental stats)
b) If all other items were brought down to compensate (std AR to militia, adv AR to std, proto AR to adv, etc)

Both of which institute a very high level of powercreep across the entire game spectrum and would, in my opinion, make players feel forced into playing FW to compete. FW should be more natural and based on the player's own specific loyalty, not gear chasing.

Faster base reload
Cool down times
Larger magazines
Decreased PG/CPU
Higher accuracy rating

All possible difference makers between FW and isk gear.

On a side note, what about grenades?

Been playing a little mechwarrior online (as I finally have a working computer again)... Holy crap their faction warfare is everything I wish dust fw would be.

So upon clicking 'faction warfare' for the first time you're given a selection of the ~10 factions available, after selecting one you can sign up for a 7day, 14day, 28day or permanent contract (it's possible to break all of these, even the permanent one). The 7day gives +0% extra loyalty points, the 14day is IIRC +20% loyalty, the 28 +30%, and the permanent +50%. From there you're given a selection of planets (along with a list of attackers and defenders fighting for / queuing in the same planet). When you choose a planet you can then choose to attack it either solo, or with your squad (4ppl) or any number up to a 12man deployment which puts you into a lobby up until there's a full group. Once a full group of attackers is formed the opposition is given a "X PLANET IS UNDER ATTACK JOIN TO DEFEND IT!" warning and 10 mins to assemble a group.

From there it goes to a 'protect the area' style match, where the defenders can win by timing the match out or killing all their attackers (each players gets a drop deck of 4 mechs ranging from 160t to 240t total... essentially it's like being given a set number of clones per individual player, let's say 16 clones once you're out you cant spawn in anymore). The attackers win by destroying what amounts to the 'MCC' of the area.

If the attackers win, the next battle on the district is a 'counter attack', where the objective is basically an ambush style match - kill more of your opponents than they kill of you.

After a certain amount of time passes (there's certain allowed attack / defense / cease fire phases that cycle every hour or so) if the attackers hold more districts on a planet, they flip it to their control. If the defenders hold more, they retain control of it. If you control a planet, you can attack the planets adjacent to it.

It's such an awesome system and I think with some work, something resembling it could be implemented in dust.

It's also possible to form up for 'defense' matches too, which gives a ping to people going 'come attack this place' and just being signed up to a faction causes you to recieve constant pings about what planets need defenders / attackers. It also tosses you into a 'militia' channel where you can organize things (for example we had ~250 people attacking/defending a single planet earlier). Oh and I forgot to mention - If you go to attack a place and an enemy team doesn't form up to counter you within 10 minutes, you get deployed without any opposition, allowing you to rapidly take territory if there's no opposition.

Your LP/isk (equivalent) gains have a set payout for winning a match, and an additional payout based on your in-match performance.

Amarr- Shield tanks

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