Aighun
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.09.12 02:51:00 -
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I would like to see some sort of zone of influence.
Dotlan and the nexusfleet EVE influence map are both great. Dotlan has all the nitty gritty and detailed information that is useful for any number of things. EVE influence map is much simpler but also juicier.
Our current Dust map sort of straddles the line. But if there was something we could look at where we could easily see a system, constellation, etc. change based on our actions, and if it was visceral and visual, that would be a good thing. Would also really like to see changes over time.
RIght now it is fun to drill down through the different sections of the map, but really difficult to get any sense of your own contribution to the tide of battle. Some of this has to do with the info being more granular, and some because the changes in status are tied to an relatively small icon buried all the way down at the district level. Faction warfare is fairly incoherent / or scattershot at present.
However, for this to be more compelling, players in faction warfare would have to be able to choose where to deploy. We really never have had the opportunity to do anything like take over one particular solar system. However, it was possible to concentrate forces in a particular area just by only fighting on certain maps as they came up in the rotation. Now we are at the mercy of the queue.... But if dust mercenaries were able to generate their own fronts and push for control of specific areas of the map, independent of where the EVE pilots are fighting, that would be a welcome. And if there was a really clear and easily accessible visual representation of that it would benefit faction warfare, and probably DUst warfare in general.
But yeah, also seeing how much stuff has been destroyed, tanks, proto suits, orbital bombardment kills, which side has lost how much of what is always good. I don't play EVE but it is also really vitally important that we start seeing Dust stuff show up on EVE orbital bombardment killmails. If an EVE pilot could start getting ground troops on their kill mails, and if that info could be posted around the internet, it would help entice pod pilots to figure out ways to shoot at more stuff in Dust from EVE. |
Aighun
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
877
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Posted - 2013.09.12 03:19:00 -
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Lots of Folks including me wrote:
We need to change Faction Warfare!
In my opinion GǪ
It looks like it boils down to this: If you want to team deploy, and you can get enough people together to team deploy, you should have that option. From what I understand CCP is already working on adding this feature to faction warfare. But it should not be forced on anyone else. If people want to run solo in Faction warfare they can do that at their own risk. I think there is enough room for both styles of play.
However, would anyone want to see a separate faction warfare leader board? With stats for players running solo? Would it be fun or interesting to have persistent squads, and see stats for those squads or teams on a faction warfare leader board? Or would that just be redundant since we are all already in corporations? Would more serious tryhard elite players be interested in forming or joining faction warfare teams that were limited to 20 players total (16 and some alternates) and having their team stats displayed on leader boards?
Or are more players really just looking for better rewards, period? I know I want to get a better payout for faction warfare than running Pub matches.
I would like to see Dust corporations form up for the sole purpose of playing faction warfare. I know of a number of EVE faction warfare corporations just from reading about various battles and exploits online. They have name recognition and stories, and a history. Nothing really similar has happened in Dust. The way that stats are displayed in game for Dust can help make it possible for us to have some sort of history with faction warfare. And help get more players interested.
Even if we do not agree on what needs to change with faction warfare, I think we all know that it could use a lot of improvement. But how do you want to see those changes displayed in game? They could go hand in hand.
If you have the ability to fight on a certain planet, you could also track stats like corporation to have the most wins on one planet.
Or each district could be clickable in the map have a stat that would show which corporations have won the most battles on that district over time. Which corporations have lost the most ISK fighting on that district. I would like to be able to click on a district on the map in faction warfare and get some sense of the history of that particular battleground over time. But is this something that CCP should spend time working on or is it something that would be better suited for third party development using Crest? Maybe it is something that would be great on the VIta app. (if there is going to be a Vita app?) but not necessary to add to the PS 3 game itself. |