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Bones McGavins
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.04.05 15:13:00 -
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So we have seen a couple of dev blogs outlying the PC model. The newest one goes into some of the pricing info on clones, moving clones etc.
My concern is, the cost of individual clones makes the difference between gear costs negliable. A starter clone costs over 500k ISK. So this means, a clone with equipment would range between like 510k and like 1M or so.
Point is, the balance between proto gear and lower gear made sense when the price increase was 10k to like 500k, 50X price for an advantage. But when its simply 2X, it wouldnt remotely make ANY sense to not use proto gear.
So whats the point of the lower gear even existing? Are you really gunna suit a 500k clone with cheap gear, ever? This also means that any corp with half a brain will only allow soldiers who have enough SP to run proto gear to use their clones. So now, newer players are pretty much cut off from enjoying the meta aspects of the game. |
Bones McGavins
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.04.05 15:25:00 -
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Well I was under the assumption "arms races" would make corp battles epic. Youd be busting out your best stuff anyway. Youd be seeing armies of prototype versus prototype.
The difference is, a standard or advanced would still have a role, and could still help the team without an issue with cheaper clones. Corps would still be throwing tons of isk in gear at eachother.
But now, with the cost of gear marginalized by the cost of the clone, your pretty much eliminating a majority of the player base from even participating.
Like the ticket to even get in costs 500k, you arent going to let someone who is running standard gear in, since the clones themselves will be the isk sink, not the gear. |
Bones McGavins
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.04.05 17:25:00 -
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Skihids wrote:I brought this up back when clones were "only" 200k each.
Keep in mind the defender is unable to purchase more clones so they will be quite literally priceless.
PC is most definitely going to be absolute top of the line gear and only your A-Team is going to be invited.
PC will in no way replace instant battles for anyone as all that ISK is going to be farmed from pub matches. I don't expect PC districts to be anything but a trophy purchased with blood and ISK.
Why can't defenders purchase clones?
I believe there is a 300 clone limit per district, so once you have excess you will be selling it to corps that need them (for defense and for attack).
Apparently the cost is estimated at 100k per clone. Which does help to alleviate SOME of the concern I have.
At 100k:
Starter Fit Clone: 120k
Advanced Fit clone: 200k
Proto Fit clone: 500K
Though not nearly as extreme as the pub matches, this still makes it reasonable to use advanced gear as opposed to proto. Starter would still likely be out the window, but meh, i dont think that impacts anyone really. My concern with 500k was since it would limit it to really proto fit making any sense, it would reduce ability to generalize skills and force folks into proto gear down one specific. |
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