DJINN leukoplast
Hellstorm Inc
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.01.21 00:27:00 -
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Well, one thing I like about the daily cap is it is a hard cap, which is really nice. Knowing exactly when I have hit that wall is much better for me. I hated the diminishing returns on the previously weekly cap, as the last 3 days or so was just a slow tedious grind to make as much SP as I did in the first two hours of playing that week. It may have only been about 10-15k or so, but that adds up pretty quickly over time.
What I would like to see, and I think most of us can agree to either of these solutions.
1. Daily rolllover - This system is simple, any unearned SP for any given day, will be rolled over to the next day. Then at the end of the week, that SP rollover pool will be reset, rinse and repeat.
Advantages - It essentially means that if you miss one day, or four, you can still catch up by grinding extra long before the weekly rollover reset. Also it still keeps the hardcore players coming back each day, which helps keep the servers full and games aplenty every day of the week.
Disadvantages - Still a daily cap, so if you happen to be able to play a lot at the beginning of the week and not the end, then you may still lose out on a lot of SP (since the rollover is really only useful for end-of-week grinding).
2. Weekly hard cap - This one is even more simple, each week you will be allotted a set amount of SP. When you reach that limit, you will only get 50 SP (or 75 with booster).
Advantages - Whether you play a lot at the beginning of the week or the end, you can grind anytime you please to reach the limit without worrying about what day you play.
Disadvantages - Unless you are counting earned SP, it may be hard to figure out how close to the weekly hard cap you are. A solution to this would be to have a "cap counter". In which somewhere in the neocom would display how much SP you have left to earn for the week.
Also another disadvantage is that the hardcore players would likely reach the cap in a day or two, which means they probably won't play for the rest of the week. (I saw this a lot on the previous weekly SP cap).
I think most, if not all, of us could get behind either of these ideas. |