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Posted - 2011.11.22 13:36:00 -
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CCP Ytterbium wrote:Hey folks, it seems this thread needs some attention.
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Basically, boosters are they stand right now should be used more than in just a few niche situations. There are a lot of points to improve, but instead of trying to revamp everything quite blindly in one release, we chose to adopt a more conservative step-by-step approach and see actual consequences before moving on to the next step. That also fits well with our "thousand little things" project, which consists of many, small iterations on existing features.
The changes about to be deployed for Crucible look into their unpredictability, by making them more appealing to a broader portion of our player base. Since they are supposed to be more reliable, we tuned down their effects a bit, while revamping old skills to partly compensate for the change. We also do know this is going to cause prices issue as the production isn't changed for the time being.
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Hope that helps.
Ytterbium, you do realise that you are making the cost of PvP go up radically, at least in the short term and in the long term, it will make drugs an obligatory item that you cannot undock without?
Have you thought about the effect on newer players? It is already practically impossible for newer players to enter into PvP until they have both the ISK and the skills to fit rigs and T2 weapons and mods. It has become practically obligatory for gangs to fly with T3 boosting alts. With these changes it will be obligatory to consume drugs to partake in realistic PvP and adds yet another layer of complexity that newer players are going to have to understand.
I don't know what the effect of this will be, but I suspect that the ranks of beginner PvP corps will thin out and losec will be even emptier than it already is outside of FW hub areas. It will give big alliances and even greater advantage because they will be able to afford the obligatory drugs on each combat roam.
Considering the cost of the higher tier drugs, improved and strong, and the large difference between them and the lower tiers, it is going to disadvantage more people than it advantage.
Please don't do another Tier 3 BC on us. |