Ifly Uwalk
Caldari
Empire Tax Collection Agency
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Posted - 2010.12.29 13:33:00 -
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The problem: As part of the Incursion 1.0.1/1.0.2 release some players received a free remap, while others did not. This is unfair as those who did receive a free remap now have a significant training advantage over the others. Relevant threadnought is here: http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1431913
How is this an issue: Those who received a free remap now have two (sometimes more) remaps available. This means that someone who is specced to Per/Will can remap to e.g. Char/Will for two or three months to knock out some Leadership skills and then go immediately back to Per/Will to train more Ship/Weapon skills. The others only had the timer reset for the one remap they already had coming up. That means if they were to respec to Char/Will to knock out those same Leadership skills they would be stuck with those attributes for the next 365 days and consequently train the same Ship/Weapon skills as the first person at a much slower rate.
Why is this so: Petition responses and dev responses in a/m thread have indicated that the remap system was never designed to allow giving out free remaps. The end result is apparently due to system limitations.
The solution: is actually (imo) quite easy to implement: allow those players who did not receive a free remap to petition to have the timer reset after they choose to remap. The end result for players with only one remap would then be the same as for those with two, albeit a bit more complicated. To take the aforementioned example, one could respec from Per/Will to Char/Will, petition to have the timer reset and after two or three months of knocking out Leadership skills respec back to Per/Will. The downside would be an increased burden on Customer Service.
:ccp: "Let's promise the players something useful even though we don't know how to do it right. Then, when they complain about being treated unfairly, let's firstly say that this is 'by design' and then just ignore the problem until they get tired of it and it fades away."
Relevant quote: "Important update: We intended to give every character a free neural remap as part of the Incursion 1.0.1 release. We have been made aware that not every character has received a free remap and we will aim to fix this during downtime on Thursday, December 16. We thank you for your patience." Note bold yellow. Linkage
TL;DR: Some players have a significant training advantage over others. This is unfair, but luckily there is an easy solution to the problem.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
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