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[Malleus011]

I really like the overall concept, and think it needs to be a component of Community Warfare - capturing the prized Atlas factory has no meaning if everyone on the team already owns an Atlas. Capturing the Atlas factory because it gives a 30% break on Atlas repair costs would become a strategic necessity (for House Steiner anyway).

The overall system really appeals to me. I suggest it might need some tweaks to accommodate new players and players with small stables of mechs; but these kinds of options are exceptions to the general system and can be developed, tested, or suggested by others. For example, you could have a big R&R cost break for a player who only owns mechs of a single chassis - so if you only have three Centurions, your repair costs are reduced due to interchangeable parts, or something. A player with two chassis still gets a break, but not as much as the single chassis guy - and those of us with 15+ chassis really don't need a break, do we?

Veteran players will always have money. I'd suggest a mechanism allowing them to contribute C-Bills to their mercenary unit/house regiment/something like that to help others finance their repairs, if they wish.

I'm sure there are lots of other excellent ideas out there that would help enhance the financial aspect of CW. (assuming we ever get it...)

[Ordellus]

Alexander Malthus, on 23 January 2014 - 03:42 PM, said:

It's PERFECTLY FINE for some weapons and mechs to be imbalanced by pure technical stats. Many people enjoy finding such things and wielding them. Others enjoy killing those "cheese lovers". Tech imbalance provides FUN for people. There should be no total similarity in all guns.

1) No it's not
2) Who cares?
3) Really? In that case, let's add animal sex b/c you never know who'll find it fun.
4) False, if you have a subset of weapons that are simply superior then those will be the weapons used by virtually all non-new players leading to cookie cutter gameplay....

but you already knew all of this, and just want to defend being a bad sportsman..

Alexander Malthus, on 23 January 2014 - 03:42 PM, said:

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Everything else would be a good idea except...

1) If a company is going to advertise themselves as a free game, they shouldn't penalize players for expecting it to be free.... and that's exactly what would/does happen with the 'buy MC and make money faster'.... adding R&R back in would only make the gulf larger.

How many new players do you think would stick around once they realized they were going to keep getting farmed in their cheap mediums by the paying customers that could afford to have their Atlas destroyed every match?

2) If CW hit and corps were making tons of extra, it would be virtually impossible for anyone not part of some massive group to compete b/c they simply couldn't afford to field say 12 atlases.... and we'd get the same stalemate EVE crap that keeps the vast majority of the players from having any kind of real impact...

So overall, nice try.... but sounds like you just want more of an advantage for paying customers and this game already has plenty of that

Edited by Ordellus, 06 March 2014 - 10:28 AM.