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The villains are 'moaning' because they are at an extreme disadvantage. Because of the way the exemping system works, even though that hero is at the same level as you for combat, your powers are going to work a load better, because he's actually at that level, and you've been exemped down.
If they actually level-limited the zones instead of running the dump auto-SK/exemp system, the battles would be:
A) Fairer
B) Easier to work out if you've got valid balance.
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This is the ideal, and only fair way to auto-exemp in lower level pvp areas - good post.
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Well, yes, until a hero with a rich benefactor (Alt, Sg or whatever) comes in fully slotted. Given the number of >40s in paragon, and the relative sparcity of inf in the rogue islands- it will be heroes slotting SOs first.
So, at most, you'd push the situation back maybe a week while people leveled new alts exclusivly for PvP and then slotted them from the piggybank. Although i doubt you'd even do that, as the more dedicated PvPers would have seen a level cap in beta and started leveling a toon earlier.
What you would effectivly achieve is
A) punishing casual PvPers (ie. me, and most of my SG). Who are unlikely to keep alts at the right levels for long.
B) Punish anyone who hadn't previously leveled a high toon, less inf to support the new toon- and pres to earn too.
C) punish anyone who HAS leveld a high toon. As they have to wait for Recluses Victory to get into a PvP zone, with that toon. Which would be irksome.
D) Give the dedicated PvPers an even greater advantage. As their pre-leveled, fully slotted, PvP only alts have the run of the zone for a while. Learning the land, getting the temp powers, and pratising their techniques. I fully expect a dedicated PvPer to beat me, but I would like to have the option of trying to learn something from them, before they get THAT much of a headstart.
E) Completly fail to achieve the "fairer" zone.
F) Even if you could balance all the ATs perfectly (which I sincely doubt) you'd have to do it all over again when the villans picked up a full slotting of SOs. So really you gain nothing, but annoying a large chunk of the playerbase, and the people [censored]ing about the SO situation- WOULD STILL BE [censored]ING ABOUT IT.
Not to mention that if you take a look over the thread, many villans have said they have no problems against Heroes. I guess it all comes down to player perspective.
Not my favourite idea ever.
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Ok in all of that confusion, I basically see you not liking the idea of exemping the enhancement slots as well as the general level of a player (hero or villain) because of the "hard work" they'd put in to levelling and developing a pvp character?
What he was suggesting was making the auto-exemp system fairer for lower levels... not just the villians.
Basically if a lvl 50 goes to BB, their level is dropped to 25... however their enhancements are still (for example) 6-slotted lvl 50 SOs.... fair? No.
Auto-exemping to drop the 50's enhancement slots as well makes it fair for the players who actually are lvl 25... If you'd end up gettin narked that you're not as powerful in that pvp area... go to a higher-level pvp area! nuff said.
"Punishing" players has nothing to do with it - making fights fairer is the point... Unfair pvp is just tiresome and boring.
When I hear people argue against the idea of dropping the enhancement levels to be the same as the player level.... all I see is a bunch of gankers crying cos they're not able to pick on lower levels.
