Cordus
Advanced Combat Machines and Equipment Independent Faction
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Posted - 2008.03.21 04:35:00 -
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It's tough to own up to mistakes sometimes, so we all appreciate someone taking another shot at this.
Many good points were raised in the earlier thread, though some of those posts were unkind and hysterical (not in the funny way). Some of the best things repeated here most concern the "flavor" of each faction's gear, which I think is a good point. However, the thing which concerns me most is that the effort required to attain faction gear may no longer be worth it.
Some modules, like faction shield hardeners, were never worthwhile to acquire. Therefore those modules have always been useless wastes of space within the loyalty point shops. In fact there are many such useless faction modules in Eve. Unless their primary benefit exceeds that of their tech two counterpart, they're going to be ignored in favor of the far cheaper and more easily accessible tech two option. (The -primary- benefit is what needs to be superior. Easier fitting is not a worthwhile benefit for the kinds of inconvenience that we endure to score a faction module.)
I think it makes far better sense to have faction loot that is desirable and superior. If anything is going to be completely redone with faction loot, then I would suggest redoing all of the faction loot items to give them a bonus which makes them worth having. Find the faction armor and shield hardeners and other such useless things and give them a modest, superior bonus so that they can become a part of the game instead of sitting on the sideline.
There are some good players in this forum, and they would be willing to assist you in identifying them.
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Cordus
Advanced Combat Machines and Equipment Independent Faction
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Posted - 2008.03.26 01:30:00 -
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I'm a little disappointed that we no longer have the 40% resistance on the shield resistance amplifiers. (Really, would the other 0.4% have been that much of a reach around?) The way everything unfolded, it made it neat to maximize the related shield compensation skill to level 5 with that great mod -- accessible to everyone (sort of) despite the great expense -- to get an even 50% resistance. However, I do greatly appreciate the effort to unnerf them as much as has been done. |