Xender17
Intrepidus XI
Omega Commission
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Posted - 2013.07.02 02:25:00 -
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A big difference between EVE and Dust is the Isk earned and cost.
The isk cost of most items in the games when compared with each other is obviously correct.
A ship is bound to cost millions in EVE. A dropsuit is bound to cost thousands. / A vehicle hundreds of thousands.
When you apply this difference of EVE vs Dust costs, the reward system is flawed.
Dust is two sided.
infantry/vehicles.
Infantry/Vehicle costs are fine, on average. (Although certain item costs of each type are, of course, imbalanced.)
The reward system is what I think is wrong. You have infantry that cost on average(s) 10,000-60/70,000-100,000/200,000(separated into standard, advanced, and proto)
Then you have vehicles that cost on average(s)
LAV- free(shouldn't exist), 200,000-300,000
HAV- 400,000-700,000/850,000
Dropships- 350,000-500,000
The reward and risk system is big.
You may say, as an infantry, say "We die more than vehicles" True but that's because you cost so much less>can earn isk over time(unlike most vehicle users)
Because of those 2 reasons you voluntarily or involuntarily view your life as less valuable. You are less careful and thoughtful on the field because you have less risk.
Vehicle users feel a lot of fear. Because of their costs (other then free LAVs) they are more careful and thoughtful of risk on the field.
The risk vs reward system for system is imbalanced and needs a change.
People currently see the isk system as two differences... ground and space. There are three. Spaceships, infantry, and vehicles.
Too make sure you don't just discard the latter. Think about the dogfighter game CCP has been working on. If I didn't talk about the, actually, three isk groups you would view the dogfighters as the third group. The dogfighters are vehicles and not much different than Dust vehicles. In that game the costs and rewards will probably in the low millions.
Now I don't know of any magical way to make this problem to go away without ruining other stuff.
You could increase the reward of vehicle users...
Currently EVE and Dust are locked between ISK transfer to dust players. As in, how fair would it be to EVE transferring billions to dust players?
If maybe vehicles/infantry isk was locked from vehicles isk earned on infantry items? |