whenver im fighting guys who are on my armor/gear level or slightly higher i can usually end with at least a 4.0 kdr higher if i give up on trying to be a logibro.
the only time ive had touble fighting other people is when they are geared up on aurum those lower skill reqs are killing me when people are using the higher tier aurum gear.
its not a crazy difference between my gear and theis but its enough to be noticably more challenging then the isk equivalent.

Aurum gear just gives you access to equipment a tier higher like previously stated. Once you are proficient in a skill it make little difference. So if you can access normal equip at Protype level then spending aurum on that equipment is a waste of aurum.

To add to this, if you are still enjoying the game in 3 months and stil complaining that aurum purchasers are getting an advantage, perhaps be content with the fact that you have had fun with a game you didn't pay for. I am contributing to this game because I think it's a novel idea and want to see it succeed. The potential of this game is way beyond the ambitions of existing FPS. Perhaps in 3 months you might want to send a thank you their way with an aurum purchase if you are still enjoying it.

As some one who uses aurum a lot i can tell u it is pay to win there can be no argument there the moduals not only let u use stuff sooner but thay all have markedly lower fittings alowing fits that u could never have whithout aurum .

If u think aurum items dont give u a big advantage then i am sorry but u are dead wrong.

Shure u can train the skills to reduce cpu usage and all that other good stuff but so can i .. then i still have the advantage more so infact as i am most likly gaining skill points faster due to XP implant .


There are even things that u can only buy for aurum which give a massive advantage (looking at u thukker grenades )

When this game finaly comes out and reches the high level 0.0 battles u are going to need to use aurum if u want to have the best fits possible. If u want the advanage u are going to have to pay for it .

Even when (if) we can buy aurum gear from the market for isk from other players there will still be an advantage to someone.
Its ether the guy using it or the guy who now has a load of isk that he did not work for which in its self is a advantage over other isk users .

I would rather pay a subscription but thay seem to have gone out of favor whith game deveolpers now so i can not blame ccp for going whth the p2w i mean f2p style and i think i will spend roughly the same as i woud on eve a month when the game comes out .

At the end of the day nothing in this world is ever free somewhere someone has to pay for it .So to all those complaning about aurum who do u think is paying for U to play for free .