DUST Search - The Current State of Clone Reserve Usage

Roy Ventus wrote:

The way I see it...In Restricted High-Sec battles the Clone Reserves numbers are a guaranteed safety net for the teams. Not wanting to expend to much ISK and AUR on a battle that they're probably going to lose if it comes to that point, the cap and it's cut off have good reasons.

In Low-Sec or Null-Sec maybe such restrictions would be worked out between the factions. E.G. A major district is being fought over so Corp A and Corp B negotiate a Clone Reserve limit of 250 for a Skirmish where there is only one major point to fight over. Maybe this would be better suited for Low-Sec as I'd imagine Null-Sec would probably be even more riskier with no Clone Reserve Restrictions for the missions like what happened in the Tourney in the last rounds I believe...?

No Clone Reserve Restrictions would be incredibly risky because there is no negotiated "roof" for asset lost and the battle will only be one when a team withdraws or when the battle is actually lost. I digress.

Clone Reserves seems like a safety net, in economical terms, for a faction so that they do not expend so much that they end up losing in other ways (E.G. Winning a distrctict by using 20 percent more than the funding which means that later on the same district will have an underlying weakness in assets for defense because they can only wait for more funding and assets, thus making it futile to win the district as there is no true benefit in losing it before any benefits can be actually gained.)


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Rayan Storm ZionTCD Legacy Rising 358	Posted - 2013.01.13 19:38:00 - [1] - Quote Roy Ventus wrote: The way I see it...In Restricted High-Sec battles the Clone Reserves numbers are a guaranteed safety net for the teams. Not wanting to expend to much ISK and AUR on a battle that they're probably going to lose if it comes to that point, the cap and it's cut off have good reasons. In Low-Sec or Null-Sec maybe such restrictions would be worked out between the factions. E.G. A major district is being fought over so Corp A and Corp B negotiate a Clone Reserve limit of 250 for a Skirmish where there is only one major point to fight over. Maybe this would be better suited for Low-Sec as I'd imagine Null-Sec would probably be even more riskier with no Clone Reserve Restrictions for the missions like what happened in the Tourney in the last rounds I believe...? No Clone Reserve Restrictions would be incredibly risky because there is no negotiated "roof" for asset lost and the battle will only be one when a team withdraws or when the battle is actually lost. I digress. Clone Reserves seems like a safety net, in economical terms, for a faction so that they do not expend so much that they end up losing in other ways (E.G. Winning a distrctict by using 20 percent more than the funding which means that later on the same district will have an underlying weakness in assets for defense because they can only wait for more funding and assets, thus making it futile to win the district as there is no true benefit in losing it before any benefits can be actually gained.) Yes but do remember. Is you open up your neo com and hunt around, you find a menu called Clones. At the moment, it is empty. What i assume will happen is that unless we use "militia"/run of the mill clones, we will have to PAY for our clones. That gives you two incentives in this case. A. Don't die cause now you lose much more than gear. B. Don't play like a risky idiot. You're lie is not valuable, but the clone is. Hence, while there may be no clone cap, you still are running our of clones that you yourself own. If i lost 30 clones in one fight that lasts for 2 hours, i may not come back down. I will wait it our. And say the corp pays for our clones? That is still money! And i like to think that a good enhanced clone is more expensive than an assault rifle or a suit. I am thinking 100K plus for enhanced clones with cheaper variants being available. Point: Sure, unlimited clones could end up like what you said. But it would be fracking expensive and not very smart for anyone in terms of net gain. Yay, we won the fight. Crap, we are now bankrupt and have no clones left in personal resevoirs. There goes all of our land.