Not a set number, just dont link it to ranking up and earning req. Make it as as Michael had suggested and let it be handed down as a reward in some way to notable individuals who performed well in a campaign. Also I would introduce item decay with it being harder to repair MC stuff and impossible to repair relic stuff to further limit the items use. IB
Make it too limited and we get the Terminator scenario imo, the one they already wisely chose to avoid. Guess we can wait and see what Michael has to say on the matter on MC gear, if he graces us with his presence again that is.
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/954/feature/7493/There-Is-Only-WAR.html This is where I got this info. The nids were lobed in with the reason of the races as able to win. This isn't an interview and I think it was mostly fill and recap. I must of mixed it up. I think I remember see something else related to the matter but I can't find it. I will keep looking.
All 5 races are referenced and then a win would be decided. Nids would have the ability to take territory or they would be unable to harass the top race. It is clean but not really strong.
It states who will participate in the war not who will have a chance of taking the victory at the end of the day, like i said vague info and speculations. And thats all it will remain until a dev states otherwise clearly. Like how up to a few months back people didnt even know psykers will be ingame until the devs stated the fact clearly. Until then it was, just like your attempt here, simple speculation.
We've kinda been over the Terminator thing before. My advice, just don't talk about it. No one will deviate even a little bit from their stance on it.
the possibility that MC items will cost extra RP to spawn with might exist, meaning that on occasion a player might not have the RP to equip some/any MC items in their loadout until they could afford them again, other then that IMO an item unlocked and gained should be permanant, I'm still not a fan of trading items since this can lead to web based item shops selling the items for real money, but if EC continues with this concept then so be it
The problem is your suggestion doesn't limit anything, all it does is suggest a different route to obtaining it. If MC gear is obtained by ranking in PvP then people will grind ranks in PvP to get it, if it is the result of quest lines, people will grind those quest lines to get it. Like it's been mentioned before in this thread your player will have a set number of point to equip, you can keep lots more than that in a storage somewhere. If you want to equip your lascannon then you won't have enough points left to use your powersword, if you equip your powersword then the lascannon is out of the question but you should be able to afford a jumppack and bolt pistol, equip a stormbolter and a powersword then you won't have enough points to equip your jumppack. It's about specializing for a task or play style and not being more powerful than the next guy, the starting player will have the same number of points in equipment as someone that's been playing for months but the veteran player will have more choice and flexibility in the equipment that he uses and the roles that he can fill.
