Artificer Ghost
Bojo's School of the Trades
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Posted - 2013.11.13 04:59:00 -
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Ok, I'm not going to say anything bad about this pack and/or it's contents, but I'll just say that with the new ARs, and how little time it takes to kill/die unless you're proto-stomping the newbies into the dirt, anything but BPOs almost isn't worth it. Don't get me wrong, I have an ISK Variant fitting of the CreoDron Breach HAV (ISK variant meaning I got the specs and fit it with ISK modules/turrets), and it's great. I kill a lot, I rarely die, and I generally do very well. However, with infantry it's a lot harder, because you die in a couple shots from a GEK unless you're super-tanked into oblivion (Something which should not be so). So 20 suits very quickly drops to 0. Especially for newbies that haven't played much, and don't know how the game works (Shoutout to the Learning Coalition, helping newbies since 2013).
That's half of my problem: The amount of time you live in one suit is very low, making BPCs pretty bad, especially if they're limited edition, like the Black Eagle or the 'Origin' suits.
My other half of the problem is, and I completely support you trying to earn a little extra cash, even though it's a bit of an iffy deal: There needs to be new polishing and/or content that you promised in Closed Beta. Being able to paint suits, for example. Or maybe a militia suit variant that has your corps logo/colors on it? Player trading (Which I don't think is far off), other racial suits, and all that stuff. But, I'd like to stress this part in particular, before you add new content, polish the current content. Matchmaking, for example. I don't honestly care about your shiny Rail Rifle if I can't get into a good match to use it without being pub-stomped. Your Gallente Heavy should just go sit in the corner until latency issues and black-screen bugs are fixed. And I'm actually really excited for the G-Heavy, don't get me wrong. But I want to get into a match where I'd feel good using it, before I actually do.
Now, I'd like to take this last part of my post to express my love for CCP, and everyone you guys are doing to make the game better, honestly. I'm really happy that you've been moving back your vehicle rebalancing to 1.7, because I know that you're going to push out a great update that's going to be well thought-out and heavily tested by your best people. It's definitely a step in the right direction as far as polishing > content goes. I'm also super excited for 1.7 because it has been named "The Biggest Content Update Since Launch". I said polishing above content. I never said I didn't like content. I'm hoping to see Pilot suits (It only makes sense, with vehicles coming up), and some new racial suits, maybe the new rifles, modules, or something like that. I don't know.
Seriously though CCP: I love the work you're doing here, and you'll continue to have my support throughout 2013, and probably 2014. <3
My only request is that when these new racial suits and/or vehicle rebalancing, you give out full respecs. Some people skilled into infantry because tanking wasn't viable. Or dropships. So yea. I <3 your guys. :D
~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
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