I'd like there to be rwards based not only on Loyalty ranks but other things like joining early beta/Mordus private trials, Mystery code owners (from second decade collectors) perhaps templar code owners too, whether it be SKINs or something in merc quarters like statue/plaque.

Perhaps 5-10% of SP carried over or perhaps SP carried over could/would be related to loyalty ranks, 1% per loyalty rank for example.

How much of that is FREE AUR and how much of that is cash-purchased?

Oh, wow, got quite a few people talking with this.

If someone actually gets angry enough, there is enough material for a false advertisement lawsuit on the grounds that Rouge claimed all meaningful progression would transfer during FF14. A lot of people invested heavily specifically for that reason.

5% would be a slap to the face. I imagine even 50% would.


The best way to fix this situation would be to take the amount of SP someone has now, and backload passive and active SP gain for them in the future so that they acquire SP at a rapid pace until its all caught up to its original amount. That way everyone starts off on even ground, but there is a clear advantage in progression for those who already invested heavily. If someone new wants to keep pace with them, they can invest in boosters.

Think of it like having triple omegas on all the time until you hit a certain amount of SP.

I agree. The only thing I personally request from CCP is that I keep my name.

My assets, ISK, AUR, hell even my BPOs can all die in a fire.

lol, we joke but if someone is serious about taking something permanent or tangible from Dust, a tatoo might be the only way to go. It does'nt bother me that ISK, BPO's or SP will transfer, but you can't even really buy Dust merchandise anywhere . I would be happy with a damn t-shirt or something I could buy, lol.

No they will not. Play another competitive game. Stompers can't stomp each other. I could start a new character on COD and go 30x KD, but after a few matches I am playing the other 30x guys and guess what.....they don't play the same. This game was trash with a great concept. It had NO matchmaking in place to encourage balanced matches. For one, Whales stop playing if they don't feel satisfied. So understand that a new with subscriptions will not be allowing us to simply feed on the starter fits in a match. So many of you will not enjoy the new game if you are expecting to post numbers like we do now.

Sad truth is its a video game and without exploits and mods 99.9% of us all fall within a very narrow band of "skill". Those that are slightly better or worse will not be notably so when matched with similar players. That's just a reality. You can lie to yourself, but statistics will bear it out every time.

Funny, because don't you use only myos and MDs????
Don't seem like shooters come very natural if you need them. Although games are meant to "come naturally" to the players in general. lol

Bottom line is if a match making system is in place doing "fine" is in fact how we will all do. There will be those occasional great games, but mostly KDR trending towards 1 for the vast majority. You are correct right now SP, assets, and ***** leaver squads are leading to one sided games on Dust. A good Match Maker stops that. Play Halo at a high level and you will see it plays out more like chess than a FPS. That's because in the limited dimensions of a video game without exploits and mods there are no other real advantages after you reach a certain level of play. The other guy has spent just as much time in-game as you have so you can't just bully through.

And here I am hoping the lobby-shooter bullshit dies in a fire.

I mean, I'd love it if we finally got that Arena system they talked about, which would give matchmade and probably gear-restricted lobbies with traditional game modes like CTF and KOTH.

However, I'd personally like to see Public Contracts go back to being a selectable list of fights to deploy into like they were back in the Replication build. If people's primary experience of the new game is grinding matchmade lobbies again just like in this game, you're not going to get many people that actually want to play.

Looks like you hit the G spot.

Just admit you are dry and worn out.

Kind of the way I feel myself, even though I'm fairly sure CCP is set on the idea of a full reset with nothing carried over.

No matter how well balanced the game is and how much reasoning can be presented for how keeping our current characters and assets wouldn't harm anything, there would be large numbers of people who refused to even try the game because we got to keep our stuff.

It's not about balance, it's about e-peen, same as the people who say they'll never play EVE Online solely because they can't "level cap" and thus be equal to all the other players.