DUST Search - Slightly different take on SP cap

Cyn Bruin wrote:

mikegunnz wrote:

Making it so that just sitting in a match earns you SP... I'm ok with, since everyone earns it and you earn even more on top of that by doing stuff to earn WP, which = even more war points. Even the daily SP reset would work well with a tweak.
Instead of starting every day with your normal SP gain, and then being capped. (which as many have said, makes you not care to play after you hit it)
How about CCP implement a "happy hour" bonus for the first hour of play. Give players 3x SP bonus for the first hour. Then, those who can only play for a short while are happy bc they earn a ton of SP, AND "no-lifers" are happy bc their 12 hour grinding per day is still netting them a reward.
It still allows you to front load SP, but also keeps rewarding players who WANT to play for 12hours.

I understand the intention of wanting to give players who cant spend tons of hours gaming, a shot at an even playing field (in terms of character progression) BUT, you cant PUNISH the players that spend 10 hours gaming either.

The flaw in your plan is this... after 4-6 games you hit the daily cap, wouldnt need a happy hour. (yes I stole it Sentient, so what)


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mikegunnz Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 425	Posted - 2013.01.08 21:54:00 - [1] - Quote Making it so that just sitting in a match earns you SP... I'm ok with, since everyone earns it and you earn even more on top of that by doing stuff to earn WP, which = even more war points. Even the daily SP reset would work well with a tweak. Instead of starting every day with your normal SP gain, and then being capped. (which as many have said, makes you not care to play after you hit it) How about CCP implement a "happy hour" bonus for the first hour of play. Give players 3x SP bonus for the first hour. Then, those who can only play for a short while are happy bc they earn a ton of SP, AND "no-lifers" are happy bc their 12 hour grinding per day is still netting them a reward. It still allows you to front load SP, but also keeps rewarding players who WANT to play for 12hours. I understand the intention of wanting to give players who cant spend tons of hours gaming, a shot at an even playing field (in terms of character progression) BUT, you cant PUNISH the players that spend 10 hours gaming either.
mikegunnz Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 425	Posted - 2013.01.08 23:05:00 - [2] - Quote Cyn Bruin wrote: mikegunnz wrote: Making it so that just sitting in a match earns you SP... I'm ok with, since everyone earns it and you earn even more on top of that by doing stuff to earn WP, which = even more war points. Even the daily SP reset would work well with a tweak. Instead of starting every day with your normal SP gain, and then being capped. (which as many have said, makes you not care to play after you hit it) How about CCP implement a "happy hour" bonus for the first hour of play. Give players 3x SP bonus for the first hour. Then, those who can only play for a short while are happy bc they earn a ton of SP, AND "no-lifers" are happy bc their 12 hour grinding per day is still netting them a reward. It still allows you to front load SP, but also keeps rewarding players who WANT to play for 12hours. I understand the intention of wanting to give players who cant spend tons of hours gaming, a shot at an even playing field (in terms of character progression) BUT, you cant PUNISH the players that spend 10 hours gaming either. The flaw in your plan is this... after 4-6 games you hit the daily cap, wouldnt need a happy hour. (yes I stole it Sentient, so what) With this system, there wouldnt be a cap that zeros out your sp. You just earn normal sp (instead of triple)
mikegunnz Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz RISE of LEGION 425	Posted - 2013.01.10 21:48:00 - [3] - Quote After further thought, i'd be ok with the current system... if the SP decay stopped at like 20%. Instead of going to zero, ppl would still get 20% of original SP for grinding the crap out of this game.