I can do pretty well with my ALTS. So I respectfully disagree with you.

I lost count a LONG time ago of how many times I've said this.

Voice NEEDS to default to "on" - and with the PTT button in a less-than-intuitive position on the d-pad, it would be nice to see that default to "off" as well. Been calling for both of those things since they added PTT, and before PTT I was asking for voice to default to on. Still hasn't happened.

There's certainly no possibility his son was using passive SP to train up an alt while using his main, right?
There's certainly no possibility his son's main was created on the father's account and he kept the passive SP on his own character, right?

I've seen a 17 year old with multiple learning disabilities pick the game up and come out with a 4:1 KDR at the end of his first day. He has severe enough dyslexia that he was put into remedial classes for almost everything in High School, and not only was he good at the FPS gameplay, but he managed to figure out the skill system and the basics of the marketplace just fine by watching the tutorials and being patient with all the on-screen text.

Yeah, actually I agree to a point. The tutorial I was thinking about was a bit more hands on though. Maybe playing through several scenarios like,... cross the field and hack objective A,, then you cross the field and if you don't move from cover to cover you get pegged by a sniper. Or.... keep your heavy alive mission, where you're a logi and he's taking fire and you have to repair / revive him until he kills the attackers... or stick with your squad mission etc etc. I can think of a few games that have stuff like this and you simply can't start the game until it's clear that you get it and passed the tutorial. Something like this would really introduce new players into this FPS's gameplay and make them better newbs.

But I digress, I think this game will succeed regardless.... it would just be a WONDERFUL addition.

Edit:
Oh come on Garret, haha,,,, I wasn't insulting his son. He said his son didn't turn on his passive. It's safe to move on.

I'm sorry but what?

New players or players with no mentors/corp either don't know what they're doing or they need help.

Pubstomps happen everyday with players getting 0 kills and quitting the game. If you're going to sit here and basically say HTFU then you MUST be one of those players who don't see the consequence of all of this in the long run.

Once the flow of players become stale, and we're all facing the same people over and over and over again, the game will not be fun.

No one has to be "equal" but we must take into account the major differences between newer players or and older players.

If anything we need a match making system that's based on SP. Those in the 2 Mil or less get grouped together. Those in the 3-4 mil get grouped together. Those in the 5-6 mil get grouped together and 7-mil onward is fair game. And if players squad up together, the average of their SP count should be taken and used to placed them in a match.

Something like that would be a way better system than just letting the newbies waste their ISK against us.

I think a reset is pointless. Even if they did, after a month we'll be in the same situation. People who played since the reset will have their fancy gear and any new players will be getting slaughtered and bitching about it on the forums. Or they'll leave. Some might even call for another reset.

All they really need to do is have match making working properly. Newbs can play with newbs and all the ****-socking, no-lifers in protogear can play with eachother. Let's also not forget PVE should be working by then as well so the noobs will be able to farm their SP from rouge drones and whatnot.

I'm really not keen on grinding up my SP for a third time. I'd do it of course but fecking hell my patience is getting thin.

Again, almost every MMO ever made has the grind up to level cap. Dust 514 is no different. Once you grind up to proto gear you can't get any more powerful, and you basically start grinding what would be in other games, another class. In this particular game, your main just gets to switch classes at will.

Once you've levels your first set of full proto, you have effectively "caught up" to the people who have been playing longer than you.

The more casual gamers will leave after getting 0 kills and their ass beat. I know because I have friends who QQ to me about how Dust "sucks" because they can't achieve much at the start.

Edit: Idec if they can't achieve crap but if they're going 0 all day, every day and barely making 1k SP a round while trying the best they can. Something's up.

Yes. Casual players do matter because Dust 514 is supposed to integrate casuals into some of it's gameplay. At least have it so that players who haven't officially gotten 2 mil must start off in an "Easier" battle.

You wouldn't put an athlete after days worth of training in a competition with someone who's been practicing for years, right? Of course this is a exaggeration in terms of scale but the issue holds true. Players who have 4 Mil SP know what they're doing. Any player you know that has about 4 Mil SP and doesn't know what they're doing is a part of a minority.

You know what I can do with 4 Mil SP focused on one thing compared to a merc with just 1 Mil SP? A whole lot. So much the player would think it's unfair and it is, in fact, not fair. I don't care how good of an aim you have, you penetrating a Proto-wearing Pub-Stomper in a militia suit is most likely not happening without your skills being really focused into it. You can't run as fast as them. You can't fire as fast as them. You can't reload as fast as them. But you do die a whole lot faster than anyone.

I'm all about HTFU but there are certain areas that this doesn't apply to.

I was more than sure my match-making idea wasn't perfect but it's at least a step in the right direction. Something needs to be done about this, and if not Dust will take a critical hit. It definitely won't fail but it won't be as successful as it should be.

The more casual gamers will leave after getting 0 kills and their ass beat. I know because I have friends who QQ to me about how Dust "sucks" because they can't achieve much at the start.

Edit: Idec if they can't achieve crap but if they're going 0 all day, every day and barely making 1k SP a round while trying the best they can. Something's up.

Yes. Casual players do matter because Dust 514 is supposed to integrate casuals into some of it's gameplay. At least have it so that players who haven't officially gotten 2 mil must start off in an "Easier" battle.

You wouldn't put an athlete after days worth of training in a competition with someone who's been practicing for years, right? Of course this is a exaggeration in terms of scale but the issue holds true. Players who have 4 Mil SP know what they're doing. Any player you know that has about 4 Mil SP and doesn't know what they're doing is a part of a minority.

You know what I can do with 4 Mil SP focused on one thing compared to a merc with just 1 Mil SP? A whole lot. So much the player would think it's unfair and it is, in fact, not fair. I don't care how good of an aim you have, you penetrating a Proto-wearing Pub-Stomper in a militia suit is most likely not happening without your skills being really focused into it. You can't run as fast as them. You can't fire as fast as them. You can't reload as fast as them. But you do die a whole lot faster than anyone.

I'm all about HTFU but there are certain areas that this doesn't apply to.

I was more than sure my match-making idea wasn't perfect but it's at least a step in the right direction. Something needs to be done about this, and if not Dust will take a critical hit. It definitely won't fail but it won't be as successful as it should be.

the lesson is tiered contracts some place that will draw the pros to play somewhere other newbear central with better rewards.

Yeah whoever thought up the soft cap wasn't thinking about this. There is no way to get caught up, unless there is a hard SP reset. It should have been done when the soft cap was introduced, now any new players will forever be behind.

I've been saying this since day 1. Proto suits are absolutely not an iWin button. The advantages the suits themselves confer is more fitting slots. Your skills are infinitely more important in determining if you have enough HP buffer, dmg, etc to fight against other players.

I'm so tired of people not sitting down and doing the math. Your gear is worthless without skill. If you get stomped in a match, it's because you got outplayed. This isn't a matter of HTFU. This is a matter of take a step back, a deep breath, and understand why these other people are stomping you. This is EVE at it's core. This is why I play in the New Eden universe. I like challenge.

Let me add my name to the list of people with < 1 mil SP alts that regularly do well. Blaming your failures on gear masks the problem and prevents you from seeing the solution. Play smart - win. Play like a ****** - get your ass beat. It's quite literally as simple as that.