No thanks.

SP and equipment are over rated. I personally want to be able to use milita equipment on enemies who have 3x my SP and wearing better equipment. Nothing as satisfying as taking down a proto suit with militia weapons.

Using an alt I have consistently been doing 2 to 1 KDR's, or better, using 100% militia (and Merc Pack dropsuits) and coming in near the top of the kills for that match, even against well armed and high XP opponents.
Teamwork and skill > SP and Gear any day.

I would be pizzed if CCP restricted who I could face up to.

This game will not hav a large playerbase so segregating the community is not a smart move.
Hence the suit nerf/balance HP

Why do so many ppl need a crutch?
the suits are fine , gear should not guarantee u wins in a FPS. Some form of SKILL should be required

The suit balance was done so that

1. CCP wont be seperating an already small community thus making it easier to find matches

2. gives the newbies a competitive chance to at least do something against vets (or at least bad ones) instead of having no chance at all despite their skill
U have more CPU and more PG and more Module slots which to anyone who knows how to fit suits will realise u can still make a pretty OP fitting and ur allowed to carry more high end gear so WHY (and this is in general to ppl who want suit hp back up) do ppl feel the need to not only have more fitting options available but already have more HP than a lower tier person?

doesnt that seem a bit silly and a crutch?

my 0.02 ISK

Please READ! my post.
Its TIRESOME seeing folks that want to beatup noobs.
If you are that good then go play with folks on your level.

Please READ! my post.
Its TIRESOME seeing folks that want to beatup noobs.
If you are that good then go play with folks on your level.

And you might want to reread his post instead of yelling at him to reread yours. He said he wants to use militia gear against higher SP characters, not beat up on noobs. You've got it reversed.

Then we also need a suicide zone for those who are low levels but want to face higher level folks.

Then we also need a suicide zone for those who are low levels but want to face higher level folks.

Tech, the SP cap is to keep the game in line with Eve. There are some skills that are the same in both games (i.e. corporation skills at the moment, more to come in the future). By removing the cap, you provide an unbalanced product as Dust bunnies will be able to outperform Eve pilots on those skills, which would be unbalancing.

As for your other suggestions, something similar is coming. Right now, we are in high security systems and a handful of low security systems only. Eventually, we will be playing in all low security and null security space. With these new settings, there will be a different set of engagement rules. Please be patient to see what is planned; who knows it might be better than your idea. :)

As for the HP of the suits, I agree. There is not enough meaning at the higher skill suits right now to justify the cost.

If you like my ideas then give a like??

The problem of how to balance casual player versus no lifers??

REMOVE SP cap.

Starter area of UNDER 5 million SP with two ambush maps and two skirmish maps.
Once you are OVER 5 million SP then you are LOCKEDOUT of the starter maps/areas.

5 million SP to 20 million SP you get to play in MIDPOINT AREAS/ two ambush maps and two skirmish maps.

Once you hit OVER 20 million SP then you are LOCKEDOUT of these midpoint areas.

And if you are OVER 20 million SP then you can go to anyplace and play on any maps EXCEPT starter and midpoint maps..

It solves the no lifer grind,grind, grind! problem and it solves the casual once per week player balancing problems.

REMOVE SP cap.

This is all you needed to say, Kitten the rest of your post.

No amount of balancing will ever make casual/dedicated even ( Side Note : F*ck all you all with you nolife/elite/harcore ways of describing people who put a bit more time and effort into games. People are diverse someone who spends all day playing games have a different life to those who spend all day at work in fact as a worker they have MUCH MUCH MORE life than me ......what id give to be able to sit at home all day and do nothing but play games with friends)

With the skill cap anyone whose played the last few weeks of the build upto cap and continues playing in the future is always going to be 2.5 mil SP ahead of a new starters. The further into the future you go the further ahead they get. No CAP will ever stop them being ahead.

This is no different to a dedicated player getting 2.5 million SP on day one and a casual getting 1000 SP.

But atleast with no CAP the casual could dedicate his whole saturday and catch up some of that Gap. With the skill cap the casuals are hurt too because no matter how much effort they put in to try they will never catch up.

Fast forward a few year casual and dedicated alike all have MAX skills dedicated got their quick but what is the issue with that they played more and deserve the quicker reward.


Finally SP mean nothing its player skill and time available that will net you a place in a corp.

Casing Point as a CEO i have a choice,

1) a casual thats played 2 hours every saturday for 7 years and is Maxed out in SP
2) a dedicated player who plays everyday for 4 hours but only has 1 mil SP

I know who i'd choose


Remove the CAP CCP as long as there is High Sec casuals will be happy. Do you even analise you own game, What % of EVE never venture away from High Sec PVE. Probably about the same % that are casual population if you take out the producers/traders....

Make a safe home and casuals will be happy, then open the sand box to everyone. It works in Eve and has for many years.

Make a safe home and casuals will be happy, then open the sand box to everyone. It works in Eve and has for many years.

If you like my ideas then give a like??

The problem of how to balance casual player versus no lifers??

REMOVE SP cap.

Starter area of UNDER 5 million SP with two ambush maps and two skirmish maps.
Once you are OVER 5 million SP then you are LOCKEDOUT of the starter maps/areas.

5 million SP to 20 million SP you get to play in MIDPOINT AREAS/ two ambush maps and two skirmish maps.

Once you hit OVER 20 million SP then you are LOCKEDOUT of these midpoint areas.

And if you are OVER 20 million SP then you can go to anyplace and play on any maps EXCEPT starter and midpoint maps..

It solves the no lifer grind,grind, grind! problem and it solves the casual once per week player balancing problems.

I also commented this in other threads:

Could you please elaborate on this sandbox? I've never played EVE and I would like to know more about how it works, and how players and CCP are expecting them to be similar. Maybe it will allow me to have a better appreciation of what's going on here and make a better judgment on the subject. I hate making ill-informed judgments...

And so has eves passive skill gains system, even though someone starting today isn't going to be catching up my 70mill SP anytime soon and I've next to no hope of catching up the people who have already broken 150 million SP.

That doesn't mean I can't fly x number of ships as well as them, just that they are more versatile, but that has its limits too (can't fly two ships at once)

I'm personally hoping we don't see people with skills maxed out for a long long time. I like the system and its one of the things that interested me in eve in the first place. It isn't as daunting as it first appears and really means you have to put some thought into your character progression (or go FOTM chasing and get kicked in the balls by CCP every 6 months )