Raistel Padecain
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.01.16 21:25:00 -
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The cap is the single worst part of the game. It makes me disappointed that I paid for the mercenary pack. I'm going to elaborate so please don't just call me a whiner but hear me out.
I have a family and I work full-time. I love to play but I just don't have enough time in the week. If I'm lucky, I get 4 hours on the weekend. Maybe an hour through the week. I understand that I'm not going to be able to afford the high-end stuff playing that often. I even understand that the constant players are going to have better skills and equipment than me, but it's frustrating that I can't even get close.
I used to have pretty amazing twitch skills but those days are over. I'm perfectly fine playing Logi and lobbing a few railgun shots downrange. The biggest issue is: I can't even do that!
Because I don't play as often, I'm not very good. As I'm not very good, I don't get more than say 4 kills a match. I always carry a triage so I get a few WPs throughout a match but not much. In the end, I'm earning an average of like 2400 SP a match. At that rate, I can't even skill into a Logi suit yet. Much less any reasonable gun skills, or repair modules, or the ever necessary Infantry Shield Management. Heck, I can't even wear Armor modules yet...
And yes, I have an active AND passive booster on all the time...
Meanwhile, the constant players are running around with protos and HAVs... I can't touch them. So my WPs slide even further down and I can't earn enough to upgrade a single skill after 4 hours of play. Let me be clear: This is NOT fun!
I get the point of the SP cap. It slows the growth of the environment as a whole. The problem is, in its current weekly cap form, it actually punishes those of us who only play a couple times a week! Those willing to grind the few SPs available every day can get into decent gear. The rest of us can't hope to...
My suggestion: Have an SP cap. Let it grow directly proportional to the amount of time since the last wipe. HAVE NO WEEKLY CAP. This keeps the high-end players roughly equal and allows CCP to control when new skills or equipment would be available to the environment. This also frees the rest of us to attempt to catch up. If I get a surprise 6 hours free for a weekend, I suddenly have a chance to catch up to the higher-capped players. I don't have to reach the cap this week and hope to find time the next. Also, if I don't get to it this week, I'm not locked out of the upper tiers forever...
That, or make SP gain completely passive like EVE...
Please understand, I love this game and the universe from where it comes. I want to love this game. But if it stays the way it is and I just can't hope to ever catch up, and I'm constantly getting slaughtered by high-level lasers or HAVs that I can't touch, then I won't play anymore... |