demens grimwulff
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
142
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Posted - 2014.03.18 01:41:00 -
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Hmmmm... thinking about the fact that CCP made a post similar to this makes me feel sick to my stomach... not because I blame CCP, but because it reinforces my belief that they are completely removed from their game. As discussed with Aeon Amadi, Heinrich, and a couple of times with Kain, my complaints with this game have always been rather simple... it does not seem that the devs have any clue what the players go through (i.e. the game experience, and how to play on a competitive level in this game). Why do I say this in this thread? Well, it is simple... tanks and assault dropships own the field in this game now. I came back after finally giving up on this game to do the 10 games required for this event, but every much I was in, one side had filled their vehicle slots with tanks and an assault dropship. Yet the new patch has yet to mention anything about the balancing of this (tankers now have weekly/monthly KDRs over 150 to 1... where they averaged about 20 before... how the f*** is that balanced?)... assault dropsuits are still way more expensive than tanks and the only effective weapon to defend against them is rather rare on the field for many many reasons (I am, of course, talking about Forge Gun). Time to kill among foot soldiers is also crazy, but in some situations, rather reasonable... so drastically decreasing the damage of weapons will mean small gang combat instead of 1v1s or a solo, viable soldier picking off the enemies from behind. The now small gangs are more susceptible to the tank traffic which is going unregulated, as AV is less likely to be pulled out, since the number of guns on each side needs to be high in order to win gun engagements. So then... how do I apply all of that to this thread, which is about a possible respec? Easy.. here is why I feel there should be a full respec of the first the trees (Dropsuit Command, Dropsuit Upgrades, and Weapons):
1) Due to the addition of new suits and the massive changes going into all of them, Dropsuit command will be a completely different environment, meaning that the old skill points spent are worthless. The main reason why, is the new addition of 5 suits, as well as changing each logi radically, as well as changing the roles and abilities of each assault makes old choices worthless.
2) Due to the radical changes in the logi suits, the addition of the new scouts, and the changes made to the heavies, Dropsuit Upgrades should be respec'ed. Old choices will no longer apply in the new environment... if you are a Caldari Logi by nature, there might not be a need for Repair Tools; if you were a minmatar logi, what good is maintaining the hacking bonus? If you were once a scout because the idea of playing an Amarr heavy was to much for you, why would you need prototype kin-cats on your Gallente heavy? Amongst other things, I think Dropsuit Command and Dropsuit Upgrades should always be a hand-and-hand respec, as the requirements of each suit is now completely different than what they were.
3) Since each weapon is getting a damage decrease AND their proficiency changed to reflect each weapons strengths (i.e. Scrambler will have proficiency vs shields, combat/rail/assault rifles will have proficiency vs armor, etc.), the necessity in altering your play style to fit something you didn't INITIALLY sign up for will only affect the way one plays and their ability to enjoy this game. Even small changes like this will drastically alter the usage of weapons and what you'll see on the battlefield... but the discussion should be stopped at the fact that they are altering the way each individual weapon now performs... this is, in no-uncertain terms, a direct qualification for a respect.
Stop abusing the foot soldiers and at least through them a bone with some meat on it if you desire for them to continue to eat their dinner from the floor.
TL:DR
1) Dropsuits are being changed across the board and therefore require a Command respec
2) In order to keep the playing ground fair for those shy of massive SP, Dropsuit Upgrades should be respecced to allow tailoring towards the way the new dropsuits will play out
3) Since each weapon has received a massive nerf, as well as a play style change due to the alteration of proficiency, the weapons should be respeced too.
As the archeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end
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demens grimwulff
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.18 21:30:00 -
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Klash 816 wrote:Um... Are you guys really making multiple accounts just to make it seem like your biased is sheared by others? Or are you just some lowly scrub who only just now started posting on the forums because you heard that there were unicorns here?
Who are you...? I think you need a course in forum etiquette as this is not the war room.
As the archeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end
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