56 truth wrote:how about if they are afc/afk in mcc for more then whole match they get zero sp and zero isk it would need to be refind a bit but i say it would make hard for sp isk farmers to use mcc's as a safe house.
i would not recommend this option as it would be really easy for someone to just nudge to controller every 5 minutes. technically, that wouldnt be afk/afc for the whole match.
so very easily exploited.
i just hate the fact that there are caps in the first place. there is no such thing in EvE. granted, the skill training is a time based thing (influenced by addition augmentation to accelerate things with implants) but there is no way in hell they would give the newbies a boost to start with so they can "catch up" with the weathered played. Hell, they even took away the initial boost on training for new people. they used to have a boost on learning time for the first 2m SP...at least i think it was 2m. now its even harder to make your mark in EvE.
this is the same universe right? the same, living universe. The players should dictate the course of power in New Eden here as much as they do in EvE. A cap just isnt the way forward in making that happen. each iteration of this cap makes it even more annoying and personally....i have lost a bit of passion for this game as a result. i cant play MY game and choose MY path as a merc. i have to play THE game and work my way along THE path at the pace it allows me to. where is the reward for an efficient merc?
the only way...and i mean THE ONLY way to make the whole SP thing a level playing field is to have the same kinda system as eve. A passing SP accumulation towards a skill that you have queued up. now, i have no idea whether that would work or not....but then all everyone would need to worry about is ISK, and making sure they can afford the stuff that they are training for. everyone trains as the same speed, it just obviously depends on how long you play as to how far along your merc journey you are. yeh sure....it would make new people a little more vulnerable....but New Eden is an unforgiving place. you gotta work to get good. plus, there are plenty of shooter player would could wear militia kit and take on a proto guy. some people really are that good.
im not saying that the passive system is the way forward either, im saying its the only idea i can think of that would keep everything even. kinda cool for people who do have jobs aswell as they (just like in EvE) can leave a skill traninig if they know they cant get online. then all they need to worry about is ISK. meanwhile, the rest of us a raping people's faces fattening our wallets! :) YAY!