2.5 Million SP!?!?!?!?!? Well hell, why not 250 Million SP?!?!?!?!?!!?. And a NEW CAR!

An while we are giving out free stuff, how about BPOs of all Prototype items and vehicles.

You sound like someone running for a seat in the government. Free Cell Phones for Everyone!

We hate politicians, and we hate your free stuff.

(Just having fun)


On a side note.
However, I like your idea about extending the academy and offering unlimited respecs while in the academy.

Since you posted this in another thread and I replied there, I'll put my reply here as well.



Disagree on your numbers a bit (4 million SP before leaving the academy is ABSURDLY high, I would instead say 1m or 1.5m maximum). I also agree that 250,000 isk is too low. Even basic, and very critical skillbooks cost twice that. In fact I would suggest removing the ISK cost entirely for books that players should be getting right off the bat, specifically the first few skills in the weapons and dropsuit upgrades tree (not dropsuit command, players should be encouraged to use militia suits for awhile). Rather I think there should be a graduation bonus of SP and ISK upon leaving the academy. This way if you blow your skills early on worthless stuff you may have a second chance to put a batch of SP into something useful. Respecs during academy are a good idea, or maybe just one respec once you graduate. Lastly, 10,000 WP is too low, it should be like 30k or 50k. For those saying that we should feed noobs to the sharks, I would acknowledge that this is going to happen anyway, but extending the academy experience isn't intended to avoid the eaten-by-sharks experience. Its just that simply more time is needed to figure out the basics first. Also, FW should be closed to academy people, period.

Wow, 2.5 million SP seems like way too much. I would love to see a larger wp cap before graduating (and respecs would have been nice) but 4 million SP to graduate? You'll be in there forever! What Dust really needs is a good tutorial with a couple of mission based matches to teach important skills (like a mission where you can only shoot while manually aiming, or this mission is all about hacking: work with your team to hack so and so within a certain time, or you can't graduate until you've completed a mission where you squad up).

Also, most players have over 7 million? Where did you get that number? Am I still considered a noob then? SP=2,020,000, K/D Ratio= 1.11

Why all the new player babying? Hell no one was worried about us when we started way behind the closed beta players?

I am helping a friend get out of the academy and sometimes force him out of the academy so he can get a true taste of Dust.

The best thing to do for new players is to have tiered SP earnings. (Think triple SP week) Triple SP until the reach 3 mil, then double until 5 mil. with no weekly caps.. after 5 mil the settle into weekly caps and regular sp earnings. Also an optional respec after 5 mil.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize my post sounded kind of angry until I read your response (I should have put an emoticon or something) I was just surprised that 2 million- ish SP was still noobish. lol, that represents a couple months of hard work so I was kind of proud about that but now that I know some have 7 million I'm kind of bummed out. Also, most in my corp have a negative K/D ratio so I think that kind of went to my head. Sorry again.

most players now have way over 7 million SP. the least amoung experiences players is 5 million SP. with 5 million SP, you can take on even the toughest proto bear, if your skills are in the right spot. giving new players the chance to repec while in academy at will will give them a taste for what they like.

I Have 4.5 Mil SP and I Cant touch a Protobear, because I went for a generalized approach, I wanted to try every gun and find which one I wanted to use, so I Burned my SP.

Everything else is 110% correct.

Newberries Need to be able to Escape the Power of Proto Gear Fear (See? I Rhyme.)

that makes sense but Improvement in skill doesn't allow players to gain the skill points they need to earn their own play style. Just because someone takes a new player under their wing doesn't mean they can go toe to toe with a prototype dropsuit equiped player with the strongest gear in the game. reality is that equipment in this game trumps skill, but team tactics to determine who is the victory in the match.

Never the less this is a hindrance for new players because they will feel less encouraged to keep playing when all other players are constantly growing beyond them even though they are getting skill points. Players will get turned off by the reality that skill isn't what will determine their kill death ratio. K/D ratio does not determine a better player but it does determine what kind of effective frontline soldier you play as. if you are failing in K/D than Logistics is another option. But not everyone should be forced to become a logistics players just because they don't have the gear to stand against prototype equipment.

The only solution to this problem is allowing players to earn this prototype equipment sooner because grinding in this game takes tremendous time. By allowing players to have a higher skill point starting, will allow players to be more encourage to try other skill sets and determine what they enjoy more.

The thing is, There is a limit to how much skill points you can receive in a weekly bonus. Sure you can receive about 800 skill points in a good skirmish match, but you received ten times that amount with the bonus. Now while you are growing in skill points so are your enemies as well. For the record i did not say hand them out, for beating them. The idea is to START with a Larger amount of SP so you can have that fighting chance against the Prototypes. EVERYONE i have invited into this game has been turned away because of the high level gear they can't achieve due to the long grind, but the grind is not the problem. Its the starting point to withstand against high level gear. See Milita users can go toe to toe with adv anyday of the week, but Prototype users will win 90% guarantee, people can go and try themselves and record it to prove me wrong. But I am a Trained Veteran, I know what tactics give highest percentage rates of survival but in this situation. Its like 3v1 just because your equiped with a high level suit. Now there is nothing wrong with the suit just the starting point for players.