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Posted - 2011.06.30 14:54:00 -
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Originally by: Alejan Gerakh Edited by: Alejan Gerakh on 30/06/2011 14:33:29 I think the biggest issue with this, from my perspective, is the idea that established vets with massive ISK reserves and/or the means to acquire even more ISK would just use this mechanic to further reinforce their skillpoint advantages.
Otherwise, I think it's just vets who don't want new players to be able to pay to skip ahead.
The only argument against letting new players get more skillpoints through PLEX, from my perspective, is the idea that waiting for skillpoints can let one play the game at each ship class size, instead of just pay for the ability to fly a battleship and subsequently buy the battleship, skipping ships that really are useful.
Besides, if someone who does that plans to just do missions, anyway, they end up being forced into tiny ships, anyway, since they have to work up through the factions. Which definitely shouldn't be changed, as this, to me, is part of the richness of the sandbox.
Even those who would do this and jump into PvP- they're inexperienced, and would probably lose battleship after battleship before they learn to use something smaller or more specialized (battlecruisers tend to be one of the most popular PvP ships, for instance), anyway. Ultimately, forcing a player to progress slowly up through the ship classes gives a chance for a player to respect each ship class (not that they will, but I did say 'chance'). There's plenty of people who can fight very effectively in a Rifter, for instance, tackling battlecruisers with experience.
I hate to argue this side of the debate but just for accuracy's sake...
I believe the "vet's advantage" issue with this is irrelevant TBH. Yes vets will be able to increase their skill points at will but it will only give them the ability to do more things, not do them better. There's only so many SPs than pertain to flying a hulk or a hurricane, on purely skillpoint terms, a newer guy in an omen who bought several million SPs and applied them correctly will as good as the vet who did the same .
The real issue here is something else... player retention, goals get met too easily and quickly and them players get bored and **** off
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