lee corwood
Knights Of Ender
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Posted - 2014.02.06 18:39:00 -
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I agree with this wholeheartedly. I was recruited by a friend to play and in turn recruited another friend so the 3 of us could squad. I'm the only one left and of the friends I have that might be interested, I don't give them an invite. The newer player introduction is abysmal and while I'm all for supporting Dust, I myself would be angry to beat that endless grinding filled with rage and more "htfu" than I would care to swallow to arrive to the state we are right now.
I'm white knuckling it as it is. I love the community I have found within the game. They are the reason I continue to log in, but without that community, there is really no incentive to return. I'm lost as to where this game is going. I'm confused by every single change in development as I'm used to iterative tweaks and not system wide changes without a clear roadmap, which has happened often and repeatedly.
FW came close to giving us a place to start aligning ourselves and in the first few months, man, my matari brethren were organized. Then the FF issues came but people still kept coming and now, my channels are all but dead. There are EVE pilots asking us if we need support and are left in silence.
That being said, I'm not ungrateful. This is a free game and for what it's worth, this is the best state the game has been in, and that's saying a lot, glaring balance issues and all.
However, I honestly feel like someone vomited the half finished functional requirements document onto my screen without a clue about Human Computer Interface Design (your menu and HUD system is horrific) and almost like they have never heard of Immersion in video games:
- meaningful warbarge that show us how we are even affecting EVE if at all
- lore that is meaningful to us as players in races who have actually never played EVE - consider a shelf in our quarters with books that speak to lore specific to our own race that we can just 'interact' with
- areas to be with players without having to worry about getting your face shot off INCLUDING pilots-think conference rooms. anything to get us 'together' without ignoring one another in favor of kdr
- training areas for corporations
- PVE as stated a million times
- being able to hear some damn footsteps behind me that are meaningful (ie, heavy should stomp, medium should walk, light should be ninja silent tip toeing, etc) And so many more sounds. Sounds are a huge part of immersion. Hell, even just get me pumped up by playing dramatic music before I deploy?!?!
- player item gifting. we have specializations and they differ. I'll never snipe or tank but I have plenty I could give to a corpmate who does
The list goes on and on, and trust me, I work in the field, I get the whole 'let's just get it working first' attitude, but I've been stunned and amazed at how much more patient and willing to extend deadlines my clients are when I suddenly give them something pretty to look at.
Just a banner of my race in the room. It can even be made of rusted metal and hung by duct tape. Pwease???
EDIT: typos
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lee corwood
Knights Of Ender
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Posted - 2014.02.07 17:35:00 -
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LEHON Xeon wrote: Also, a tutorial mode would be massively helpful. New people have no idea what they're doing at all and never will without spending large amounts of time which most don't want to do or can't.
I stated this in another forum, how the best games out there have intuitive interfaces that drive users where they need to go and fill in details as they chose to explore. This game has none of that direction. The community has done all the heavy lifting trying to incorporate new users and help them limp along and that's only if a player is motivated enough or even knows to come to the forums, but it's still not the medium to deliver that sort of detail.
"Welcome to the game. Here's your collection of # page forum manuals on how to play." <-- doesn't that just sound fun 
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