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The Fridge
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Templar Knights
Joined: December 13, 2008
Posts: 559
From: In Your Fridge, Eating your Foods.
|  Posted: 2009-09-28 14:20
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On 2009-09-28 13:29, xplosiv wrote:
So ultimately it is up to Faustus to be the man of action that he needs to be...
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Bardiche
Chief Marshal
Joined: November 16, 2006
Posts: 1247
| Posted: 2009-09-28 15:56
On the other hand you have to hand it to Faustus. He's not running a profit machine here.
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-Daedalus-
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2009-09-28 17:26
I like the ideas but I feel the pace of the game needs to be increased before people will stay playing as well.
Paying money to sit in MV and wait for something to happen isn't much fun.
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Faustus
Marshal
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2009-09-28 17:51
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On 2009-09-28 14:20, The Fridge wrote:
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On 2009-09-28 13:29, xplosiv wrote:
So ultimately it is up to Faustus to be the man of action that he needs to be...
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I Lol'd
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Your username is noted 
I like this ideal, I will look into this further..
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Sens [R33]
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Joined: September 27, 2008
Posts: 1020
From: Edge of th...
| Posted: 2009-09-28 18:12
Ideally the entire combat system would scale with the playerbase, an idea that is a bit far from reality though.
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Mithrandir
Chief Marshal
Joined: October 22, 2001
Posts: 1276
| Posted: 2009-09-28 18:23
You guys need to chill out. I was just offering food for thought and trying to provoke further comments - and it mostly worked. I wasn't intending to shoot ANYTHING down, and personally I rather like the idea. Heard of devil's advocate? You should look into it; it doesn't mean the person is the devil himself.
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-Shadowalker-™
Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: September 23, 2007
Posts: 709
From: Shadows
| Posted: 2009-09-28 21:34
I like th idea of a tierd payment system but can it be ofr something other than rank?? Im just saying but, i like the idea of rank showing how good of a player you are; in order to do that just limit the class ship you can get by using a credit system for buying ships, not moding (i dont want to talk about that) im talking just about buying ships classes. Have rank to show just how good or not so good of a okayer you are and still have diffrent ranks have diffrent. this is a whole 'nother idea and icant give the full detils yet cause ive gtg but, i think you can catch my drift.
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El Guapo
Chief Marshal
Joined: February 24, 2004
Posts: 276
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| Posted: 2009-09-28 21:37
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I like this ideal, I will look into this further..
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after reading all that I have in this post, it would increase the player base, but what it comes down to is what Faustas wants...
But more of a player base equates to more money, more money means, you guessed it more money, and that equates to an economic boom.
It is good that Faustas likes the idea, if it was up to a vote I would say 'Aye'
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jedi42
Grand Admiral
Evil Empires Inc.
Joined: February 25, 2002
Posts: 478
From: jedi42
| Posted: 2009-09-29 02:23
http://www.evony.com is making insane money off the pay for advancement thing.
battlefield heroes is too.
i posted my thoughts in my post "Darkspace Balance".
i think the game needs to be balanced, then advertised heavily with considerable free play to revive some action.
But I may be off on this. I just want to help, not cause controversy or speak out of place.
[ This Message was edited by: dj42 {C?} on 2009-09-29 02:24 ]
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Sardaukar
Admiral
Raven Warriors
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
| Posted: 2009-09-29 05:45
I agree with the cap at 1RA, as that not only cuts off the dreads- it cuts off the assault cruisers (if my memory isn't fuzzing). So, even if dreads become unfavorable again, the top-dog cruisers will be the subscription incentive.
Of course, the other problem we face is exposure. This last free trial was a bit of an eye-opener, as it's the first one I can think that didn't draw a significant number of freebie people. Drafell was always keen to keep the game promoted on places like mmorpg.com, but we'll probably need more than that to really draw people in. Another run as a "featured download" on Fileplanet's probably way out of our league by now, so... any ideas?
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Azreal
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Joined: March 14, 2004
Posts: 2816
From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2009-09-29 06:03
For the record, even if there were many cruisers flying about, I'd still sub for my Krill and my rank.
As long as the bugs were worked out. The "can see me cloaked 20 secs after I show zero sig" crap would have to be fixxed.
But yeah, I would sub anyways, as I am sure alot of others would.
The player base is the biggest issue. Too many times logging in to see 1 person on your side. F2P would help that a long way.
And, as old as the game is getting, honestly, F2P is about the only thing that makes sense. If Warrock can survive as a F2P game, I don't see why DS couldn't in fact thrive again.
That's my opinion. Get your own. 
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-Daedalus-
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Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2009-09-29 06:31
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On 2009-09-28 17:51, Faustus wrote:
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I like this ideal, I will look into this further..
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If beer was included would you look harder? Ohh beer in a spill proof container. We all know what happend last time you got free beer. took the server days to dry out.
[ This Message was edited by: Mersenne Twister on 2009-09-29 09:54 ]
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codenemesis
Admiral
Joined: June 10, 2007
Posts: 185
| Posted: 2009-09-29 16:20
I like this idea a lot and am behind it 100%. A cap at 1ra or 2ra seems good, allows access to most of the cruisers without giving access to the assault cruisers. Would probably need to buff dreads and stations, make it so they don't get owned by groups of 10 cruisers or so.
But yah, awesome idea...
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Banshee
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Raven Warriors
Joined: August 28, 2001
Posts: 2181
From: Philadelphia, PA
| Posted: 2009-09-29 18:05
By far the best idea put forward in a long time, bravo good sir!
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Enterprise
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Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
| Posted: 2009-09-29 18:19
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On 2009-09-29 16:20, Codenemesis the Dread Pirate wrote:
Would probably need to buff dreads and stations, make it so they don't get owned by groups of 10 cruisers or so.
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Not that strong. They already are by far the best ships to use in the game.
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