used full militia died alot made 500k isk your argument is invalid

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I fail to see how that invalidates my argument, What are you going to do with that 500k? Die 2.5 times in your shiny proto gear and go back to the useless milita gear with your awesome 1:4...1:6 kdr?

I fail to see how that invalidates my argument, What are you going to do with that 500k? Die 2.5 times in your shiny proto gear and go back to the useless milita gear with your awesome 1:4...1:6 kdr?

12:5 please good sir

and no screw proto gear i dont need to little room to make mistakes without seeing your guy become a couple hundred thousand isk smear on the ground.

id much rather prefer living it up in tier 2 or advanced armor with my militia modules and complex damage modifier with a passive 15% damage increase keeping costs low while still being effective thats how you make money my friend

used full militia died alot made 500k isk your argument is invalid

have a nice day

used full militia died alot made 500k isk your argument is invalid

have a nice day

me to, made 6 mill in 2 days lost nothing and still had fun

As ccp constantly talks about the taps and sinks in the eve economy what they've done is create the largest sink in the eve economy that I'm aware of.

TL;DR: The economy in Dust is broken. The tap is dripping into a sink with a full 4 inch drain. New players will stop playing when they go broke


No so tldr:
The game is set up in a well established circle: kills/gameplay = money and SP -> enough money and sp = easier ways to kill/gameplay -> repeat.

However this circle that keeps players playing is broken. There's no point to push towards more gear because you will never become money stable with it. Unless you can ensure you never die...

The honest reason i kept playing the beta was the same reason I play eve, the next shiny thing. I've worked from standard to advanced and have just unlocked the proto suits, I'm 320k sp from proto assault rifles. Ever since Monday I've been itching to log on and get that last 320k sp. But now, why bother?




Here's how to fix it:
If you are a positive influence to the team, logi/kills, then your cost to replace is covered and then some.

This is a minimum requirement for any FPS. No-one will log on to lose because they can't afford the best gear, period. People that say "oh it's so the mega eve alliances will have the best equipment" are crazy, FPS players will not stand to play will **** gear that WILL result in them losing.

Eve Econ's: Have the cost to create the gear 10% less than what the NPCs sell the gear for. This leaves a margin for competition and profit and will prevent the eve players from becoming ridiculously rich. With this said, I've never heard of a poor arms dealer before and would assume there is money to be made.

I was serious, what is the point of playing now?

Talking about why to skill up... Hm... Have you forgot about bonuses from your skills? Maxed out Militia Assault Rifle will be better then starter's Militia Assault Rifle anyway

Here you have 2 kind of battles
Faction Warfare (where we are at now) - Casual games, you should use Militia\T1\T2 suit and weapon here and mostly cheapest vehicles (some modules could be fitted but you should be anyway COST EFFECTIVE)

0.0 Battles - Hardcore games, you should fit taking payout in account but it will be Proto and best vehicles most of the times
Why?
From far Alliance point of view, controlling planets in region gives you:
a) Essential parts of POS Fuel
b) Other production materials
c) Passive income to attract citizens (So they could pay higher rent and make Alliance income even bigger)
Why don't hire bunch of mercs for good payment so they could use best gear...

Dude, if you just lost all your shiny little toys in a match, you are supposed to either 1. stroll over to the market and replace them, or 2. play a couple matches in some militia or cheap gear so that you can afford your proto gear again.

What you are probably not supposed to do is 1. cry about losing all your proto gear (shows you weren't really ready to use it) or 2. run all proto gear w/o checking your wallet 1st to make sure you can afford it.

Game balance isn't broken (in this case), your ability to keep a budget through use of basic math skills is broken.

Granted in EVE you dont constantly respawn in your shiny ship among enemy forces. Ships in EVE have longer survivability and life expectancy than a dropsuit in Dust and therefor the risk = the reward.

You made no point at all. I almost want to link that one YouTube video...
In any case, you just missed the whole idea completely. The point was that you can skill up for higher level gear, but you can't make enough ISK to cover it unless you can ensure you never get killed.

The survivability of ships in Eve versus survivability of Mercs in Dust is apples and oranges for the reason that you stated.

However, the ISK cost vs marginal utility of better equipment is still a viable argument to make. Regardless of how often you die in Eve, if you fly what you can't afford to lose, then you will be broke. The same holds true in Dust, if you constantly use suits that you can't afford to lose a lot, then you will be broke. The only difference is perhaps the Dust version should be "Don't fly what you can't afford to be spawn camped in"