Reign Omega
BurgezzE.T.F
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2014.02.04 17:38:00 -
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There is really next to nothing explained in this game. I have been playing since August 2012 and I didn't learn the game until around Dec, I was actually about to delete it from my HD when I met a guy in a public match through voice chat and he took me under his wing. (Adam Average thanks again!!) We have to consider a few things:
1. Fps players as a whole are not patient
This applies to many things, including glitches, lopsided matching, poor gameplay, hard to understand mechanics and scaling, etc.
2. Say what you will about the other core shooters, they do play better as shooters than dust
COD, battlefield, halo, they may not be your faves but they have significantly advanced the bar of what shooter gameplay is. You may not like the mindless twitching of blops, or the giddy epic moments only in battlefield, but they succeed at their chosen formulas. Why would someone stick out mediocrity for months on end to maybe finally bask in the core camaraderie of Corps and the teamwork based gameplay and to finally enjoy a few games, when they can plug and play the other shooters around and start swimming right away...
3. Some of us have not played Eve
Meaning we are not familiar with ccp, it's practices, it's design philosophy, or the like. We don't know the lore, the races, or how they fit into the world. This leads to not knowing which suits excel at our particular playstyles until it is far too late...Me personally I had to make 5 chars before I figured out gallente starter suits were the best for me. None of the lore or progression information is clearly presented until after you make your character, in fact they tell you that your base choices will not affect your gameplay when they clearly do. I have a minmatar who in my starter fits I can't fight a cold, and a gallente who I can go 20-2 because the suit is geared to my playstyle. If there is no real sense of gravity in choosing until you've already made a mistake, how can a new player make a stand against veterans when he is already behind the 8 so far?
All in all the npe needs to be expanded and explained quite a bit more if we want to see the playerbase grow. I know word of mouth and recruiting is one of the primary pulls to dust, but even the website is obscure and not promoted in game to access this information. I know it's in the launch screen but I personally never read that. New players are missing out on email events and free stuff also in that respect... |