Anybody that says we need a SP CAP is only self entitled looking out for himself! Let be honest, that's what come down to it. It like saying a 10th round draft pick saying he should be payed exactly the same as Michael Jordan, because he doesn't have the time to play but when he does he wants to be payed the same. You honestly think its right for Michael Jordan to be payed the same as a bench warmer? You know how stupid this sounds? Pretty darn stupid. So why the hell do we want this standard in a video game?!?

Don't even try to use the argument that SP=skill, that players would be so far ahead with SP. All the gear is flat. Once everybody hits the 2-4mil SP, everybody would have a well to full fitted specialization. Everything after that is just icing on the cake.

Stfu and gtfo.

I think the cap was a great idea. People just want to be super powerful after playing the game for 10 days striaght like that guy did call of duty. Then when someone new play, they want to be impossible to kill and then the new player would stop playing and then never return all because some super dude who never stops playing lol I guess a lot of people just don't like competitive games.

The reason people are clamoring for a cap is very simple. They have an edge on new players and they want to keep that edge.

The funny thing is the same people who swear up and down that it is skill not gear that makes the difference are terrified of everyone having access to all that gear that while somehow not mattering, they use.

I say remove the cap completely, let people play and be rewarded for their time. I have a full time job and plenty of **** to do in the real world so I know without a doubt that without a cap I will "fall behind" quickly, but I don't care. When I do have a day to myself where I can sit down and play then I will be rewarded for my time and those people who are ahead won't be for long.

The other option is to remove all active skillpoints and just use a passive system but CCP will not do this since they are making money selling active boosters.

Having NO SP cap will ruin the game for the vast majority of people, and make it darn near unplayable for new players down the road. O-Z you know this. You are approaching this from a 100% selfish and short-term standpoint on this matter. You probably have your reasons, as to which there is no point in debating. But if you are truly here to help this game for the long term, then there is no option but some sort of skill cap.

This.

I think the problem lies with the concept of MMOFPS and a purely FPS game.

In a purely traditional FPS game, the supposed "skill points" usually just meant unlocking attachments, new guns, scopes and what not. The gain that you get from "skill points" did not have a big impact in the game since a lvl 1 standard gun in a traditional FPS can beat a lvl 99 who has all the bells and whistles gun (scope, foregrip etc.). There were no additional HP nor any additional damage to your weapons. Everyone has the same HP/Gear.

In an MMO, there is no SP CAP (except for hard level cap), true! however, every traditional MMO has a LEVEL RANGE area which restricts and protects the players. This way, newbies, are only designated to a beginner area and so forth. Every time they level up (range) they get to go to another area where everyone are roughly in the same level range. There is basically no conflict between a high level player and a low level player (save for trolls).

Now, the problem lies with the fact that Dust514 is a MMOFPS. This entails, that everyone is pitted at each other with no level distinction. Low-leveled will meet High-leveled players in matches.

The argument for a SP-CAP is this:

The skill points earned in Dust514 substantially affects the player by altering their capability to kill and survive. Thus, a high skill point player will most often than not win over a newbie just on that fact. WE ARE NOT IN A TRADITIONAL FPS NOR A TRADITIONAL MMO. There are no level restrictions and the skill points earned have a substantial effect on a player's survivability.

So, if you lift the SP cap and hardcore no lifers run amok and level all-day everyday, by the end of the week, the "level" disparity will be so high as compared to "casual" gamers that no matter what kind of "catch-up" casual gamers would do, they won't have a fighting chance when pitted against hardcore gamers.

The SP CAP is what's keeping that from happening. Now, don't get me wrong. Our daily SP CAP is not even close to perfect. It does feel like a job where you have play everyday just to keep that level disparity in check. Which is why, I am an avid supporter of a daily cap that rolls over and to appease them hardcore gamers, increase the daily cap a bit as well as the hard cap bonus from 50 to somewhere around 300-400 sp per game.