Something I realized on the last day of the chromosome build, if EVERYONE were to bring out good gear the game is much better. The ISK reward goes up, and we all generally get paid. So while your bringing out better gear and losing isk, you get it back if other players do the same. Too bad everyone has the mentality to stockpile good gear and not bring it out.

dunno last build I was broke the entire time and never broke a million isk even. This build already got a million.

Something I realized on the last day of the chromosome build, if EVERYONE were to bring out good gear the game is much better. The ISK reward goes up, and we all generally get paid. So while your bringing out better gear and losing isk, you get it back if other players do the same. Too bad everyone has the mentality to stockpile good gear and not bring it out.

This whole "needs to be a reason to upgrade" thing has dragged on for a really long time. There is a reason to upgrade, it isn't the base stats, it is the extra mod slots. More mod slots=beastiality. GL killing a proto logi loaded up on proto shield extenders and the best armor plates+best armor repper mods+kinetic booster mods to make up for slowing due to armor plates. That logi doesn't have any better base stats than the standard, but it ends up with **** tons more EHP.
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BUT I realize this isn't the main point of your post. Yes, BPOs should stay. I say so because you actually are risking something by using them, that is to say you are risking losing the battle for using sub-par gear that is easily out-matched by that proto logi I mentioned earlier.

Something I realized on the last day of the chromosome build, if EVERYONE were to bring out good gear the game is much better. The ISK reward goes up, and we all generally get paid. So while your bringing out better gear and losing isk, you get it back if other players do the same. Too bad everyone has the mentality to stockpile good gear and not bring it out.

No.

All CCP needs to do is make the bigger tiers better to use.(aka, advance and prototype gear)

Because as of right now I have absolutely no reason to use more expensive gear when it hardly makes a difference.

I'd say there should be locked starter fits - you get infinite of those suits but you cannot alter the loadout in any way.

Something I really want to see is a Corp armory that can be stocked with a couple of pre-made suits that anyone with the skill can use. I want to be able to make sure my people are geared up.

Things are going to radically change once FW becomes a bigger part of dust. In a contract if you don't win you don't get paid, and if you use sub-par gear because it's free then you will not make any money because you're just gonna get stomped by a better fit corp. these random matches where people are guaranteed ISK probably won't entirely represent what the finished game will be on launch.