CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.10.15 18:06:00 -
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I'm against anything too elaborate or multi-insured against disconnects/lags, becsause it will tax CCP's staff and pull them off of being as productive as possible with regular hotfixes and updates.
So, (yikes, I brought this up before) we're playing this game partly like we play a shooter, partly like we play Monopoly. Many of us are entering matches more like real estate barons, hedging our risks, pulling out the moment it feels like a bad investment----and OK, we should be allowed to play the game that way if we want.
BUT, just like pulling out of a stock market deal in mid-stream, you should pay a small tax, or take a small "investment rating" loss each time you pull that "I've changed my mind" option.
When we hit the 'triangle' button to see a player's Info, it should give us some small mentions of Ranking: Faction Standing (so we know she fights hardest for Minmatar, etc), and a "battles joined/completed" ratio number .
 When a player "leaves" a battle less than 3 times per UTC day, there should be no penalty at all (you ought to be able to leave for physical reasons--it's not boot camp).
 IF you leave 3 times or more per day,
--Faction Standing level should begin to go backwards (regardless of whether this was a FW match).
--Loyalty points should be reduced on ALL Factions you've built points with (this will not be visible to other players when they call up your Info screen).
--"Battles Completed" ratio will track it, (with a retro-dated back to when the matchmaker was activated, so many of us will already show negative-numbers)
--Finally, Loyalty Ranks should reduce, so that the only way to repair their Officer-Rank pride will be to temporarily increase AUR use (LOL, "buying" a captain's rank).
All these should occur simultaneously, so the player is shocked by how MANY little penalties he just suffered. But each reduction one should be a MODEST drop, so the player CAN opt to keep leaving, if he doesn't mind paying the leaving-tax and ranking-loss...
...and if doesn't mind that we can see how much of a "leaver" he is when we call up his Info screen, and knowing if he's worth inviting to parties
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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