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Soraya Xel
The Corporate Raiders
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Posted - 2014.02.03 20:03:00 -
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Jaysyn Larrisen wrote:Curious...would you advocate removing all squads from Pub matches? Perhaps just in Ambush mode?
I'm going to pop in here.
I was a longtime supporter of the idea of removing squads from pubs. Particularly back when FacWar was just like pubs anyhow. My mentality was "pubs for solo, FacWar for squads, PC for teams". Though now FacWar has a niche of it's own.
The thing is, Ambush is the perfect candidate for a No Squads mode. It's not objective-based, so teamwork serves no purpose (except stacking your team with better players), and it gives solo players a mode to go play in without getting pubstomped by teams. It's an intro to the shooter mechanics and a great place to test fits and new weapons, and then you move into Skirmish for objective play.
It offers a solo-only mode, without fragmenting the playerbase more than it already is.
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Soraya Xel
The Corporate Raiders
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Posted - 2014.02.03 20:45:00 -
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True, Fox. Though I'd say the pain of losing that would be far less than the massive gains of giving solo players a place to play on fair ground. Yes, this is a team game, but there is a massive number of solo players here. A ton of people without corps. Those are the new players, and they need a place to play and experience the game, so they stick around long enough to get involved. I think in many ways, a good NPE hinges on the game having a place to cater to solo players.
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Soraya Xel
The Corporate Raiders
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Posted - 2014.02.03 21:14:00 -
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You have to have a hook, Canari. If a solo player steps into a team game, and is instantly obliterated, and has a bad time, why would he stick around to get invested? The NPE needs to push corps and squads, especially by suggesting, say, with Skirmish, that they should find a squad in the squad finder before entering that game mode. For a new player, it wouldn't be bad to put a one-time notification there, that it's a very squad-based game mode.
But even as someone who runs an alliance and participates in PC, sometimes I just want a nice fun match by myself. I don't want to squad up and chat with people. Right now, that leaves me with a poor experience. Solo play sucks. And given the number of solo players I see in the game, CCP not tailoring a portion of the game for them is leaving money on the table.
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Soraya Xel
The Corporate Raiders
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Posted - 2014.02.03 21:47:00 -
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Canari Elphus wrote:Dont you feel that that would lead to further segregation of a playerbase that is small compared to other FPS games?
That is why I suggested changing the behavior of an existing mode (Ambush) that already doesn't benefit from team coordination much, rather than trying to add a new mode. Most people seem to agree Ambush has serious problems, and this would give it a particular niche design-wise that would make it more appealing to some.
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Soraya Xel
Abandoned Privilege
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Posted - 2014.04.29 20:24:00 -
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Isn't that Aero's job? ;) It's been two months.
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