[QUOTE=Von]
The sweat problem can be solved real easy and can be a boon to all. My proposal would be to make sweat lootable. Whenever someone new enters this game, and until x amount of skills are obtained, sweat should be the only thing looted. That would accomplish several things…first of all unless he/she gets a job from within PE, he/she needs to deposit a minimal amount…10usd.
With that small deposit he/she can get a low end weapon, some cheap armor and hunt for sweat. The sweatloot should be given out in the same way as any other loot. Also as an enticement they should get minis, globals and hof’s. This way they get used to the types of mobs they can handle and gain valuable skills need for later normal activitys and supply the game with needed sweat. I believe newcommers should obtain some kind of apprenticship before going in to the big time. It would also keep anyone from overspending, thinking they will hit the big time and then finding out their losses due to their inexperience, quiting, and in turn giving the game a bad reputation, claiming “its a rip off”.
Also to us hunters, how about instead of “no loot” we get some sweat instead. I dont know about you, but I would rather get a few bottles of sweat then the dang “there is no loot here” garbage.
Von
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Well not wanting to just put down your idea… I offer these problems to the above scenerio… take this as coming from some1 who has been in game long enough to know why some of these things wouldn’t work 
The great appeal about PE is that it does NOT require an initial monetary investment. If MA were to make it mandatory to invest 10 USD that would eliminate a LARGE % of the current population… many ppl have started out in this game with nothing and have been able to sustain themselves quite nicely over time. ALso, many ppl like being able to explore PE for the first few weeks or months without depositing to see if it’s worth it for them. You may disagree from a personal standpoint, but still PE is quite different from other mmorpg’s in this regard and it has proved to be a good characteristic.
Requiring ppl to hunt is also out of the question imo. Some ppl never once hunt in game. They choose to trade, mine, or craft 
sweating is a nice way to enable newbs to get just enough ped to purchase a beginner set of hunting or mining equipment without a necessary deposit.
I agree with you that newbies should think of their initial months on Calypso as a test of sorts… rather than just pour money into game and cross their fingers for the best. But I do not think MA can do anything (nor would they) to stop ppl from depositing large sums up front.
As for sweating in loots for all hunters, I do not see the point. I don’t know many avid players that would take the time to go and sell sweat anymore for a mere few pecs or ped. And there would not be a use to tt it either since it’s value is 0. I guess if I looted sweat I would just give it to some poor newb so he could enjoy it… so it would serve me no purpose other than to be giving, which I can do by giving a newb some hides or skins anyway
OK- sry to rebut everything. As I said, I’m not putting down your ideas… but I think it’s tried, tested and true that the current system of no required deposit works best
Gained 100 Sweat had Armor Repair of 2.32 Ped btw selling sweat @2.4/Each g
