Axium Cog
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Posted - 2012.01.18 00:28:00 -
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As per the OP,
As a general rule, the desirability of a module should always lie with the T2 module. It just makes sense, especially considering the extra training requirements.
Take the topic at hand for instance, Armor Plates. To use the 1600mm Rolled Tungsten, you need Hull Upgrades III, an 8 hour train. To use the T2 Steel plates, you need Hull Upgrades V, which for anything subcap, is only useful for the T2 Energized plates, and takes a whopping 10 days 7hours more to train.
So you spend over a week extra to train the skill to five and the only reward you get is a harder-to-fit version of what youve already been able to use, and a better energized plate.
So once again, no incentive to train for the T2 plates. T2 energized, sure, but not the plates.
I would suggest flipping the stats on the Meta4's with the T2. I think this would work for any instance of a meta4 being better than the T2 equivalent. Drop rate modification is for faction mods, not standard mods.
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As a side note
I do NOT agree with the "solution" of adding more skills. Even adding one new skill can massively disrupt the balance of EVERYTHING. -1 for that suggestion.
Oh, and market is a reflection of desirability, not feasibility of use. The market is player controlled and should never be used as an indicator of balance in game mechanics. If i had the ISK i could buy every caracal on the market and reprocess them, which would drive them through the roof, but this doesnt make them OP. |
Axium Cog
Grand Solar Trinity
Surely You're Joking
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Posted - 2012.01.18 00:35:00 -
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Goose99 wrote:At least meta 4s get more expensive as everyone use them. Market balances cost for you, if CCP wouldn't balance stats. Unlike faction guns, 100x the cost of t2 guns while still sucking hard. 
True but all this does is suppress the symptoms, not the cause. When balancing game mechanics you shouldnt have to rely on the players as a balancing mechanism. Kinda defeats the point of balancing, and seems more like market manipulations to me. |