Carolyn Sicling
Ahrendee Mercenaries
EoN.
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Posted - 2013.11.07 22:14:00 -
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For me, the problem with Dust is that it doesn't encourage diversity. I imagine that this at the very least will get a strong rebuttal by other Ahrendee member.
So a forge gunner with logi support gets onto a high point and shoots down. I'm primarily a Sniper and secondarily a mass driver logi support. As a Sniper I've killed lots of such players. The difference is I can shoot the forge gunner and others while he has to hide and rep up or respawn, costing them a clone. If the gunner has logi support then I'm occupying two players of the opposition team. But the preference is for front line troops with arwin, not diversity.
Historically whoever has high ground has an advantage, not the advantage. Have you seen Braveheart... years of standard military practice overcome because somebody thought differently. CCP should be having to rebalance and add and nerf as we evolve new strategies, but my preference is to not nerf too much.
So an EMP orbital is a massive use of force to counter these crutches? No. It's somebody thinking of something different, congratulations for thinking of it. Eve wouldn't be the game it is (with its many faults!) If the players didn't keep evolving tactic. Just look up a Rooks and Kings video on YouTube to see them using innovative tactics, or read about Pandemic Legion creatingthe new fleet doctrines that the rest of Eve follow. That's where CCP are coming from, not Quake Live.
Yes fix arwin. Yes reduce damage in some places to increase survivability. Yes add a scramble up slight incline button (that one is a random personal gripe). Yes look at drop uplink spam (hint - max of 1 module per suit, max concurrently active based on one fitted to current suit). Yes rely on more than just front line troops in battles.
No - don't stop people using any weapon anywhere on the map they can walk, run, climb, drive or fly to. It's not a crutch or an exploit (unless it really is an exploit like terrain glitching) If somebody thought differently and came up with a good innovative tactic.
Dust won't grow if it goes head to head with other FPS, but it could if it was known for being different. |