Some sort of bonus for activity on large CPL

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Re: Some sort of bonus for activity on large CPL

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Page wrote:Whilst this isn't necessarily a bad idea, I think its major flaw is that it is too hard to actually take advantage of, so people aren't likely to really change their behaviour as the benefit probably won't be worth the effort (especially as it's not something you have any particular control over), they'll just have a reward if they happen to get lucky and get the bonus.
Also I don't think the boost in kills exp really makes sense - surely if anything there should be less as you suddenly have more targets? :P
That is a good point in that it does relate a lot to being lucky (logging in at the right time). But at the same time, currently if I am in a trader and I log in to see 7 enemy players, I immediately log back out. With this bonus I would probably take the risk and try to sneak in a couple trades.

It definitely has some kinks that need to be worked out, but I think it would be a neat little feature if we could get it worked out.

I think the intention for the bonus for killing is to encourage 2-3 players to go harass an alliance that is trying to PR/PB instead of sitting in safety.
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Re: Some sort of bonus for activity on large CPL

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Azool wrote:I think the intention for the bonus for killing is to encourage 2-3 players to go harass an alliance that is trying to PR/PB instead of sitting in safety.
Hmm, interesting thought.... the ability to hire "mercenaries" for those times when you only have 2-3 ppl on and want to have some fun against a large fleet of players.

Separate idea from this but could use further thought.
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Re: Some sort of bonus for activity on large CPL

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We talked about this in IRC. My thinking falls in line with Azool's comment about spurring smaller alliances to try and trade while an op is going on, and giving larger alliances an incentive to coordinate things like trading ops or getting people to log on so their top traders can get some additional benefit.

As for hiring mercs - it's an interesting concept but I'm not sure it would work out well.
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Re: Some sort of bonus for activity on large CPL

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This is completely overpowered toward the hyperactive, that don't need bonuses.
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Re: Some sort of bonus for activity on large CPL

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JettJackson wrote:This is completely overpowered toward the hyperactive, that don't need bonuses.
Sure it's a benefit for them, but if you know the op is coming, you can benefit too, or you could get lucky and have a bunch of NPC's online at the same time. It's just an idea to foster activity.
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