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Old 2012-04-18, 10:29 AM   [Ignore Me] #12
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Re: Balancing Factor: Resource Storage Limit


Originally Posted by Malorn View Post
What would a soft cap gain?
A soft cap would gain return, just diminished return.

Those who spent more would get more, but those who saved more would have more on hand at a moments notice.

Player A. spends resources the moment he gets them. He always grabs as many grenades as he can carry every time. He pulls 60 grenades an hour spending 1200 of x resource.

Player B. saves his resources most of the time. He rarely grabs a grenade unless he is pretty certain he will need it. He pulls 2 grenades an hour spending 40 of x resource.

Player A. never has enough of resource x to pull a tank, much less one loaded out with an aa turret and all of the bells and whistles.

Player B. always keeps a healthy reserve of resources on hand and can always be ready to pull a fully loaded tank should the need arise.

So you could just blow all of your resources the moment you got them, but never have any on hand, or you could spend anything over a certain amount so that you always have a healthy reserve, or you could try to almost never use resources unless the situation demands it and try to build up as large of a reserve as possible.

If there is a hard cap, then you get to say 20,000 resources, and suddenly you stop earning any more. At that point you'd better just start wasting them, because you won't get any more no matter what.

If you have a soft cap, then you could slowly build that 20,000 into 25,000, but it would take a lot longer and still not be that overpowering a boost, especially considering that you would probably be having to avoid spending almost any resources after a certain point if you wanted to keep growing it.

A soft cap would just give more options for playstyle, without pressuring anyone into blowing resources when they would rather just build a reserve. Most players would just find a healthy middle ground, but why force anyone into a pidgeonhole?

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