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[Chagatay]

Eden Blackheaven, on 09 June 2015 - 01:29 PM, said:

I would vote for trading leftover LPs for special items.
Like none buyable mechs variants, mech bays or other stuffs like experiental heavy gauss etc.

I would love extra stuff but it probably won't happen for awhile. Not sure where I will go once I hit r20 again.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I have a vague recollection that one of PGI's goals with CW after working out the kinks in the 4v4 mode and revisiting a few of the maps is to work on Loyalist play (a point to all the extra LP you will get, plus more incentives to stay loyal even during the grind), followed by Mercenary Unit play last (logistics and a real use for unit coffers).

[NAZGUULL]

If I remember correctly LP will be used when Logistics are implemented upgrading unit dropships, planetary defensies etc, etc. production capabilities so on and so forth. I remember before Cw was released it was in a roadmap or town hall meeting I just don't remember which.

[Kreisel]

I remember back in the day PGI had discussed that you might earn a monthly stipend of c-bills from your current fraction based on your rank. It seems like they ditched that plan, as it would be difficult to balance with the most recent talks about how they plan to implement Lone Wolf and Merc Factions into CW... But in the current model, the value of fraction hopping once you hit the top really encourages switching fractions. Yes, the one time cost to do so is high in c-bills, but switching allows you to earn more MC, general xp, mechbays and other items you can't get with C-bills and no longer have a potential way to earn in game once you max out in your faction.

I kinda feel like a monthly stipend based on your rank (or just for rank 20) would be really cool and encourage staying in a faction with a reward for doing so (rather than with a punishment of having to pay for your switch.) C-bills would be cool, but it would be even better if it included a small monthly reward of MC. That way it would actually be a much tougher choice for a high rank player to switch fraction as they would be losing out on that monthly bonus until they could earn up to the same rank in their new faction.