Torr Wrath
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Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.04.05 14:50:00 -
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Warning: I ramble a lot and I often dont make sense.
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So what we are going to do is let you always at any time buy clone starter packages from Genolution. So go ahead, grab as many districts as you think you can hold, but you will have to defend them or you are just going to lose them and have spent the initial ISK for nothing.
Q) Can starter packs of clones be used on your own district?
A) If you feel like spending all that ISK, yes.
I am seriously conflicted about what this means.
I like how, with the new price, it makes it so if you are a large corp with a lot of ISK and you decide to just start throwing your money at something the game will happily let you and it might work for the short term. Having districts maxed out with clones right off the bat (or close to it) If you decide to do it is a good way to ensure you can hold said district (at least for a day or two). Its a shortcut based on spending far more ISK than is sane, which I dont mind as long as it cant be kept up forever (in which case its annoying).
I am worried about what this does to smaller corps trying to get their feet wet. I know you said you will be watching this. But I guess a good question is why do you only have the one clone pack to buy? Why not have two packs. A Starter Genolution Pack, usable only if you dont have a district yet and at a cheaper cost (Maybe not 20M, as that might be a little low but still lower than 80M). And then a Standard Genolution Pack at 80M ISK than can be used even with a district. It should lower the barrier to entry a little while still making it tough to buy your way into a huge foothold.
I really dont like how.. based on my understanding of the Clone Packs, Someone could purchase a clone pack at any point and by using it to attack could then bypass the attrition rate. Anywhere could be attacked by anyone regardless of where they are located in the region without suffering from the normal limitations of attrition. I dont think allowing someone to just pay ISK to bypass normal limitations is a good thing. If you use the Genolution clone pack to attack someone at least have it suffer some kind of attrition based on the nearest district you own (unless you dont own one).
Spending isk to spead up the process of getting clones where you have them? or expanding faster? I am Okay with that. Its a game about mercs. Spending more money should be able to speed things along a little. Spending isk to be able to ignore a part of the game and strategy? And attack people you otherwise couldnt have attacked at all due to distance? Not okay with that.
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