I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that there are limitations, for example you can't gain more than X amount of points from a certain cdkey in a given time.

I'm going to ask you to please kindly stop posting nonsense Fire-Ice. Your question makes little sense, mainly because you do not explain your random train of thought that no one else can board - and frankly it's clear you have yet to play the game. So what brings about this needless question?

We don't have that system yet, so the beta testers don't know.

Still, 200 hours sounds like a good deal to me.

Maybe Im completely wrong. But items that last are for tournaments and campaign only I beleive. In normal matches everyone starts at the same playing feild. because if it was like what your saying than people who play alot will rule and those who dodn't will lose. Orlean knight I think has a large post about the game I suggest u read no offense I asked alot of stupid questions. This one isn't but I just suggest it.

From the looks of things thwe system is point based.  Those who played beta 1b saw that on the victory screen there were points awarded.  You recieve points for your score and bonus points for awards such as unstoppable, mvp, and team player.  These poiints can be used to by items usable as an item in future matches.   The items do hold over from match to match and likely won't have ridiculous requirements from what we have seen from previews.  In regular skirmish matches persistant items can be disabled to level the playing field.

Thanks for the clear-up on that Trigeminal.

Orleans, bro, relaaax    Costs us nothing to answer a question or two. 

Reading between the lines -

Persistent items will follow the Team Fortress Two model.  They allow new abilities and buffs but are carefully balanced so that my first hour as a Heavy I can completely destroy your 1000 hour Pyro. 

As Trigeminal says, persistent items are are point-based, and should not represent a ceiling to play.  In tournament play I think points can also be used to advance your character or pull someone else back a rung, so you have a nice strategic choice here. 

Camping a skirmish will be far less effective on a point basis than playing a new game, as there will be a limited number of points available in any given game. 

Yeah not bad questions fire-ice.  Maybe some people think they are stupid but I know that a lot of people want to ask the same thing or hadn't even thought of it and are glad they now know.  You are free to ask as many damn questions on this you want as long as they are related to the topic.  If these guys don't like it they can just no respond or post links to the answer.  It is good to have a lot of questions and want to talk about the game that is pretty much the point of these forums I thought.