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Posted - 2012.12.13 20:51:00 -
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Umbat Boki wrote:DJINN Marauder wrote:500k sp a week. Pretty sure any proto suit is 2 mil. That's already a month of sp just for the suit lol. I think someone bragged that they have 10milSP or something. How much time since the last build? Less than two month, right? Dropsuite is x8 skill, as far as I remember. It's the most expensive, right?
There are some broken totals this build, remember that it was a hotfix during this build which removed the WP/SP farming exploit with people playing "bumper cars". Also the skill awards system itself has been tweaked/had bugs during this build. Also there are x24 skills in the HAV/LAV/Dropship 'tree'.
CCP has said they're aiming to have the progression to Proto take 2-3 weeks of consistent play (I assume that's an average time span since differing skills cost differing amounts). Assume someone uses only one type of mod in each type of slot (clearly a suboptimal configuration) that's Suit, High, Low, Main Weapon, Sidearm, Grenade, for a total of 14-21 weeks (aka ~7 months) to run a suboptimal Prototype build, it will take longer for an effective one (and that's not even considering the support skills that are highly recommended but not required).
Regarding the OP, a few points
- Every game is "unfair" to new players, the only way to prevent that is to create a game where player skill is absolutely meaningless.
- I've recently done testing with all starter fits and skills, while it is certainly harder than having good gear and character skills that's totally working as intended. Remove that effect and upgrading is meaningless which cuts out the progression, risk, and essentially fun of the game.
- In the above test I did better with starter gear & skills now than I'd done with the same when I first started. Point being that player skill is a relevant factor. It becomes a relevant factor twice over during that very first week or so while a new player is settling on which playstyle/fit most suits their desired method of play.
- Matchmaking, we totally need an improved matchmaking system so that characters with lower SP totals aren't placed against the likes of Zitro, Young Gunz, etc. The good thing about this is that CCP agrees and are already working on an improved matchmaking system.
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