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Zumari Force Projection
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Posted - 2012.09.26 22:49:00 -
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Xavier Hastings wrote:
Ah, the good old Proto.
Never used one. Too "rich" for my taste.
This is sort of rigged. If you're good, you get better weapons/armor and get gooder. Then you kill more, you get more ISK and SP, then you're the goodest!
But if your bad, even if you contribute, you most likely won't get to Proto. It will be too expensive.
But the wipe is coming, so that will even things out.
And yes, that is probably what CCP wanted.
(Note: Grammar is badest on purpose.)
Indeed it's because we're at the end of this cycle. The wipe is coming, sure, but that doesn't mean we won't be right back in this same spot in a month.
There will likely be many more skills coming that'll entice people to invest in which will spread their SP out, in turn making the climb to proto in one particular area take a bit longer for some, but others will focus on one thing only and do it in a month again.It's the nature of the game. Also, we are in Beta, anything can change at any time without warning. For all we know, CCP may cut the SP earned in half essentially making proto take twice as long to acquire. Or maybe it'll be the same. Who knows.
Keep in mind a lot of folks also got to proto by slaughtering with tanks early on and others from SP boosting. (some players are legit, i'm not saying they aren't, but a lot got where they are by wisely utilizing loopholes in the game and you can't blame them for it). Assuming those things get fixed, again, proto will take longer to acquire.
The wipe is only a temporary level playing field. People will rapidly excel at what they do best. It's how it's designed. I agree it is crazy to see everyone running around with proto weapons, but i believe when we begin to get more skills, abilities, vehicles, installations, etc. the climb to proto will be a much longer one and there will be more tools to counter those that do.
Also, keep your options open. If you found it hard to gain SP by killing, you may have to face the fact you just aren't a great killer. There's nothing wrong with that in this game. Find what you are good at and aim for proto in that field instead. |