How about instead of screwing with the Eff of the materials with the CT, just have the CT affect the number of runs you can use the CT,

what the heck, is the CT a mold? is the blueprint information store magnetically? It makes little to no sense that it would degrade with use. What kind of RP lore is behind a blueprint becoming hard to read translating into having to use more units of wood to build the same house because the blueprints are an old copy instead of fresh out of the printer?

Now if you want to say that the earth corps have various licensing restrictions in place that limit CT production runs because of a syndicate contractual agreement.. That makes allot more sense, we don't need to put everything on a curve. Basically if you dont need to come back to me for something i can't charge you for it it makes perfect sense if this is X number of units of Items per CT or X number of production runs before its license expires and you have to go get a new one.

Fact of the matter is that the diminished return mechanic is stupid in some cases its used in to justify the time based skill progression. If prototyping was the same as im suggesting it would make more sense in a RP perspective, How you do you kinda sorta decode the method used to create a singularity or a reactor for that matter?

You know how people always say "this isn't rocket science" well this stuff uhm is "rocket science", if you kinda sorta make a reactor it doesn't just require more concreate and lead to build it just becomes a bomb.

Still occuring

well the way I see it is when a extension becomes the rule its not a specialization.....

how ever if you choose Logistics doesn't NAV 10 cost like 20K versus combat only needing to spend 14K?

Actually i believe that's called "You're doing it right" which was intended and i wish more players would do stuff like this on there own instead of crying to the dev's to nerf this or buff that.

There are some people who don't train Nav anything for the EP to dump in other skills, namely alts that are rolled with logistics skills so they can sell/buy to the market at a specific terminal.

If you roll a alt you get the benefit of 19k EP in nav skill too.

how ever i do agree with the OP in that if something becomes the rule then there is no point in specilizing it, especially when everyone tells everyone to get Nav 10, except the fact that it discourages having alts.

This is exactly what the overall interpretation.

If you get trials to interact with players of the game they are more inclined to sub..

I can't count the number of people that would reply "Wait a min im going to resub im tired this limit stuff....."

something along those lines.

If there is something that encourages new players to group up or some how interact with the sub players but not be able to directly get things from other players then that would be something

I think the idea is the all sides had there rock to some other paper and a combined force is what was intended based on the current available setups.

Tbh it looks like they intended groups to fight with the blues at the front of the battle with the yellows in the middle and the greens at the back of the force.

the mechs would probably stay static in there range distribution but the lights and assaults would move in between two of the three groups.

yes in 1v1 you can be deadly but im sure a pair of scissors has no issue going thought a sheet of paper and the person behind it if you throw it at the paper.

why dont you all get with the folks at newedenradio.com one of the DJ's was doing shows in perpetuum and eve on fridays, should be on tonight if that guy is still doing them.

They use Sam broadcaster
http://spacial.com/sam-broadcaster/

or virtual dj, winamp with sam broadcaster plugin, winamp with the shoutcast plugin.

the sam broadcaster software is 300.00 or 3x100.00 and i know the new eden radio guys have a broadcaster licenses.