Maya Rin
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Posted - 2008.06.07 00:12:00 -
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Oooh, I seem to remember a while back the idea of corp logos being painted on specific places on ships in the future. Might we also see these insignias being applied in other Places perhaps.. someday.
I'm not sure why people are worried about things being "level restricted". It's not like eve doesn't contain a certain amount of grind anyway, just to get the iskies or LPs or Tags to pay for stuff. Furthermore it makes the game more attractive to other different kinds of players, hence you end up with more people to pew pew with. Then there's the fact that the entire rest of the game has none of this level restricted stuff, even if they implement it for faction warfare, so it's not like they're ruining the game you love, even if you can't stand the thought of having something slightly different in it. And then there's the fact that it's not exactly like you can just sign up with the best agent of a corporation straight away. you have to "grind" through that corporation or that faction before you can get them. You still have to spend time working on your standing, like you have to for the faction warfare ranks. Compared to a lot of the skills the time it'll take to rise in ranks is likely to be not that extreme. Lastly the rank system and potentially the rank-restricted material is clearly designed as a method of reward to those who might otherwise not engage in PVP, but would enjoy it even if they hadn't had a good experience of it before hand.
So it's not about doom and gloom, it's like the rest of the faction warfare expansion, it's about making more of the game accessible to more people, so that everyone can have a better time, not so the hardcore players or some noobs feel left out cos they happen to not have got the particular requirements for something. No doubt it won't take too long before there will be contracts available for the restricted stuff. I mean there's nothing stopping a guy who's never worked for the Amarr from getting a Navy Apoc, if they have the cash for it. I see no difference here in basic phylosiphy than before.
Maya
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