Yan Darn
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.08.30 18:44:00 -
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Edit: Holy ****! Erm TL;DR - yay for tiercide (but maybe not right now).::
Why CCP introduced this Tier System in DUST where It makes even less sense considering sides are always evenly matched in numbers (as opposed to EVE where the poor and less SP invested at least have the option to zerg the enemy, and the enemy doesn't get a 'payout' at the end of a battle) - well I'll never know.
I'm in no rush for proto personally (suits - though a complex shield on my BPO scout would be nice...) - but there isn't much going on in this game at the mo so we have to find our own fun. For different reasons, people aim for proto.
Some people, the 'lv99 ers' I'll call them - people who will play RPGs asking for increases in level caps when all it will effectively allow them to do is exactly the same thing they can do now, but with bigger numbers (because they will just end up having to fight equally tougher enemies). I guess they want proto for that same illusionary sense of progression.
Then you have your tear drinkers of course. We know why they want proto.
Then you have 'survivors/realists' people who want proto so they can stand equally against other protos - or simply because, why would you want to fight with 100ehp and 50dps when you can have 200ehp and 75dps? Right?
To me, that middle group is largely irrelevant - the first and last group can have their fun without a tier system and focus on specialisation rather than straight up 'this suit is better than this suit - in EVERY way imaginable'. Which - is boring right?
I mean suits have:
Number of slots, slot layout, shields, shield recharge rate, shield delay rate, shield depleted delay rate, armour, armour repair, scan range, scan precision, scan profile, speed, sprint speed, stamina, stamina recharge rate, melee damage, weapons slots, grenade slots, equipment slots, CPU and PG.
I'm probably missing some stats, but that's before you even get to actual suit bonuses - then times all that by 3 for respective frame types.
Even adding in all the all the racial variations for the current suits and weapons would allow for diversity and specialisation - then you have all the suits to come (pilot suits etc).
For me - the 'goal' of proto is uninspiring (and unnecessarily diffcult to balance) compared to what Tiercide would allow. So for now I hunt proto's with my STD equipment knowing my entire fit is worth less than a Duvolle - or with my BPOs, less than a complex shield mod...
Like I said, for now, with our 3 pvp lobby match game modes, we all have to make our own fun...
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