Mad Syringe
Black Phoenix Mercenaries
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2014.02.01 14:35:00 -
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There is only one thing that would end the proto gear spam in pub matches!
Reduce WP payout for killing clones with lower level suits and weapons!
If you look at it, the most proto stomping happens after skill bonus reset on wednsday after downtime and the following 2 days.
That means, the proto tryhards are mostly interested in SP, because lets face it they're isk rich as Fvck anyway.
So to get them to use lesser gear, just reduce the payout for proto stomping wp wise. As in any RPG you should'nt get the same sp for killing different tier equipment/suits.
If you stomp militia fits in your shiny proto suits, you'll net only 25 wp.
If you kill protos in your militia fits, you'll net 75 wp.
If the suits are similar, you'll get the standard 50 wp.
And by the way, killing infantry with a tank should net only 15 wp, since there is no effort involved anyway!
This would make sure, that all proto guys would go milita, because the only thing they lust for is sp anyway...
Problem solved...
It would still be a lot of stomping going on, but with good gungame and tactics, you'd have a better chance of winning those games.
In the past I've played most if not every game "all in" which doesn't mean to pull proto, but to try as hard as I can to win these games. That came with a lot of isk loss, which in the long run is not sustainable. The only way of making isk, and to at least afford advanced suits, is to run ambush matches and keep out of the worst trouble (fights) especcially if you run against dunas tank scrubs. It's a broken game mode anyway, so as long as I run on my own I couldn't care less about the outcome, as long as I go isk positive.
There is no incentive in the long run to go all in against squads, who can easily afford all proto, and usually have good to very good gungame on top of it. You do not make enough money to invest in those battles.
In EVE, you can do PVE to grind isk, and that's what even the vets do (incursions). In Dust, the only way to stay isk positive, is to stay out of trouble in those proto stomp matches. I don't like it, but I changed to holding back too, since I can't afford to go 2/15 in those matches. And there is no point in going Militia against good proto squads, since the only thing top corps care about these days is a kdr above 2,0 to join their ranks.
To be honest, the top corps have brought this problem to the game, so it's up to them to fix it!
If you guys point your finger on the noobs and low level corps, you just don't get it!
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Mad Syringe
Black Phoenix Mercenaries
Legacy Rising
59
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Posted - 2014.02.01 14:56:00 -
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By the way,
since I recently started to play eve (wanted to know what's going on with OBs etc.). I found out, that eve is basically a game that favors ganking over everything else.
What does that mean?
In EVE, you tend to make sure you have way higher firepower then the opponent, before you engage. If you haven't you just run away.
In that regard, dust has managed to do exactly that, one side is always superior to the other. So the odds of turning a battle in your favor, are minimal at best in an average pub stomp game. There is the rare balanced one which can be a lot of fun, but mainly its an unbalanced stomp.
Maybe that is what the devs want, but I doubt that the average console jockey likes that...
Whenever this game gets fully integrated into eve, it will be even worse. In PC the EVE side will dictate the outcome of matches. It won't be our pathetic kdr or anything, it will be economic values that dictate the outcome of battles.
Expect to be anihilated by obital strikes from Titans, that devastate a planet in a way that makes terraforming necessary afterwards. Good luck with gungame and Proto suits against that... |