DUST Search - Allow passive skill points on all characters with an Arum booster

Zeylon Rho wrote:

Cosgar wrote:

Zeylon Rho wrote:

S Park Finner wrote:

Have a special booster, purchased with Arum, that allows an extra character to get passive skill points.

It would allow players to build up several specialized characters -- giving them more game-play options.
It would generate more money for CCP
It wouldn't hurt other players because people could only use one character at a time.

... They have this. It's called a "passive booster".

The standard passive booster on a character that doesn't have passive SP activated will get SP at about half-the base rate I think. With the newer Omega Booster, while I haven't checked it out personally, I'd assume secondary characters would receive standard passive SP rate having it active without being the activated character.

It only works on one character per account. We just need to have passive SP on all characters on a single account. There's no purpose outside of making someone make an alt on a different account and wasting resources. Activating skills could only be done on one account on EVE online and I think this is a carry over from that. But since everything isn't a persistent world in Dust 514, it's pointless.

You may have misunderstood me. You can have passive boosters active on every character on an account (all three), and all will get SP. Like so (active refers to activated passive here):

1. (Active) 24000 SP a day or so
2. No SP
3. No SP

1. (Active + booster) 36000 SP a day or so
2. No SP
3. No SP

1. (Active) 24000 SP a day
2. (Passive booster, inactive) 12000 SP a day (Something like that)
3. No SP

1. (Active + Passive booster) 36000 SP a day
2. (Passive booster) 12000 SP a day
3. (Passive booster) 12000 SP a day

1. (Active) 24000 SP a day
2. (Omega Passive Booster) 24000 SP a day (speculating here)
3. (Passive Booster) 12000 SP a day.

So, there's a mechanism in place to get "SP on other characters". Just costs money. The problem is, it would be stupid to do so. It's much more efficient to make another account since the game is free and so are accounts. Then you have another character with free passive SP to collect. That's a design issue on their side though. Even if there were cost to entry (if the game cost you, say, $40?), it will still be cheaper long-term to buy another copy than to fork over money for passive boosters to match your main character monthly.


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Cosgar The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 1095	Posted - 2013.05.22 04:53:00 - [1] - Quote Zeylon Rho wrote: S Park Finner wrote: Have a special booster, purchased with Arum, that allows an extra character to get passive skill points. It would allow players to build up several specialized characters -- giving them more game-play options. It would generate more money for CCP It wouldn't hurt other players because people could only use one character at a time. ... They have this. It's called a "passive booster". The standard passive booster on a character that doesn't have passive SP activated will get SP at about half-the base rate I think. With the newer Omega Booster, while I haven't checked it out personally, I'd assume secondary characters would receive standard passive SP rate having it active without being the activated character. It only works on one character per account. We just need to have passive SP on all characters on a single account. There's no purpose outside of making someone make an alt on a different account and wasting resources. Activating skills could only be done on one account on EVE online and I think this is a carry over from that. But since everything isn't a persistent world in Dust 514, it's pointless.
Cosgar The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 1095	Posted - 2013.05.22 06:46:00 - [2] - Quote Zeylon Rho wrote: Cosgar wrote: Zeylon Rho wrote: S Park Finner wrote: Have a special booster, purchased with Arum, that allows an extra character to get passive skill points. It would allow players to build up several specialized characters -- giving them more game-play options. It would generate more money for CCP It wouldn't hurt other players because people could only use one character at a time. ... They have this. It's called a "passive booster". The standard passive booster on a character that doesn't have passive SP activated will get SP at about half-the base rate I think. With the newer Omega Booster, while I haven't checked it out personally, I'd assume secondary characters would receive standard passive SP rate having it active without being the activated character. It only works on one character per account. We just need to have passive SP on all characters on a single account. There's no purpose outside of making someone make an alt on a different account and wasting resources. Activating skills could only be done on one account on EVE online and I think this is a carry over from that. But since everything isn't a persistent world in Dust 514, it's pointless. You may have misunderstood me. You can have passive boosters active on every character on an account (all three), and all will get SP. Like so (active refers to activated passive here): 1. (Active) 24000 SP a day or so 2. No SP 3. No SP 1. (Active + booster) 36000 SP a day or so 2. No SP 3. No SP 1. (Active) 24000 SP a day 2. (Passive booster, inactive) 12000 SP a day (Something like that) 3. No SP 1. (Active + Passive booster) 36000 SP a day 2. (Passive booster) 12000 SP a day 3. (Passive booster) 12000 SP a day 1. (Active) 24000 SP a day 2. (Omega Passive Booster) 24000 SP a day (speculating here) 3. (Passive Booster) 12000 SP a day. So, there's a mechanism in place to get "SP on other characters". Just costs money. The problem is, it would be stupid to do so. It's much more efficient to make another account since the game is free and so are accounts. Then you have another character with free passive SP to collect. That's a design issue on their side though. Even if there were cost to entry (if the game cost you, say, $40?), it will still be cheaper long-term to buy another copy than to fork over money for passive boosters to match your main character monthly. I understood you, we're both saying the same thing but using different words lol.