Topic: 50 Days of free downgrading

Shorly: For the first 50 days, a newely created/reactivated account can reallocate EP with no credits required.

Let me explain why this is a very good decision.
I'm a new player, but i know the basics and read the forums. If someone have alt paranoia, he can ask devs to confirm that this is my best character.
I've seen the messages on forum and in the game about how some newbies are frustrated by very slow EP accumulation and get bored by waiting.
But, the fact is, i've mined on Riveler on my first day yesterday. And tomorrow i'll have a Scarab to move the ore quickly. So i'm not asking for myself. The only advantages i had is:
1) i've bought 2xICE, sold it on market, for convinient start. Waited for sale, actually, bought a booster too.
2) i've knew what to train and the fact that above lvl-5 it's very expensive to train and i need to think better before upping it further.

As everyone can see, a newbie can do fine. Or at least, be more concerned abouth how to make money.
Despite i'm only 2 days old, i've been helping other newbies with advices. Since i don't know many details about this game, the first thing was always some variations "don't train above lvl 5 unless you need it and don't spend EP too quick".
Because you're giving the new players ~2 months worth of EP, but they can throw it away. For example, train a couple of most useful skills at 8-9, but leaving many others. The result is they can't do much, they wanted to sit in mech, but suddenly found out that they won't get another 40k of EP very soon. So they get frustrated. Because it's really a pain when you can't even sit in average Mk1 bot. Piloting an ineffective mech is already much more ineresting and at least ypu know you're improwing, not just waiting to be able to play! If they'll have a free downgrading option, then they'll downgrade some expesive skills they bought and be able to pilot what they wanted without waiting. It'll also five them an oppertunity to experiment, change the course of training if they didn't liked it. The other faction, specialisation(mining/combat), or just undone the mistake of cross training early.

I know it's not expensive. But some people don't want to spend money on the game in which they've screwed from the start. More shortly: people don't like things that makes them feel like *** from the very begining. Simple. So just give people freedom to undone their mistakes, because it's actually not their fault - no one wants to read the guides before playing, everyone prefers to just try it themselves right now and ask on the way.

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

+1

And give newbies 50k more EP on top of what they already get.

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

30 days is not enough?

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Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

I'd much rather give a few hundred credits to every new account. Unlimited downgrading will make those players feel even more *** after it's gone.

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

How much credits do newbies start with right now?

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

DEV Zoom wrote:

I'd much rather give a few hundred credits to every new account. Unlimited downgrading will make those players feel even more *** after it's gone.

Give me better my ictus and fit back. big_smile

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

Credits could be used for ep boosts. Depedning on what is a marketing strategy for credits this migth or migth not be what one wants (goig from 0 to 2400 vs goign from 1000 to 2400)

1) Pilot control is essential
2) above 5 eats EP a ton
3) its easy to miss 2) if one isn't paying careful attention to numbers
4) Pilot control is of high complexity

So its easy to spend EP so that pilot control is locked out fast.

I think an extensions display should be somehow proportional to its complexity. Missing out or using EP on a high complexity skill should feel graver.

I do have misgiving in that when I made a concious ep commitment to marketing skills I thoguth I was making a bigger choice than I was doing. Everyone and their mother can basically be good in tax evasion. I am almost inclined to ask marketing skill complexity to be ramped up so that I am a more exclusive breed.

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

+1 but not to 50 days.
Hopefully after 50 days something has worked out.

I think Zoom's solution of a batch of credits will have the same effect, and no time limit!
So mistakes can be made with no cost to the player (to a certain limit of course).

500 credits?

An alternative solution is accelerated EP generation for new players, instead of a lump sum up front.
This also keeps them coming back for the next days EP and helps avoid 1st day rage quits.

9 (edited by Mr Dude 2015-11-28 04:45:37)

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

logicalNegation wrote:

+1 but not to 50 days.
Hopefully after 50 days something has worked out.

I think Zoom's solution of a batch of credits will have the same effect, and no time limit!
So mistakes can be made with no cost to the player (to a certain limit of course).

500 credits?

An alternative solution is accelerated EP generation for new players, instead of a lump sum up front.
This also keeps them coming back for the next days EP and helps avoid 1st day rage quits.

Yes, i think 500 credits will do the same.

Starter EP looks fine, because most of the time newbie can have a mech, or heavy mining mech. I don't think it'll make the experience more interesting if they'll aim straight to the heavy mech.

Accelerated EP accumulation will help too, making the shift from 70k/day to 2110/day easier. But downgrading without real money investing is much more important.

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

+1 for 30 day free downgrading

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Honestly, increase starter EP for new accounts so they start with 100k EP and give them more credits (like 3600 total).

Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

The EP is fine, now

+1 to 500 credit

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Re: 50 Days of free downgrading

I don't think free credit but maybe 7 day ep boost and free downgrade