Terrorfrodo
Renegade Hobbits for Mordor
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Posted - 2016.09.06 07:08:31 -
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So Alpha scrubs won't even be able to use small T2 guns? That sounds totally useless then. I think they should be able to use T2 guns of small and possibly medium size. And I say that as someone who will probably never play as an Alpha. As long as I play this game, my accounts will always be paid with money as they have been the past ~7 years. But people with T1 guns can never be competitive in pvp, the one thing that will hook up most people for a serious career in EVE. A player with limited experience trying pvp in T1 fits will most likely fail, and then fail again, and then give up. Allowing small but decently fitted ships is much more likely to give them experiences of success, making them want to play more and also get the bigger and more advanced ships.
I don't think many more people will engage in suicide ganking than before, the limiting resource is time. I'm not interested in ganking and most other players also aren't. Making it easier for me does not make it more likely that I'll do it. Those who are into ganking are already doing it.
So I don't see a huge influx of new actual players who start ganking. But I guess there is the danger that the active gankers that are already out there will be able to do much more damage more easily. So you should limit the number of alpha accounts per actual player... to one. And disallow rapid account recycling. If someone is as dedicated to EVE that they want multiple accounts, they should pay or plex. Alpha gameplay should be for newbies, casuals and returning players who aren't sure yet. With the limitations, playing as an Alpha will not be a tolerable long-term situation for any serious player anyway.
The easiest way to limit accounts would be requiring credit card info. But that would leave some groups of players out in the cold: Minors and many people from third-world countries or in general poor or financially troubled people that don't have a credit card and, being poor, would be the likeliest users of Alpha gameplay. So it would be preferable to find another way players can reliably authenticate themselves.
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