CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.10.11 16:51:00 -
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Oswald Rehnquist wrote:I always seem to be on the wrong end of this, but I actually like the new camera angle more, it is definitely more suited to a non combat role, as the downside of forward targeting/aiming is tougher, but the distance adds a lot more spatial awareness and better flying.
Oswald, you're not on the wrong end... just part of a group of us drivers (pilots?) who have a quieter, more mellow voice.
1--I wasn't in Dust through "The Beta Years", so I know there's an entrenched group of players here who have run the DS when it was cooler, more lethal, wild and awesome in potential, and apparently had only one nemesis: the proto forge gun.
So you chosen few must HATE the current experiments with the DS...
2--I joined on just before the May 14th Release, and though I subjectively like the Release-thru-Patch 1.3 DS the most, I can still "adapt" to most of the changes, and I agree with Oswald that the 1.5 reworking is AT LEAST more likeable (manageable?) than 1.4's when it comes to non-combat. Haven't had enough time to fall into the love-trap of ADS---and that's kind of what the combat-armed Incuc/Ex chasis was... a sugar taste of the sub-orbital swirling dogfighting fantasy many of us got from that earlier concept drawing.
I like the support-role challenge of being a lightly-armed "transport"-er over the laser-fighter plane jockey dream.
And oddly, in answer to your question "what is CCP's goal or intention with the DS flight controls", the devs seem to mention "TRANSPORT" and reward "TRANSPORT" whenever they talk about the DS at all, so we can sort of see the answer.
3--I'd like to hear from the THIRD portion of DS drivers out there, the ones who operated the DS since the early Betas but DIDN'T care about strapping guns to her belly and hunting prey---they became masters at delivering squads under burning-hot flak and rescuing fellow mercs who were forced into a corner by red dots.
It's still kind of early to get an opinion we can respect as a proper shakedown trial, but if any players out there fit into category 3 above, please post your DS opinion of 1.5 here. MOST opinions I've read so far seem to be from folks who prefer an ADS future over wimpy "transport" LDS. |