Putting aside the issues with artificially segmenting the community...

I just don't see how the game could automatically remove EP (debuff) and add EP (Buff) as players entered or exited a zone.

That would just be totally unweildy to have players have to reallocated every time they changed zones. It would be a HUGE pain in the *** penalty for High EP players attempting to go into T1-T3 areas.

Bringing artificial segmentation back onto the table; Its not needed. It won't help 1-1 PVP since that is more often determined by equipment and player skill and not the difference between having lvl 8 or lvl 9 adv robotics.

Vetern players are always going to have _SOME_ advantages. This is absolutely no different than thempark games where level 1 players are trying to attack level 50 players. But, and this is the key here, the TERM Vetern doesn't just apply to players that have been subbed since EA. In previous threads we've did the maths, and after about 90 days, the delta in EP flattens out; that is to say, the few percentage point advantages can easily be countered by fit and skill.

So, even in the worst case, a tiering system is only really needed (if it was needed at all) for players Above and Below 90 days of EP.

Which leads back to the concept of low level players attempting content beyond their level. The difference between theme parks and sand boxes is that the sand box should not only LET those low level players engage with dragons, but encourage them to do so. Unlike XP gaining games, players really only get better at PVP when they are actually improving thier skills. What I mean is, to shoot you press the space bar. There's no perfecting of rotations or following up this skill with that. Players get better by learning movement, timing, and tactics which are 100% player skill and have nothing to do with EP or equipment.

A Great PVP player is going to absolutely own a tier that is supposed to be 'fair' with everyone having the same equipment and EP. All tiering is going to do is put fish in a barrel for that player.

I could type a wall of text to point out the epic fail in this op but I will limit myself to a single descriptive word to sum up what Kampf really meant:

DERP

Well, while your feedback is appreciated, all I read is:
"Please don't change anything".
On the other hand: your sandbox is empty, where should new players come from?

You know, to improve something, you have to change something.
No change, no improvement, simple as that.

But i freely admit, while every improvement is a change, not every change is an improvement.
I'm eagerly waiting for your proposals.

@Obi: Well, while I agree with you, that more content would be better, I still see the problem of the time and effort it needs for a new player to establish. Tell me one field, where a new player can remotely compete with a veteran?
What can a new player contribute to intrusions or how can he be effective at pvp?
How can a new player compete on the market?
Every day you can see industrial mechs and sometimes even heavy mechs mining/harvesting in the starter areas.
The market for <t4 items is plain dead.
What niche could a new player fill, beside endless grinding of npc's for plasma?
Is that the warm welcome you will give to new players?

im realy suprised as i read your post obi. i never thought we could read such a post from you... compared to all that trolling we usualy see from you

and yes i totally have to agree. if you compare it to the other game that i dont want to name here, its is similar as it is here.
there you need around 3 months of playing to get compedative in pvp. you still will not be at the end of the line, and you surely will not have the biggest and badest bot in the world, but you can do something and that at a good level.

the things that comes over a long time is to refine and max out your potential and/or the flexibility so you will be able to do more that this one thing.

thats the way it works. and that is totaly fine.
if you want the biggest and the badest things then i fear i have to say: just go to wow or any clone you want and get yourself a guild that will push you though the last high end instance and you will have all the shiny best pixel items you want in very short time.

put this is a sandbox and this is perp. it is ment that long term players are rewarded. if you like the game and then you will no langer be a new player in a few months. in a year a lot of players will allready recognize you as a "old veteran"... and other will complain that they can never catch up to you.

thats the way it is. you should look more for what you can do and how fast you can do that then complaining that others can do a bit more as you atm...

my 5 cents.

dont take that personal...

but where is the reward for the vets when you give more or less the same to the beginners. in some kind of bonus where effective the results are nearly the same.

this is a sandbox. you can get good enough in a reasonal ammount of time. if a beginner has a problem that he is not as good as a vet then this is not the type of game he should play. then this the the basic principal of this kind of games. the longer the beginner is in game the closer he gets to the vets, but he may never reach it. he may surpass it if he specializes and the veteran is not. maybe he wants a more flexible char. then he has the chance to specialize and surpass him in a special field. but not in overall EP development.

i simply think the way you proposed is the wrong one.
besides it could be heavyly abused. creating trial accounts give them t1 fits.. get to pvp zones and be way too good because of your boni... no good idea.
again: this is sandbox. you have to work (or wait) to get what you want. there is no cheating to the front. that whats sandbox is, and should be.

this thread is EPIC FAIL.

Arga is right. Name one game where newbs can compete with vets. They lack the skills, they lack the knowledge and they lack the gear. ALWAYS !!!

If you have a problem with time based skill gain instead of grind based, go find another game. Seriously. This game is not for you (nor is stEVE or similar games).