so it seems that we are going to have to waste alot of SP on may 6th when PC launchees.

in order to participate int he first week of PC (the most important week) you will HAVE to skill into weapons you may not be using after the 15th when the new weapons launch.

Now if you are going heavy into the scrambler rifle you are going to have to skill into another primary on the 6th if you want to have a decent weapon for the launch of PC.


you must now effectively waste skill points in order to have a fighting chance during the first week of launch.



why on earth did this seem like a good idea

Because no SP is wasted. You spec into what you want to do on the 6th for PC, then as more weapons are released you play more and then add SP into the next weapon system you with to specialize in. Thus making you more versatile on the battlefield, and not a single SP is wasted.

except if you never intend to use the galante assault rifle ever again, then every point into it IS wasted since the benifits dont carry over into anything else

you have only a certain number of choices now

dont skill into a weapon your eventually not going to use and wait for the 15th, wich will mean you cant participate in PC in its most important first week

skill into a weapon you will never use again and waste SP


neither option is a good thing


and before you all get your panties in a bunch, im not personally using the scrambler rifle, im skilling back into the galante, but thats not the point

The point is this forces players to either waste SP on something that cannot benifit them after the first week, or sit the first week out and not be able to help their corp

wich in the case of smaller corps it will eliminate them from holding territory after the first few days of PC (unless they are very lucky)

I just want my Minmatar AR. ;-;

New options do not force players to do anything.

you have only a certain number of choices now

dont skill into a weapon your eventually not going to use and wait for the 15th, wich will mean you cant participate in PC in its most important first week

skill into a weapon you will never use again and waste SP


neither option is a good thing


and before you all get your panties in a bunch, im not personally using the scrambler rifle, im skilling back into the galante, but thats not the point

The point is this forces players to either waste SP on something that cannot benifit them after the first week, or sit the first week out and not be able to help their corp

wich in the case of smaller corps it will eliminate them from holding territory after the first few days of PC (unless they are very lucky)

guys i realise that of course you dont have to skill into anything else, but doing so puts you at a disadvantage in quite literally the most important week of planetary conquest

you have only a certain number of choices now

dont skill into a weapon your eventually not going to use and wait for the 15th, wich will mean you cant participate in PC in its most important first week

skill into a weapon you will never use again and waste SP


neither option is a good thing


and before you all get your panties in a bunch, im not personally using the scrambler rifle, im skilling back into the galante, but thats not the point

The point is this forces players to either waste SP on something that cannot benifit them after the first week, or sit the first week out and not be able to help their corp

wich in the case of smaller corps it will eliminate them from holding territory after the first few days of PC (unless they are very lucky)

i don't see how the first week is the most important. if anything, the first week will have the most districts taken without a fight!

You can't wait one week to start your plans for planetary conquest....because?

because as soon as day 3 hits certain corps will be launching attacks to flesh out their territory and if you dont bring your A game its not going to end well for you.


the first week is the most important because if all the territory is filled instead of a district costing you 80mil its going to start costing 240 mil and up to attack an occupied district

Do you think that the first week will be the most important? I don't.

Consider that we have about 250 districts. And let's say that there are 50 corps out there in a position to buy a pack of clones, 30 who can buy two packs, 15 that can buy three, and 5 that can buy five. I figure this is accurate +-50%.

So on May 6 (0 battles)
100 corps buy a district. No districts are previously occupied, so there are no battles. No battles means we don't care about scrambler rifle skill points.

May 7 (<20 battles)
, 100 districts generate clones and 50 more districts are taken. Maybe there's a battle or two over key districts, but there are still 150 districts open, so probably not.

May 8 (<20 battles),
100 districts generate clones (and now have between 260 and 300 clones)
50 districts generate clones (and now have between 180 and 200 clones)
20 more districts are taken with clone packs (some battles, maybe)

May 9 (50-100 battles),
100 districts are bored and launch attacks, but many will be to unoccupied districts)
50 districts generate clones (260-300)
20 districts generate clones (180-200)
5 districts are taken with clone packs

May 10 (100+ battles)
200+ districts occupied
50% in a position to launch attacks
Split 50% into unoccupied districts

May 11-14 (Game On)
250 districts occupied
Late comers breaking in.
Organized alliances crushing small alliances
Hawaiian corps largely untouched

May 14 (Scrambler rifle)

So, while this week is important, by May 14 the mayhem will only be 3 days old. The first 4 days will be opening moves with few serious battles. (less than 170 spread over 100 corps) So I think you'll be able to cope having spec'ed to scrambler rifle off the bat.