If you are going to take your time in order to reply to a post, perhaps you should take the time to actually read the post.

No one whined about having to upgrade any hardware.  In fact, if you read any of the posts who disagree with the implementation,  they say quite the opposite.  The problem here is that the production of this game is going in a direction that would limit some of the current players, and that is a very bad thing at this time. 

Let me put the argument this way:  If you have 5 people on a playground, you cannot have a proper baseball game.  Sure, you can toss the ball around and perhaps even field a few hits; however, it is not a real baseball game.  During your toss around, you do not come out and say "ok, sorry guys, but we are not going to let anyone under 5'10 play."   If you want to have a proper game, you do not limit the player base before you have an adequate number of players. 

To connect this analogy for you:  In Perpetuum we currently have a very low player base.  PVP is not happening properly, the market is not functioning properly, and things are only getting worse.  To come out and say

is going to limit the player base even more.  If you read my original post, it is not about the question of upgrading, it is about the question of why would Perpetuum in its present state want to limit any players from playing right now -- players that are already playing.

And, to add to this, a handful of players in a game like Perpetuum might equate to several accounts, since many players play multiple accounts and roles. 

I don't know how anything was percieved as a whine about hardware upgrades or the Asus in particular, but nothing here was stated as such.

I don't think the argument is that difficult to understand -- Why would you implement anything that would affect a handful of players when we don't have enough players right now?

As for  me, just so we don't get confused again, my laptop has a  Nvidia GTX 560M, which will suffice for this and many more graphic changes or additions; however, if Perpetuum is lacking a player base when I do need an upgrade in order to play, I most likely would just stop playing, as would anyone else who value their time and their money.

O.o   damn, was stuck in beta limbo for an hour.  website said 'standby mode' thought the whole game was down.  It was a strange thing.  The game pushed me into a terminal with no name and nothing in it.  I had a ghost outline of my bot and a deploy button.  I hit deploy, and then my game stuck.  Weird thing.  I was not even near a terminal in the game.

I believe that if they plan on implementing anything to do with our ep including increasing needed amounts for already acquired skills, removing attribute bonuses and effects, and reducing our present effectiveness with the ep we already have, they need to tell us immediately.

As a new player (3 months), I am confused on how the developers intend on increasing the player base or increase the viability of the game for present players by changing the ep or the extensions of characters to the negative.  But my confusion aside, I cannot abide by a developer’s surprise attack on a player created character.  Finding out about this idea in a side remark in an ‘idea’ thread is unacceptable.

If the change, if any, is for the better of my character, then I would say little; however, if this secretly planned change has a negative effect on my character, I would feel betrayed and belittled by the developers. 

Being new and many months behind veteran players in ep nic, was a frustrating, yet acceptable part of the game.  Regardless of how more advanced another player was, the game was still enjoyable.  But getting ready for pvp or to enter into industry is just something where a new player cannot compete against a veteran (well planned) character.  I’ve read all the posts about how viable a new player can be in pvp and still do some t1 industry…bull.  New players are fodder, and there is nothing wrong with that.  Just 3 months into the game I can see the effectiveness of my skill gains and the usefulness of my ep choices.  If you can’t, then you planned poorly.

So here is my grief:  I like the game.  I enjoy the combat and the industry.  Recently I started creating items with my industry character and miner, and I have been killing harder and harder mobs and increasing my nic substantially.  I have planned my both my characters in order to experience most parts of the game, and I enjoy them all.  From artifacting, to missioning, to PVE and plain old farming plasma.  I’d like to continue on my industry track and start making higher level equipement, and I’d like that to stay on track with my combat characters in increase in abilities. 

Will any ep  change change all of this?  Will I lose parts of the game I have come to enjoy and use as a total experience?  Will I have to streamline my characters in order to just keep 1 of the skills I am using?  Will parts of the game disappear for me and force me to play for many more months and weeks just to attain the level I am at now?

Perhaps not.  Perhaps any change will be minimal and almost imperceptible.  But, if there is a thought of a change in character growth coming, for any reason and in any magnitude, the developers need to let the players know immediately. And seeing this comment in the forums from an ingame chat challenges my beliefs in how a game staff should inform and work with their players.

Sandbox vs. Sandbox

I don't think an amusement park game or a story-driven piece of eye candy will grab too many player away from us. So they should not even be in the equation. 

I think there are only 2 apsects to the probem of getting more players:

1. How to entice and keep current and new players who are already playing other sandbox games,

and 2. How to entice and keep new players to the genre.

The answer for one is simple.  Give the a better game.  The answer for 2 is to advertise.

Making a better game is going to take time, but the other one they can start doing as soon as the game is polished enough.

Going back to Eve now is like going back to McDonald's after them having served you their unispired food for 7 years and then finally serving you an e coli laced burger.  No thanks.  I will stick around here.  The menu is not as big, but the service is great, the place looks nice,  and the menu keeps growing.

I think the pvp'rs that are  willing to lose a bot and buy a new one for pvp are different animals than the ones that will pvp in a dueling system; however, I think there is a greater chance for one to try dueling and then enter into bot-destruction pvp after they have had a few practice rounds.  Anyway, thats just what I think, I have no clue how it would effect an entire system.  I can only say that I would duel but right now I would not pvp as the game is.  Even if it was a bot losing duel, its still better than the mechanic they have in place now. 

Now, if there was a Fight Club or sorts where I didnt have to travel to the outskirts to battle, then that might be cool to try.  I think fighting other players is essential to this game, and there really isn't a lot of it going on right now. 

I don't have a response for your industry standpoint, but what you said is most likely very true and the reason why the duel system is not implemented.  Perhaps after a couple of weeks when I have more nic and don't have to rely on corp donations, I will risk a bit more by pvp'ing, but every new player is going to be in the same boat I am in right now:  Is it worth the 2 hours or more of grinding for nic to enter into a pvp matchup that is more than likely lopsided and will end with a loss of my bot and make me go back and grind again to get a new one. 

Right now, I have 100million nic, 6 wasps and 2 mk2 wasps set aside for pvp and pve.  Losing a wasp is no big deal, but would it really be worth it?  I don't pretend to be anything more than a new player questioning the benefits and risks of pvp, and, as a new player, I wont pretend to think that I will win a substantial number of times when first trying. I want to work things out, figure tactics, use different builds.. but right now I could possibly do all that and lose everything I have in a weekend. 

On the other hand, I have no problem losing a few bots to attacking or defending an outpost, but that's not happening right now.  Perhaps, in time, it will, but there is  a fierce urgency of now.  Too many people leaving, posting about the pvp state of the game, and applauding their  Argano kills.

From a non corp member point of view, it might take 2-3 hours to make enough nic to buy a decent pvp bot.  Who would want to lose that in a duel?  I think the no lose bot option is a must if new player pvp is to take place, or for any leary pvp players to want to try.

I like that idea, but I also like the idea of others being able to watch.. but for the squad vs squad a deathmatch chamber would be cool.

A new spec system that will not require a respec sounds scarry.  I don't like the sound of that.  I hope it is not some easy stat changing ability to let my miner suddenly go out and pvp and then go back to mining with the press of a few buttons.  Let me live with my choices.