Edgar Reinhart
Resheph Interstellar Strategy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.11.19 17:11:00 -
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It's true, but only a couple of months ago when Cal were stomping Gal with a constant stream of organised Queue Syncs the same thing happened the other way, (Wound down a couple of matches in the MCC with Carne Con Papas then watched them stomp mercilessly on the Cal side for a month. Now they appear to be back to Gal).
As people say if the idea is that mercenaries do what mercenaries do then this is to be expected and there is nothing wrong with it. There just need to be a couple of little nudges to maybe make the idea of 'loyalty' points actually mean that.
For example I don't think it should be possible to be any more than, at best, level 5 in two competing factions
The winners do deserve the points and the spoils of war. However I feel that the punishment for losing is currently a little harsh. i.e No LP, No Salvage, very little ISK and in a stomp very little SP and very few missions completed. It all adds up.
I don't think necessarily that there needs to be any changes to salvage, isk or SP, to the victors go the spoils, but if the point of FW is earning loyalty points then there needs to be more incentive to join and or continue fighting for the losing side, whomever they may be.
I don't think LP payouts should be flat out buffed but what I'd like to see is the losing side being given a small incentive multiplier to continue fighting, and or attract other mercs to LP payout and possibly an ISK 'contract bonus' of somesort.
I think that it should be based on overall district ownership. If the ownership is 50/50 then LP payouts should be as they are. However as a faction gains more ownership a multiplier is applied to the other sides LP payouts. E.g if Cal are in control of 75% of faction space, Gal get a 25% multiplier to their LP payouts, win or lose. This wouldn't unbalance or reduce the worth of fighting for the stronger faction but would just give a little nudge and incentive to players who had decided to stay 'loyal.'
(numbers are off the top of my head because it's easy)..... and I'm sure that there will be someone along shortly to point of the glaringly obvious exploit that I've failed to see that this all opens up. |