Deadeye Dic
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Posted - 2013.05.17 05:50:00 -
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CCP Nullarbor wrote:So the values we are currently going with are:
War points: 10,000
Skill points: 2,000,000
If a player is above either of these then they graduate the Academy. These are subject to change but are based on some preliminary data mining which should see new players participating in around 30-40 battles before entering the rest of the queues.
Yeah, I so did not think I did 30-40 battles. In skirmish alone I was hitting 1000+ WP. Now I'm a vet player so that has some to do with it, but I'm a vet sniper, not a run and gun guy at all. I hit 10K WP well before I even hit 700K SP. And I can tell you personally, that any FPS player is going to it that mark rather quickly.
I understand that the academy is a place to "learn" controls and mechanics until a better match matching system is available, but until then and/or until a more SP friendly skill tree is available, new players should be in the academy not based on WP, but SP.
When both a better SP system and matchmaking system are online, then yeah 10K WP or 1M SP would be great, but right now, 10K WP is chump change to anyone who just plays the objectives and turns over equipment on the field. If have to figure, most maps have 5 objectives on them, if you turn each of them once, that's 500 WP, then says 5 kills 5 assists that's another 375 WP, then turn a CRU twice and a couple of turrets and you're over 1000 WP for the match. Given the frequency that objectives turn over, it could be possible for someone to get 600 or even 700 WP on objectives alone. So at 1000 WP per skirmish and say 300 WP per Ambush and even if the system alternated matches 1 skirm then 1 ambush, then repeat, that's 1300 WP every two matches. That means that 7 matches you'll have 9100 WP, in 8 matches you'll have over 10K. Granted, this match doesn't work for everyone, as I'm sure that people who aren't good at FPS are going to be below those numbers, but it doesn't change the fact that the people who are hitting those numbers, stands zero chance in a pub match against Proto players, because the shock and awe of it is demoralizing to say the least.
The concept is sound and I like it, but until a better matchmaking system AND skill tree are in place, WP should not be a determining factor in getting out of the academy. If it is going to be the factor, then it needs to be 25K+ WP before you can leave.
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