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Thread: Faction Insurance Day Pass: How much?

MasterNerfSlayer
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:50 pm
#183
FREE FOR OVERTS


There currently still exists too many ways to exploit, and too many people are still using griefing tactics.




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Lodacai
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:50 pm
#184
Free if Overt.


25 points if Covert.


Of course, I think we should be able to check outall factional petswith Prestige Points, so what do I know?


Lodacai

EnzymE
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:56 pm
#185
I don't think this is a good solution. To me this isn't benefit enough for me to run around overt all day for a GCW that serves no real purpose. If in my daily practices there was some benefit to being overt and engaging in PvP combat I would do it but right now it's just something to do when I get bored with other aspects of the game. When I could use my AT-ST to kill anything I would go around overt all the time and I wouldn't worry about decay because the benefit I got in return more than made up for it. Now there is nothing like that anymore so why would I want to take part in something that is mostly composed of hot-headed kids that simply use exploits as their main weapon in a war where I am outnumbered 2 to 1. Outnumbered and downtroddenduring a time which theempire is supposed to rule this galaxy with an iron fist.
Aakhperkare
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:57 pm
#186
It should be free, or at the most 10FP, since we got screwed on the whole PvP decay removal thing anyways, huh TH...
Bad_Bad_Leroy
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:58 pm
#187

Hey... whatever it is, keep in mind that people likeme, who kind of dabble in PvP and combat (i'm a very low level commando in my PvP char) are NOT going to be able to afford much more than 50 FP per death. I already lose some when a rebel kills me, so now I lose even more cause I had to insure using FP.


Since I'm not that good, three things are true:


1. I will die much more often in PvP than a really dedicated player.


2. I will have more trouble recovering lost FP, since I can't handle very difficult faction missons.


3. My one set of Ubese armor is a lot more valuable to me than to some expert bounty hunter or CH who can do 10k missions solo whenever they need a quick buck.


If we're forced to use FP to insure, fine. But remember the higher you make it, the greater the separation you'll getbetween dabblers and full time PvP'ers.


I'd do so much more PvP if it didn't ruin my PvE armor. (without which I can neither PvP nor PvE very effectively). I played unreal tournament, sucked for a while, but had a great time since it only hurt a little to die (lost your weapons). And I'm sure the people who fragged me had a better time, too, cause they killed one more guy.



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Brnr
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:58 pm
#188
Free if your overt and if you are covert then 100fp. That is my 2 cents.


Thanks,



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Halmet
Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:58 pm
#189
A "day pass"? Im sorry, but that is a bad idea. It sounds like Im going to disney world or something.


How is this any diffrent then the current insurrance system? You payed for it before with creds, now you pay for it with fps which are in most ways harder to get then creds? It lasts 24 hours and you dont lose decay, so? I can log on, sit around for 24 hours and no decay!

I honestly dont understand how these things come about. I mean death needed a sting. The community comes up with a bunch of good ideas, decay is announced, the community protests against it, it gets put in anyways. Now they say no 1% insurred decay in PvP. Great we all say. But wait...nope, it cant be done. Why you ask? who knows i say.

Will this thread even matter? will the devs even listen to us? they didnt about the decay and look how things are now. Some liked it, most didnt. PvP suffered greatly from it. Decay was designed to help the crafters, or so we were told. Did it? immensly, well the armorsmiths anyways,because now we have to buy armor twice as much because of the double decay penalty on it. All the other crafters werent really affected by it before or after.

Truthfully, im getting a little tired of all these threads asking for public opinion, then nothing comes of it. No updates, no responses, no confirmations. Im beginning to think these are just here to give us something to do until the next inevitable "system" is implemented.

They say that all our sugestions are being noted. This is probably true. But one cant help but lose faith when a dev asks a question then disappears. I have a little faith left in this game so ill stick it out a while longer.

This is all besides the point.


My opinion is to remove decay altogether. No 1%, maybe keep the 5%.

Or how about you guys start another "public opinion" thread asking for alternatives to the decay system. Im sure someone has a better idea then this. Ultimatly I still wont PvP because any decay is bad decay, and since creds dont flow freely for me I cant exactly buy another set of armor when this one runs out right away.


Also, how long did it take to put in decay? If it took the ammount of time it takes to make a monthly publish, then why cant you spend one publish just taking it out?



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Mondkind
Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:00 am
#190

What about the idea to make it free for the Imperials, to make it more attractive to join the empire?


Also it would make sense, that the big empire has the money for their soldiers, while the rebels are more idealistic and with less money.


Just a thought (personally I ever prefered the corpse run the decay system)
Chianti
Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:01 am
#191
Jedi have no means to buy any factoion perks at all. We dont have a method to declare overt, we dont have a method to go covert. Does this mean we're left out of this little toy and the GCW altogether?
Aakhperkare
Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:02 am
#192

By the way. This a ridiculous idea. How about you give us what you said you were going to in the first place. How about you hotfix it instead us making us wait for a month or more time for something that was promised in this publish? I don't think this is unreasonable.


From one bad idea to the next, come on guys you can do better than this. I am still unimpressed by your performance...


Bava
Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:07 am
#193
Overt = Free or not higher than 25FP

Covert = 25FP or not higher than 50 FP
davman918
Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:11 am
#194

Nothing! It's a dumb idea and obviously no one is listening to the community on this issue. There are enough things to fix in this game without introducing some other ridiculous way of approaching the whole insurance/decay issue. It's simple:


insurance = no decay


no insurance = decay.


Thanks!


Utalo Noslo
eRAZORNew
Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:12 am
#195
No Decay in PvP. Period.



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