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Posted - 2012.11.16 13:53:00 -
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Moving away from the "cheap expendable fits" debate for a moment....
I think a lot of the problem here is the lack of anything worth fighting for. Right now we fight for a) the fun of it, b) ISK or c) SP, and none of these require you to stick around in a losing battle. In every battle there is a point where one side has to choose: fight on or surrender. In Dust right now fighting on costs you (ISK/AUR and your K/D stats), whereas surrendering (running away) costs nothing.
This should change as the game develops in line with its strategy.
OK, so your faction warfare team is losing the battle one the ground, but every minute you hold out allows the Eve pilots in space to consolidate their grip in the system, so you stick in there and fight to the last clone. |
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Posted - 2012.11.17 00:36:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:If you run away after losing a fitting that cost ISK, you still lose that fitting, and you don't get the ISK or SP reward at the end of the match.
If you stick around in Starter Fits or pure-BPO fittings, no matter how badly you perform with them, you make back some ISK and pick up some more SP to go with it (unless you're at/near the SP cap).
A large ISK loss is definitely a worse scenario than a smaller ISK loss, if you're playing for ISK. A small ISK loss is a MUCH worse scenario than a small ISK gain to that person. Earning no active SP at all is worse than earning some SP, if that's your goal.
I don't disagree with any of that, but you need to factor in the "opportunity cost" as well. If you drop from a game you are losing you can join another that you might win, in which case you'll get more stuff than you would from sticking around.
As for losing a suit when you quit: that only applies if you quit while active, rather than quit after getting killed (you've lost the suit anyway in that scenario).
Finally, in case anyone reads something into my posts that isn't actually there: no, I don't quit from games when I'm losing. I do, however, understand that the game doesn't currently do much to discourage it. |