Operative 1171 Aajli
Bragian Order Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.26 20:32:00 -
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Depends on how you use it and still takes planning. I didn't like how tough it was before to run scout. I've been scout since I started last year. I am not skilled in other suits (save the Cal Assault so I can run my BPO Raven suit I paid $20 for). Therefore, I run scouts for what they are supposed to do, which is scout and drop links ahead of team, scan etc. also, I run armor tanked when I want to do a conventional assault role.
I like the scout suit. I don't want to skill another suit just to run a role I can already do with the suit I have. I love that I can adapt it. The cloak is a tool if you use it as such. If you are using it as a crutch then I'm sure those players are getting the crutch kicked from under them fairly regularly.
OP sounds like back when Photoshop hit. All the old fogey photographers and designers complained about it being a crutch. Ther is an awful lot of bad digital design and photoshopping out there.
I never liked that CCP made different suits for all the races. I liked that the only Gallente suit was the scout suit. Should have stayed that way.
"Stay stealthy scouts."
GÇô Ron Burgundy
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Operative 1171 Aajli
Bragian Order Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.03.26 20:45:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:[quote=Cotsy8][quote=Buster Friently][quote=Cotsy8] You can keep your lore and your ridiculous story lines. If you want to play dust its not because you greatly care about made up bullshit. You play a game for enjoyment, challenge, and sometimes to kill time or frustration. It's not much to ask that the game be without too many bugs or lag or crashes. It's not too much to ask that gameplay be balanced and competitive for all. It's not too much to ask that the game should be kept in check by its players.
When something gets introduced and its clearly unfair, unbalanced, not required and not needed to maintain a competitive gameplay for scouts then players should be upset. I am a scout, been one since open beta, never have I've seen such a ridiculous thing as cloaks. There's no reason for them. 1.8 introduced a buff to scouts (new classes, more slots etc) so why introduced a cloak to a class which doesn't require it, maybe all these scouts who saw slayer Logi expect scouts to be thst way, i don't know. Maybe all the scouts who weren't strategic and didn't wait for opportune times to flank and get the drop on opponents feel the cloak is the only answer to their poor gameplay, i don't know. But as a scout, i am saying there is no need for a cloak.
There is a link between EVE but it cannot and shouldn't not be introduced unless its required/balanced. In this specific case, the scout do not need cloaks to excel nor should they need an excuse to cover up poor gameplay and positioning.
Dust needs new content, there's plenty of great threads with suggestions. There are plenty of billion dollar FPS games to look at. There are so many great ideas even from CCP concerning weapons and grenades and vehicles. This specific cloaking equipment was a cool idea, but it isn't required. Scouts shouldn't need it to cover their mistakes, and if you wanted to add something to the scouts arsenal there were good ideas about gun silencers to make class more stealthy, or smoke/flash bangs which other games use to help scouts out slightly in their roles.
A cloak isn't required and i feel that scouts should reconcile the lack of need and the lack of balance it creates. It covers for many short coming, improves things that shouldn't need addressing due to poor gameplay or lack of awareness. Yet all i see are scout defending the cloak much like tankers defend the tank. Most of us had it rough so why when we get it OP can't we recognize it?! Why can't scouts just admit its not required t excel and reject it for the good of the game? Don't act like tankers, don't act like a class oblivious to its role/impact/balance/needs. Scout should be better because we've had it rough and should stand up and say cloaks are required, take them away, let's keep our extra equipment slot and we will excel regardless.
Quote: You see my corp..... you see my alliance.....
The ignorance is strong in this one.
This alliance has 10 years of back ground to it. 10 years of representing and RPing within New Eden, 10 years of being the best the Amarr have to offer.
Lore is a massive part of New Eden and one that I am advocating to be implemented into the core game which will give our fighting and efforts context. Dust 514 without the lore is a sub par developing FPS.....with the lore it is a massively innovative idea. As such lore should IMO always be on the minds of the developers so they do CCP Iceland's New Eden the justice it deserves.
I only play this game for the lore...many other people are the same way.
No ****. Preach it brutha. This is why putting this game on a console and not marketing it through EVE directly is ruining it. It is this power player, win win win mentality that will drain this game. Go hit a plain cardboard box with a stick if you don't want lore, background and aesthetic to interfere.
Let's take Star Wars and just strip away everything until everybody is just wearing a plain white t-shirt. We don't need all that cool flavor.
"Stay stealthy scouts."
GÇô Ron Burgundy
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