Vrain Matari
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Posted - 2013.05.05 17:08:00 -
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Noc Tempre wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:NeoWraith Acedia wrote:People hating on a good idea just cause he's an Imp  There is similar discussions on things inside the CPM we're just waiting on uprising to deploy before we can game play topic focus on those as the whole 'subscription' and aur thing is next on the queue list after most of uprising is dealt with the government thing still looming in discussion. It shouldn't be inside the CSM, it should be led by the CSM but involve us all, because it affects us all.
It's a good thread Noc.
I think it's fair to say that the core of your argument is the detrimental nature(to DUST and by extension to New Eden) of the two passive components of sp gain currently in place in DUST: 1) The 'trickle' every PSN account gets on one toon and 2) the 1 warpoint per second 'hidden passive' bonus we all get when in a match. Of the two, the second is the most harmful, imo. If CCP had not added that to match rewards, this discussion wouldn't be able to generate much traction.
Speaking generally, i like your work on a monetized solution, as far as i can tell you've covered all the bases. Gonna be hanging out in this thread until it's over - months or years from now ;)
I'm thinking that this conversation is going to be hamstrung by the fact that we do not yet have all the game modes available to us. NPC drone missions and corp-issued contracts will remove some of the outcry that would come from replacing passive sp with some other mechanism. It's really not until we move out to nullsec and the market opens up that things will begin to stabilize wrt revenue/sp streams for corps and mercs.
I believe that the way things will finally settle out is fundamentally not predictable at this point, and i'm naturally wary of any monetized solution in such a situation. Look at the drama around the Merc Pack - you could say that was a special case, but I can guarantee you there will be many more 'special cases' before we're done.
What i'd really like to see for now is a non-monetized solution for passive sp that will carry us through to nullsec/open market. Or maybe just open market if CCP feels the need to rush things(road to grief imo).
The core of your argument, that passive sp as currently implemented is hurting the game, is something that everybody needs to think about. |