Christopher Mabata
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
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Posted - 2016.08.31 23:39:53 -
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So i heard about this on the news apps i follow earlier, got about 12 different texts from friends who knew i used to play and had to come see for myself. So it seems it is true, and i'm impressed. 
Now i may be out of touch since i haven't played since early 2015 late 2014 but i think a stream of new characters joining the game is good, both for CCP and for many people here as well. My only real concern here though is the race restriction. I understand wanting to keep alphas out of pirate faction ships but for returning players such as myself it could prove an issue for a select few of us. ( or perhaps not so few, who am i to know? )
Now on to my point:
See when i started the game, knowing absolutely nothing years ago i choose the Caldari because i liked the way the ships looked ( Except the Blackbird Back then and the Condor ) and because i liked the sound of the faction, now years later i wound up specializing in Gallente and Amarr as well to the point now where i have more SP in Gallente related skills than i do in Caldari. ( More ships, More Drones SP, More Gunnery SP than missiles, Tank, etc. )
If i ever lapsed down to Alpha when things got slow for me again being locked out of ships such as the vexor would be frustrating since i can fly that much better than i can a caracal right now. Granted i have shy of 3 months to prepare, which i re-subbed for and am doing now, but for others who come back later and cannot make a skill queue now; who did the same thing i did it could be a rough edge that might keep some older players away from even the alpha stage to ease back into things. Not to mention brand-newbies but ill get into that in a sec
I would propose simply making the ships themselves require Alpha/Omega Status so players could still use a vexor or a caracal or an arbitrator if they chose Matari as their base race rather than sticking them in a faction they may no longer even fly. And at the same time as an Alpha i cant hop in a Cruor or whatever others i can fly without paying to access the ship like everyone in Omega status.
I get that its trying to restrict these clones to the 5Million SP range but restricting a new player like that could mean they put a lot of time into their pilot ( in terms of alphas not the long game for many of us 50/100m SP+ Accounts ), decide they like another faction more and then have to start all over if they dont want to subscribe yet which could be discouraging. then the older players such as myself like i already stated and so on. At least they should be able to sample each faction even if its only up to cruisers with T1 fits like the list seems to suggest is the case.
Just my 2 cents, now anyways back to figuring out the better part of 2 years of patch notes 07
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