Talk:Certification Points/@comment-46.12.87.70-20170823094708/@comment-23.252.85.152-20180824214424

Yeah, this is definitely a problem that this game has and could leave players with a feel that this game is very Pay 2 Win. For me, this is probably the most grindy F2P I've stuck around for with the others mainly being MWO and Warframe. Seeing how there is no trading economy to get the paid currency you can't cut corners and do that kind of stuff. For the most part it feels like the ways of earning XP are rather limited and often can be very unrewarding. Sure, ribbons may give a little bump but not enough to make a real difference. Not to mention the difficulty of trying to gain Certs with base equipment. Sure, the small arms may be roughly equal but vehicle weapon systems are not equal at all. Starting ESF gets extra boost while others can get homing missiles? That doesn't even come close to equal, on one hand you have no extra damage and on the other you have a lot of near unavoidable damage. You could grind to get the good stuff but the problem is that most items are in the 500-1000 Cert range which is a significant grind. And of course until you get good equipment, you will be the one farmed.