Skogen Gump
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2012.05.14 15:10:00 -
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I love the new modules; I really do!
My question/concern is to do with the war mechanics though.
I'm assuming that N in
(log2.05831 N)^2 * 300000 * N^0.27
Is Number of Target corp members ?
If so then this equation benefits the bullies and griefers.
My belief is that this algorithm should be tweaked to be inversely proportional to the size of your own corp/alliance too.
As it stands with this graph, a 2000 man alliance can wardec a very small corp for practically nothing; You say "The increased cost reflects the easier access to multiple targets. "; but it doesn't answer the fact that in my scenario it will decrease the gameplay available to a small corp and perhaps even stop them logging in.
Would you undock if there are 4 of you and 50 of them ?
You say that the occurrences of griefing in the manner is low, but I think you might find its higher then you think. Also because this new chance allows wardecs to be taken against small corps for practically free, it will really become a common occurrence, the reason it's not so prevalent at the moment is because its expensive.
It's not just the negative side of open warfare either, my own alliance is small and dedicated, we roleplay as anarchistic freedom fighters and we've been known to get involved in war with entities much larger then ourselves. Of course, our style of gameplay doesn't appeal to everyone, so we are generally forced to fight with a large numerical disadvantage - we compensate for this by using innovative fits and a wide range of strategic tactics.
That's going to change though, we're often at war with entities at five times our size (Sev3rance, 7 times larger; CVA, 29 times larger) and we simply will not be able to afford that any more.
This equation punishes the small, the rp'ers, the innovate and people who just like to play in peace. It gives a lot of power to statists, bullies, griefers and kill board padders.
I'm worried that it removes a lot of gameplace decisions and I fear will affect subscription numbers in the long term.
Please reconsider the maths and make an allowance to protect small entities being swarmed by much larger entities and please rethink that having a larger cost will make up for having more targets because that's not how it works. It doesn't mean I'll have 50 more people to kill; it means I'll have 50 more people trying to fillet me. |