MajinSeanoske
The Prince of Three Saiyans
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Posted - 2013.10.23 12:47:00 -
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I've played this game for a few months now, and have noticed small things wrong, but nothing to drastic. I realize this game is still very much in its infancy, and I know there will be changes as we progress. But, there is one problem I feel the need to address. I have a few characters, one of them being a tanker. I've had to grind quite a few days into the game to get my tanks to a survivable state. With the hordes of AV grenades, turret installations, and default swarm launchers that come at you, it can be hard to keep your HAV rolling. That being said, after quite a bit of SP and ISK, I have a fairly decent HAV. Except against one foe. The 'Haywire' Wiyrkomi Swarm Launcher. An Aurum. Swarm Launcher. The sheer idea of being defeated by something someone PAID for, while I'm using something I slaved to get, is absolutely atrocious. It's essentially a pay to win scenario. Quite literally, every HAV I've lost in the past few weeks has been to that Swarm Launcher. I realize that this being a FTP game, that a profit must be made in some way, but this is mind blowing to me. As I've started to pay more attention, I realize this problem is everywhere. The FTP players are rolled over by people willing to throw cash at their screen! Not to mention this is just a bad business practice. "Oh, you gave us money, here's the best equipment in the game for half the work everyone else does for it." I could understand the SP boosters, and different skins for equipment, that's perfectly fine. At least work would still be put in to get the reward. I don't want to see free to pay players get screwed over so cash can be made. It's horrid. If it's that necessary to make a profit, make people pay to play. This isn't the way to go, it makes the DUST 514 community horrid. For instance, look at the "Top Sellers" in the Market. It is ALL Aurum equipment. That just shows how many people prefer to use Aurum over earning their equipment. All I ask is that how you balance the AUR and ISK equipment gets looked at again. I don't think anyone should have to spend cash to have fun in a free to play game. For example, TF2 is a free to play game, has options to purchase weapons, but is INCREDIBLY fun with or without doing so. Perhaps you can keep the Aurum system, but lessen the stats of equipment people get early? Otherwise, it is a broken, disgusting system for those that don't partake in it.
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