Mars El'Theran wrote:
Option 5 is potentially better in the short term, but it will be phased out soon enough anyway. I am oddly in favor of it, despite that it will grant motivated players with the time to invest a greater chance at accelerating in SP gain over players who have less time.
So since I have a full time job and am a parent which only gives me weekends to play and sometimes not even that I should be punished. I love this game as much as the no lifers that can play every day of the week, but love it less when I go up against them because they are already in all proto gear and me in mid range gear.
You want to reward people that have no life and don't pay anymore into the game than I do and, to take it outside the game, contribute less to the community than I do? Where's my reward as a gamer?
Option 5 is MUCH WORSE in the short term, if it's for short term then put it at a weekly cap with NO SP SOFT CAP because the people that are waiting for the Dust 514 official release are going to be WAY behind and a lot of them will probably decide to drop the game altogether because of matches that they have against these dedicated players.
I tried to be political about all this but honestly I could give a rats a** about the 1% that is arguing for more SP for them to reward them for their "dedication" to the game. They are not any more dedicated to the game than I am but they do have more time. I will probably put as much money if not more into this game than each of them will, but on top of that I am looking to the future of this game being involved with the EVE universe whereas a lot of them, of their own admission, just want to play this as a FPS. Because it's an FPS they want instant gratification, so do I. So then lets just have CCP give EVERYONE all the skills so we can all be on equal footing right off the bat, that's the only way to be "FAIR" about all of this.
Get over yourselves "hardcore" players and for once make a sacrifice without QQing about how "unfair" it is for you. When things are made "FAIR" for you then it's "UNFAIR" for everyone else. The world doesn't evolve around you.
Mars El'Theran wrote:
You need to do something to gain the benefit, and that is more important than limiting SP for all players. It's a measure of fair trade. I see no harm in that, or ability to exploit it, aside from the current Logistics WP generation with all their toys. That is unfortunately an unfair advantage, but it can be changed.
"a measure of fair trade"...What's fair about letting the 1% get so far ahead of someone that works and has a family but is also dedicated to this game?
You see no ability to exploit it? I have already seen(and been involved in) intentionally letting the enemy take positions just so we can run in and kill them all and take it back.
Did you know when you're against a newberry team you can actually force them in the direction you want them to go?
I have seen it done before, newberries go for the easiest objective most of the time and all you have to do is leave a hole for them. No soft cap will make this the way for the grinders to play all the time, that's a way of exploiting and ensuring you get more SP each match.