Or you could, you know, just play COD.

It's my understanding that if you're good, EVE corps will buy you **** to use. They've got billions, so you can get (almost) negative KDR using all proto suits and still not go broke if you get paid.

Man this is like Care Bears asking for infinite ships! Dumbest idea ever. If you spent this much time writing this, you should of at least spent more than double the time researching or just playing EVE.

BPO's will be the rarest and most expensive items for dust.(the higher tier gear) Only the most powerful and richest corps will have a strangle hold on almost all of them. A few might get lucky and keep them. Only the militia and special event items will be easy to obtain.

Read it and no. This is not the way to go, losing isk every death teaches you many things and is one of the original things this game has going for it.

You do understand that CCP needs to make money off this right? I agree ISK pay outs should be higher. But otherwise the system is fine the way it is. What u suggest would dissuade people from spending real money, & dust will go no where like that.

This is true, but only if the reason for dying was a legitimate one, meaning something I earned by my own mistake or by poor tactics. Spawning in front of an enemy and getting insta-killed is not much of a learning experience. In fact, it seems most all of my deaths when using good gear are due to ridiculous reasons that have nothing to do with my skill or ability, but rather pure luck.

Come on, I spent a lot of time writing this out and putting decent thought into it, you could at least read it before poo-pooing the idea.

Man this is like Care Bears asking for infinite ships! Dumbest idea ever. If you spent this much time writing this, you should of at least spent more than double the time researching or just playing EVE.

BPO's will be the rarest and most expensive items for dust.(the higher tier gear) Only the most powerful and richest corps will have a strangle hold on almost all of them. A few might get lucky and keep them. Only the militia and special event items will be easy to obtain.

Dust and EVE are two completely different games with completely different gameplay, you can't expect them to operate in an identical fashion. Dust is primary a FPS that has elements of RPG (leveling up), it is really nothing like how EVE is played (market and upgrading style aside).

Now if Dust was an open world game consisting entirely of vehicle play where battles are not constantly occurring in regulated matches with map boundaries and rules, then I might agree... but it's not. It's a FPS game in a restricted non open-world style that is time-based or objective-oriented. A game where even the best suited player dies repeatedly.

I don't know much about EVE, but let me ask you... does EVE have matchmaking where it puts 8 dreadnoughts against 8 dreadnoughts and respawns them when they blow up? Does it do this 24/7 and is it the only way to play EVE?

Please just go play another game. I would get banned for the shear amount of ***** words I would have to use to properly respond to your OP. I'm pretty sure CCP would agree with me

I care not for anyone but myself and I eat bear excrement

I'd have no problems with BPO's for suits. Provided each suit had to be manufactured. While they're not as complex as a ship. It would still take a few minutes per suit to manufacture it. And materials for them.....

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So Ok, lets say you've read this far and are thinking; "Hey, what about when EVE comes into play and is able to give billions of ISK to Dust players?" Well, unless they do something to the Dust currency to match it with EVE, one alternative I can think up is that the BPO items can only be purchased with ISK earned directly from playing in Dust. Therefore no amount of EVE money or donations will enable players to buy BPO's, only ISK they have earned themselves will be capable of buying them.


But leukoplast, what about BPO vehicles? Honestly I do not think vehicles should have BPO's in the same manner as the suits (as I described above), because they can already survive an entire round without worrying about being insta-killed by something really stupid like suited players can. Suits of any caliber, except perhaps heavies, are extremely vulnerable. Vehicles on the other hand get exponentially stronger and more versatile as they upgrade, and have a much higher chance of survivability due to unforeseen events. A militia suited player can still take down a proto suited player, but I seriously doubt a starter tank with barely any shields and armor could even begin to touch a proto tank.

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In conclusion, I truly believe BPO's are going to be the key to making Dust more popular, mainstreamed, and fun. As I can't see myself enjoying this game for too long if upgrading my suits and weapons, means I lose more and more ISK each time I die. Upgrading should be fun and something to look forward to, but I find it difficult to look forward to upgrading because it simply means I end up wasting more ISK every time I die (especially if the reason for dying is extremely lame). Having BPO's for every weapon, suit, module and equipment at a premium ISK payout, provides long-term goals that are extremely beneficial, sought after and what most FPS players are used to.

In conclusion, I truly believe BPO's are going to be the key to making Dust more popular, mainstreamed, and fun. As I can't see myself enjoying this game for too long if upgrading my suits and weapons, means I lose more and more ISK each time I die. Upgrading should be fun and something to look forward to, but I find it difficult to look forward to upgrading because it simply means I end up wasting more ISK every time I die (especially if the reason for dying is extremely lame). Having BPO's for every weapon, suit, module and equipment at a premium ISK payout, provides long-term goals that are extremely beneficial, sought after and what most FPS players are used to.

I fully understand the Dust and EVE are and will be two totally different games. You are stating that everybody should be able to buy BPO's of everything that they are skilled into.

Totally kills the idea and purpose of the EVE/DUST universe. You are asking for a COD or any other generic FPS game, where you level up and can use that weapon you unlocked all the time with out consequence.

Seriously this is stuff that a kid comes up with. That's why COD and other FPS is so dumbed down and terrible.

You are completely wrong. Dust have two things going for it which no other FPS competes with.
1. Persistant universe.
2. Risk vs Reward.

For the past two decades FPS have NEVER had risk vs reward on this scale. If non militia BPOs continue to enter into Dust, the game WILL die. Remember, the lifespan of an FPS is very short. Dust has the potential to have a decade lifespan or more like Eve does.

First things first dude, if you're getting stressed over not being able to use a proto loadout every spawn, why are you doing it? What's wrong with using cheaper items? Why do you think you MUST USE THE MOST EXPENSIVE STUFF OR NOTHING AT ALLLLLLL? Once you realise that there's absolutely no need for you to pimp yourself out at every turn, you will enjoy the game a lot more and maybe even improve your actual skills rather than relying on over-bloated equipment, because at the moment, it sounds a lot more like you just enjoy rolling pubs without expending any brainpower, which might very well be entertaining for you personally, but where's the upshot for anyone else? Stop being so selfish.

Answer to that, is balance. For which I agree with. But this balance throws a kink in the chain of reward, because of how the system is setup now, that reward is more akin to a slap in the face in comparison to the massive amount of risk taken.

I mean seriously, say you use three 200k suits in a match, and lose them all. The reward for this is getting 250k ISK and a measly amount of SP. Now you are out 350k... so where is the reward?

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But hear me out, what if the ISK for these BPO's was extremely high? Say for example the BPO for the GEK-38 could be 10 million ISK. That is a pretty hefty chunk of Dust currency

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So Ok, lets say you've read this far and are thinking; "Hey, what about when EVE comes into play and is able to give billions of ISK to Dust players?" Well, unless they do something to the Dust currency to match it with EVE, one alternative I can think up is that the BPO items can only be purchased with ISK earned directly from playing in Dust. Therefore no amount of EVE money or donations will enable players to buy BPO's, only ISK they have earned themselves will be capable of buying them.

EVE RULES APPLY HERE: ONLY DEPLOY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO REPLACE.

If we want industry, and I mean Dust side, non reliant on EvE production, then anything above lvl 1 skill req should NEVER, in all 7 years it will take to skill up, EVER go above lvl 1 req's. I.E. no BPO type2 suits. No BPO Sagaris (gunloggi is legit. Because there are already BPO saga). No BPO tac rifles. You get the idea.