David Spd
Isuuaya Tactical
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.10.19 07:42:00 -
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Sounds like the real people benefiting from this is CCP. Essentially people that play public matches alone will get a heavy shaft for countless reasons (no unique weapons, will deal with FW players using tryhardweapons in addition to proto gear etc.)
No ISK for playing FW? Passing back and forth between Public matches & FW means that people that get their new toys will be destroying public matches once this stuff gets high enough in quantity. "I'm bored so I'll use my specialist items against newbies". If someone is actually committed to playing FW a LOT then they're actually going to be losing a lot of money. And I mean.... a LOT. ISK sink just to get rid off all this excess ISK floating around before player market arrives, really.
You guys have GOT to find a way to stop this officer and proto stomping going on in public matches. Once this gear starts emerging from FW it's only going to get worse. Making FW more appealing isn't going to stop or deter people from doing it, either. They're just going to use more hardcore fits and ensure they have more of a team to play with so they can steamroll the enemy team for maximum payout so they can do some more FW.
This HTFU mindset is the reason why a whole lot of nobody has anything good to say about Dust apart from hardcore elitists that are all ready well established in the game. If you devs & players could stop being delusional for a moment and realize that a stupidly difficult game is only going to appeal to a very niche (read: small) number of people then maybe you guys could see a large surge n players and see a consistent rise in players.
As it stands newbies are thrown to the wolves, and they literally get demolished for MONTHS before they can finally wear some fairly competitive gear. But with this new rewards system that's going to come with FW (and the obvious "grace" period that will follow before trading becomes available) anybody with under 7 mil SP is just going to be further shat on.
And can I just say that just because a game is "more fun" with friends doesn't mean it's a good game. I've seen some Let's Plays on Youtube of some truly abysmal games and since people were cracking jokes with their friends they had a good time. Telling people "Find a corp. to have a good time" etc. is basically just admitting that there is no place for people that want to play solo or have no other choice.
And let's be honest, someone's gonna quote me with some nonsense about squad based party play. Don't kid yourself - this isn't Rainbow Six, nor is it ARMA. Coordinated teamplay helps but there are no substantial systems universally designed around it. The only reason why squadplay is encouraged is due to the obvious power gap between standard and prototype. Standard can beat proto, yep, but the average person is not going to manage it. |