Cosmic Rainbow
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Posted - 2009.11.21 23:30:00 -
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Edited by: Cosmic Rainbow on 21/11/2009 23:32:47
Edited by: Cosmic Rainbow on 21/11/2009 23:31:48
 Originally by: Srialia
I got into this game fairly recently, and from what I can see T3 cruisers really have very little to do with the OP's concerns. The root problem for him seems to be that veterans are rewarded less than they used to be, that they don't have a perpetual advantage over new people. I think the OP would like to go back to the days of the BPO lottery and CCP employees spawning rare items for their favorite nullsec alliances, ensuring that new players would perpetually be weaker than veterans no matter how much they specialize.
At least now, new players can eventually be on par with a veteran in a chosen specialization (there are only so many skills you can train that affect a logistics ship, for instance). It's not easy, cheap or fast, but at least it's possible now.
The last paragraph of your argument is correct, which, I for one, have just about had enough with and am very very close to hanging up my EVE charactes. CCP has now created a game where vetrans, with their many many hours of skill training, grinding, planning and hard work have little to no advantage over n00bs coming into the game. What is the point in investing your time into the game then? Some will immediately argue "enjoyment". Yes I enjoy the game, but like many people who enjoy the game, I enjoy the empire building aspects if EVE, which is largely what EVE is about. Its one of the core tennents, build an empire. Well there really isnt much point in building an Empire when your Empire, despite your hours of work and time invested is less than or equal to someone who just started.
Are you telling me, that if you have played for 4-5 years you wouldnt expect to have an advantage over a newer player? If the answer is that you wouldnt expect to have an advantage, I would call bullsh*t immediately.
Let's just do an approximate cost analysis of this, and not even analyze the time invested.
If I've played for 4 years, and with 2 accounts (which is fairly average for a vetran player), that would be (($14.95 X2) X12)X4, which comes out to be $1435.20. At a minimum, I've invested $1435.20 into CCP over the last 4 years, and that shouldnt, at the very minimum, entitle me to some sort of advantage over a newer player who hasnt invested any time in or money? Im sorry, I just dont buy your argument, I think its short sighted and rediculous.
When I first started playing, there were many characters that had well over a year of an advantage on me. I sucked it up, because the difference between a newer player and a vet was more considerable in "those days". I accepted as part of the game, and that one day, I would be able to challenge them when I invested the time and effort. So therefore, I have been in your shoes, I have been the underdog, and I accepted it as I felt it was "fair"
At this point, we're reaching that point where it is no longer fair, and I believe your going to see more vetran players starting to get a little fed up with it, and start to consider whether they need to keep playing anymore.
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