ok, here it is; been trying to think how to write this out for the last day or two, and with Zitro's topic, i find the time has come. Tried best to proof it; but if you still cant comprehend it b/c of my writing, i apologize, and will try to edit it more as time goes on.


Dear CCP,

From being in this beta for over 1/2 a year already, you guys have made some great strides in this game, yet also great strides backwards. The topic at hand is the SP/SP-CAP/Booster usage.

Myself, along with others probably, are finding the new cap most tedious (not trying to QQ), in that many of us have bought Merc Packs, and more then just one (i bought 6 myself). One of the biggest benefits we all agreed on was the 30 days booster. Having said that, the new CAP, and horrible SP restart has made us wonder, if a 30 day booster a worthwhile.

As it currently stands, after 2 days of playing say 8-10hours total, you drastically see the affect of diminishing return; along with HORRIBLE ISK rewards (new system, makes playing SL as the only viable option to gain respectable amounts of ISK & SP; which goes against idea of you-CCP saying you dont need to be in a corp to survive. You die either way, but being in a corp lets you SURVIVE in base of getting SP & ISK where going solo is NOT a real option anymore). Going along w/ Omni Zitro's topic on his brother hitting the 0 SP mark; what is the point of having a booster if we hit the CAP or get so to close to it we put the game down b/c of lack of benefit to keep playing. At that point, you would taking DAYS off our monthly booster, thusly making the 30 booster a waste to use, it would be more cost effective (YES, COST, as we are using AUR which is ideally real money) to buy a 1 or 3 day booster at a time if dont have one, but have aurum.

Now, i am not as close to the CAP as Zitro was on Wednesday, but i have only played 1 game in 4 days b/c i have found it is a waste to log on and play a game that since the update is "ehhh" at best, and i feel like i receive no real reward in doing so (both in SP & ISK). Prior to this build, i would play at least 3 hours a DAY, as it WAS an enjoyment.

I am hoping probably along with others that CCP, will rethink this area of the game in a realistic manner. As it stand you are: 1). Alienating the group that paid money to use items in your game, 2). the Harcore players that enjoy the game and drop most all other games for this since of how much we have been enjoying it.

Ideas that have come to me, that maybe other might agree on, or even yourselves as Company would be interesting in throwing around the table:

1). Increase or Remove the Cap altogether, and set the Sp reset to be every 2-3 days, so we still feel the grind, but at same time don't feel like we are wasting 3-5 days of our boosters

2). Allow us to set ourselves to a SP return of 0 (only if have a booster), and be "refunded" the difference minus 24hours in time into a new booster (done on a weekly basis if keep the SP reset at once a week) ; and you would only receive 1/2 ISK rewards. Ex:

if have a 7 day booster, and after 3 days you are making only 1-2k SP, have an option to set to 0; then get a "refunded" booster of 4 days (as you-CCP arent losing money, as someone already paid the 7k AUR for it, now just letting take full advantage of it).


At this time, i am asking ALL players in the community, to voice their opinions here, to bring light of this matter to the Dev's, and that they can't and should not shrug this off till a new update, but fix it so we can ENJOY the game to its fullest like we have before, and not be penalized for playing a game we enjoy (which is what is has become).

PS: i realize the cap is in place for new players; however, this is an FPS (along w/ an MMO), and an FPS by nature isnt fair; in some people have more skill, others more time, etc. List goes on, all i ask is people not use that as a reasoning to KEEP everything as is. If you disagree, there is no problem there, let CCP hear all sides and . All id hope for is the topic not become a thread of spam.


Thank you for your time, and see you on the battlefield (at some point)

~Berserker