Digital Messiah
Midnight Elites
Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2012.04.11 22:02:00 -
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CCP could just allow players to que entire certificates. Core competency elite and such. Sure its a long skill que with multiple skills far exceeding normal ques. But it makes everyone happy and who cares if people leave. If you don't care to log on and play after you have the SP so be it. Why would making people play keep them here? EVE Online isn't nicotine laced heroine. The only good side I find to having a month long que is when I get bored of the game and need a break. This is usually when major titles launch and I don't have the time to get on. Like when Diablo 3 launches. My friends will be wanting to do some much demon slaying. I will be surprised if I log an hour the first month. That doesn't mean i don't want the SP I pay for.
When CCP dictated their leveling system, they dictated the standard of service paying per month provides. Sure it keeps the servers running and GM's talking. But when ever I pay for an MMO i expect a game experience greater than anything free to play. And quite frankly EVE provides that solely with the skill point system. In all honesty I don't see the point in racial weapons and ship lines. Why should there be 25 years of Skill points trainable? No one will ever achieve this. They are better off reducing the total sp requirements to say 8 years max to do anything perfect and allow people to focus more on alts. Being arse poor at keeping your game entertaining or balanced isn't the players fault.
Which comes to my last point. Eventually everyone has to cross train. Variety is a great thing to have. But forcing people to choose like they have leaves us with a never ending flavor of the month system. Just like winmatar and the recent gallente buff. If everyone could fly every ship of every race and weapon system. People would simply choose not to fly what was horrible. And CCP would actually have to properly balance the game.
Just my 2 cents.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
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Digital Messiah
Midnight Elites
Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2012.04.13 07:52:00 -
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It is ignorant or rather border line Stockholm syndrome esc to cave to the idea that you are being gifted with a blessing, simply for the fact that they fixed a flawed feature. There is no reason why anyone should get a **** poor option or service to manage their time they pay for.
For example... If you went to a restaurant and the service was horrible. But it had been that way for a long time. Do you thank them when they choose to make it better, for idk business reasons? No you don't! You stop eating at a filthy dump with no atmosphere and even worse food. The training que is a necessity for anyone who has a life. I don't mean oh I take lavish trips to the Bahamas every other weekend either. I mean the full time workers, the travelers, the grave shifters, and the manual laborers.
Further more, I beta test quite frequently. When said game is launched I don't go about the forums like an arse, talking about how hard and different it was in the past. I move forward and am thankful for the changes. And you know what else. I look to provide input to make it better. But obviously there are still people who believe all issues are apparent or otherwise "working as intended".
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"
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