Aeon Amadi
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Posted - 2014.01.24 09:44:00 -
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Haerr wrote:So many 'it will be fixed in 1.8' posts, is the Forum Regulars getting their hopes up only to be disappointed yet again? Or is 1.8 going to be the magical patch that fixes Dust514?
Honestly, I think it's going to create more problems than solutions. My biggest concern as of late is that, because weapon balancing has been largely neglected, racial parity/suit rebalancing is going to appear skewed. Certain races have some really nice load-outs (Caldari have some pretty effective weaponry) where as others like the Gallente seems to largely be suffering from the effects of previous nerfs (breach/tac), neglect of balance pass (plasma cannon/shotgun) or power creep (assault rifle).
So, think we're likely to see more FotM activity out of 1.8 with the infantry as the disparity in weaponry grows more prominent with suits like the Commandos having a built in damage bonus associated with their weaponry and Sentinels having a reduction in damage to those. That'll last until weaponry has a proper balance pass but, likely won't occur for some time after 1.8 is implemented.
All the while you've got Logi/Assault changes which we have yet to see and equipment changes which until we do see the Assault/Logi changes are largely circumstantial.
I'm all for racial parity but I'm certain that 1.8 is going to come with a basket full of issues. Needless to say, I'm well expecting a lot of frustration to go along with the new car smell.
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Aeon Amadi
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Posted - 2014.01.24 09:54:00 -
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devonus durga wrote:And yet everyone wants a respec
Respec/refund is a largely different matter. There's no reason to deny a player the ability to run the suit they want to after it's had drastic, over-arching changes or was just recently implemented. That's the sort of thing that causes people to delete their character and start over, just to get frustrated and leave the game for good. That's the last thing we want.
Respects and Refunds are fine in this instance. FotM shouldn't even be a concern (that's the goal) because there simply won't be a "FotM" if balancing is done correctly.
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