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[Proposal] Clone cost revision
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Shin Dari
Covert Brigade
#1 - 2011-11-07 18:36:37 UTC


Right now a pilot must upgrade every time after they die. This is very annoying, especially for the casual players.

My suggestion is to make Clone Upgrading be for a character and not for a specific clone. This means that as long as your SP is below the SP limit you will be able to die over and over, without the need to re-upgrade.

I wouldn't even object to an massive increase of the upgrade costs as compensation.
Rico Minali
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2011-11-07 18:40:05 UTC
Let me see... Nope, all seems correct and in order to me. If anything make clones mroe expensive, it would be good to know that when you kill someone the cost is high.

Trust me, I almost know what I'm doing.
Cidwm
Doomheim
#3 - 2011-11-07 18:51:38 UTC
agreed, clone prices as they stand are at such a small amount that all you got to do is blow up one or two ships in a lvl 4 mission and you can afford a new one
Drake Draconis
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2011-11-07 19:00:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Drake Draconis
Shin Dari wrote:


Right now a pilot must upgrade every time after they die. This is very annoying, especially for the casual players.

My suggestion is to make Clone Upgrading be for a character and not for a specific clone. This means that as long as your SP is below the SP limit you will be able to die over and over, without the need to re-upgrade.

I wouldn't even object to an massive increase of the upgrade costs as compensation.



No.

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Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2011-11-07 19:29:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Vertisce Soritenshi
It's like people don't even bother to read the OP and just say whatever first comes to mind...

I think the overall idea is sound but I doubt it would work too well. There are those that die a lot that this might greatly benefit and then there are those that die very little that this wouldn't benefit at all. Personally I would rather see a system in place that automatically creates the new clone when you die and automatically withdraws the money from your wallet based on the last clone you purchased and where it is located. You would still have to upgrade your clones when needed and if you didn't have the money to purchase the clone then the money is not withdrawn and the clone is not created requiring you to come back and purchase the new clone later.

Primarily it would be for those of us that tend to forget about our clone when we are podded. Thankfully...not too often since even when I do die "Aura" on my Droid phone freakes out at me every 5 minutes telling me to update my clone.

To the OP's idea however...I can see another option in place. Leave the current clone system as is but maybe an option to buy clones in bulk. Say increase the cost of the clone by x10 and you get 10 clones of that level ready to go. Use all 10 and you gotta buy another 10. Same general idea just a little more limited without breaking the current clone system that is in place. This may also create more of an ISK sink since there will be many people that buy 10 clones and perhaps never use them.

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Shin Dari
Covert Brigade
#6 - 2011-11-07 20:27:09 UTC
Cidwm wrote:
agreed, clone prices as they stand are at such a small amount that all you got to do is blow up one or two ships in a lvl 4 mission and you can afford a new one
So where can I find L4's with 5 million isk ships?

ps. After a year, doing L4s is like stabbing yourself in the eye.
Shin Dari
Covert Brigade
#7 - 2011-11-07 20:29:08 UTC
Vertisce Soritenshi wrote:
It's like people don't even bother to read the OP and just say whatever first comes to mind...

I think the overall idea is sound but I doubt it would work too well. There are those that die a lot that this might greatly benefit and then there are those that die very little that this wouldn't benefit at all. Personally I would rather see a system in place that automatically creates the new clone when you die and automatically withdraws the money from your wallet based on the last clone you purchased and where it is located. You would still have to upgrade your clones when needed and if you didn't have the money to purchase the clone then the money is not withdrawn and the clone is not created requiring you to come back and purchase the new clone later.

Primarily it would be for those of us that tend to forget about our clone when we are podded. Thankfully...not too often since even when I do die "Aura" on my Droid phone freakes out at me every 5 minutes telling me to update my clone.

To the OP's idea however...I can see another option in place. Leave the current clone system as is but maybe an option to buy clones in bulk. Say increase the cost of the clone by x10 and you get 10 clones of that level ready to go. Use all 10 and you gotta buy another 10. Same general idea just a little more limited without breaking the current clone system that is in place. This may also create more of an ISK sink since there will be many people that buy 10 clones and perhaps never use them.

Those are definite improvements of the current system, I would be happy to see such things in place.
Xien Anh
Xezan Federation
#8 - 2011-11-07 20:38:08 UTC
Shin Dari wrote:
Cidwm wrote:
agreed, clone prices as they stand are at such a small amount that all you got to do is blow up one or two ships in a lvl 4 mission and you can afford a new one
So where can I find L4's with 5 million isk ships?

ps. After a year, doing L4s is like stabbing yourself in the eye.


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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#9 - 2011-11-07 20:38:24 UTC
Shin Dari wrote:
So where can I find L4's with 5 million isk ships?


Dread Pirate Scarlet, of course :P

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