mollerz
Minja Scouts
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Posted - 2014.02.01 19:37:00 -
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I don't blame any part of the playerbase for how ****** up this whole goat rodeo of a game is.
CCP just has no clue. And when they get one, they move painfully slow to correct anything. Not even small changes that could at least alleviate issues are made.
As an example: Tank spam- Why do tanks cost as much as a honda civic again? Shouldn't tanks cost a few million? An M1 Abrams costs the US Government $6 million or so. Change the price to reflect some sense of scale, economy, and mimic reality a little bit and tank spam will vanish. No one could beef about AV power as much.. not to say it shouldn't still be tweaked mind you. At the same time, people who've skilled deep into tanks will have some sense of accomplishment.
Then there are all the bugs. I die more to bugs than proto suits IMO. I don't mind getting cut down by a stronger foe at all. But when I die to that foe because I stick to terrain and can't escape, can't jump a railing, can't even ******* sprint after i use my weapon, etc. Then you toss on all the protostomping with the shitshow matchmaking and there is no way this game has any chance.
It seems like the ship might finally being righted, and we might all just start sailing smoother. However, they've not only squandered 1.0-1.7 so far, over the course of a year, they've left long standing severe issues that have the playerbase having this discussion. When your customers are discussing and fighting about self policing and gimping play styles and what not- well, that's a developer fail right there.
MY pS4 is finally in the mail. My friends all have them. Better games are on the way.... CCPs lucky breaks are dwindling and they are just going to get washed over by hungrier and better developers. From every angle it looks as if CCP plans to let Eve perpetually subsidize dust with dust comprised of the same protostomping corps circlejerking each other. That, babar, is what dust is on it's way to becoming. So enjoy the fact there are newberries to stomp while you can. One day they will vanish to better things and you won't have to worry about it.
You gotta hustle if you wanna make a dolla
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mollerz
Minja Scouts
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Posted - 2014.02.01 21:29:00 -
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Th3rdSun wrote:
+1 for using the term "goat rodeo".
It's almost like I have a real life alter ego that wrote this post.
I'd have said 3 legged goat rodeo, but literally, certain communities here are the fourth leg. This game would remained deleted, for me, were it not for the cool people in the scouting community. Not to say other niches in this game don't have their cool aspects. There are plenty of small corps filled with super cool people. Dust makes it relatively easy to hunt until you find people you click with. they do their best to **** it up, but it's good enough.
For example, with 1.7 you spend no time in the war barge going into pub matches. Wut? Who's idiotic idea was that? That person should no longer be allowed to make decisions because that single change crippled new players, or old, to find a squad and play. Typically, once you find a good squad in this manner, you tend to stick with them. You end up talking smack, having fun, and boom friendships are born. Couple this change with the fact it takes upwards of 10 seconds to fill the team channel and it's impossible to get into a squad right away. You are literally left to choose between partaking in the match from jump or painfully trying to see if there *might* be a good squad to join.
As far as the protostomper players- There is no doubt in my mind that these are crutch players. Take away their proto equipment and put them in ADV suits and they will not win as much.Their K/D will drop. They know it. We all know it. They can deny it, but sorry, no one is buying it.
I was in a match the other day.. 4 vs 8. Us four were running basic or ADV gear (save my knives- that's right two minjas) and the other team brought in two blaster tanks and all proto gear.  2-1 odds, and they still needed proto gear and tanks to compete against two BPO suits and two minjas. We got a few kills, and they eventually won. Not a big surprise, and I had fun. I did send one of the tankers a message letting him know his odds, and asked if he could put the tank away.
He said no. Because he was pure tanker. Let me spell out how the protostomping team played:
2 blaster tanks
6 proto bears
vs.
2 BPO heavies
2 ADV Minjas
So babar- what would you say about that match? How about the tanker who said, nah. I won't get out of my tank in this kind of match?
I do not see how any new players would tolerate this crap. I made an alt to take part in a certain corp, and tried out the academy. OMG what a fuckin joke. I told a few buddies to make toons and let em sit in the small chance this garbage transforms and it's worth playing. I tried getting a friend involved as an00b. It is impossible for him. He has nothing, I can't even give him anything to help out . I have all my ISK locked up in gear I can't use, but can't sell either. We are all just wallowing. So he parked his toon. Basically a lost player.
You gotta hustle if you wanna make a dolla
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