CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.01.06 15:16:00 -
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I (many otheres, I suspect) fully agree with you, Luna.
NOT about the "darn-near impossible to win when so many players have left your team" part (...because half of the time at least 30% of the players don't know enough yet to help you win---or never intended to "help fellow players" at all in their matches....so it's no advantage if that 30% leaves or stays anyway, LOL).
But I do agree with a "consequence" being designed for those who Leave-Battle. And it should be a Payout-v-Action equation similar to all the RISK-v-Reward concepts that an Eve game is based on. You want to kill with the bigger gun---you must take the risk of losing more from your wallet if you get killed carrying it.
You want to mine the more lucrative Ore---you're going to have to take you ship out to the most dangerous 0.0 areas of space to mine it.
You want to Leave-Battle? When Aura does tell you "you are contractually obligated to enter the Burnzone"?
 Everyone should be allowed to Leave-Battle two times a day--no questions asked, no penalty.
 But on your THIRD Leave-Battle of the day, you should pay a Contract-Tax. The tax can be 10,000 point deduction in your "Loyalty Points" (which over time will cause you to drop in Rank that controls your trading/bonus %'s).
The Tax can be a deduction in LP in the Loyalty Store (perhaps only the LP for your default Race gets reduced---the other 3 race-LP stay the same).
The Tax can be some kind of Player-Rating scheme (a DED-standing that appears in you Character Info screen for others to see, and rates you as 'High-Loyatly'---'Steady-Contract'---'Low-Contract'---"Criminal-Flag', depending on how many Leaves per week you perform.
OR, the Tax can be ALL of these things simultaneously, all occurring in the background, so that you are not readlily aware of the damage you are doing to yourself until you decide to look and YIKES, you see what a mess you've made of your game standing.
Also note, all four suggestions are MODERATE enough so that a player has some wiggle room to count how much great standing she's got, and she can still CHOOSE to Leave-Battle X-number of times a week at the cost of X-amount of Tax against her.
In New Eden, you should still have the freedom to abandon your team and Leave.... just so long as you Pay something for the freedom, like you pay for everything else in this galaxy (err, star cluster, or whatever it is)
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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