Master Jaraiya wrote:"Show of hands, who buys the SP boosters and then stops at less sp than the boosterless cap?"
If you do this, that is on you! Don't waste your money! That would be like going and buying a large Meat Lover Pizza, then throwing 3/4 of it away. No one is forcing you to buy boosters. If you aren't going to maximize your gain using them, why buy them in the first place?
"Right now AUR boosters just give you an edge over free players, they don't actually reduce the grind."
AUR is only supposed to give you a slight advantage, not make it pay to win. How does it not reduce the grind? A new player using boosters will gain SP much faster than a new player not using boosters. This will allow the boosted player to reach a point of having all core skills maxed faster than the non-boosted player, thus reducing the grind.
If one doesn't want to pay $28 a month for boosters, don't! It's as simple as that. I've been playing since mid March. I have only used one 7 day active and one 30 day passive booster.
Ultimately it is the player's choice whether or not to use boosters.
Your entire model is structured to where one would necessarily be forced to buy boosters in order to ever have hopes of being competitive.
The Froob
So do you would have to play every day for a week to get 100k SP? No
How do you figure up to 300k for 4 SP per WP? You are aware most new players only get about 500 WP in a match? This is way beyond the grind we have now. This would equate to 75 1000 WP matches per week. Thats just over 10 1000 WP matches per day for 7 days to get 300k in a week. how many new players do you seriously think can achieve this? The current method is simple and everyone has nearly the same opportunity for SP gain no matter how many WP they get in a match, much more noob friendly!
AFKing is a separate issue.
The Casual
This pushes pay to win in a big way, and goes even further to benefit vets who can earn 2 - 3 thousand WP in a match. You think they should get 30k SP from a booster while a new player might be able to earn 5k SP from the same booster? That is ludicrous!
The Instant
So instead of fixing the problem of AFKers, just let them buy their SP? Seriously?
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Removing passive SP gain is a terrible idea! This would only widen the rift between the casual players and the die hard no lifers.
There is nothing wrong with the current SP system. If it isn't broken, don't fix it!
If you would like to kill DUST 514 once and for all, this would be the way to do it.
You failed thinking at the first hurdle. In your argument boosters simultaneously are and are not selling SP. There is nothing to say to someone who is ignorant of their own cognitive dissonance.