Michael Arck wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:Michael Arck wrote:Jungian wrote:Soft players cant handle a challenge. New Eden is not for soft ppl. EVE Online made sure of this. DUST is simply doing the same thing. Let it go for 10 years then come back ^
^Harsh as Jung's post might sound, its sadly true. It seems that console players carry a different mindset than PC players. Console players seem to feel entitled most of the time. If the game beats them, they are upset and form petitions.
The player has to want to come to New Eden. Enticing folks into the New Eden's universe only for them to get their asses handed to them is going to turn plenty bitter towards this game
It's not about being beat, it's about there being no point to the game.
Basically the point is to get your ass handed to you because you are statistically inferior to your opponent until you achieve a state where you are now statistically superior to yet another batch of new players entering the meat grinder.
It doesn't make for very compelling gameplay.
Honestly, what are you talking about? I understand it but it doesn't make sense to me because that argument can be used in every FPS title that is out there that you haven't played since day one of its release.
Hardly, most FPS titles with progression systems have matchmaking that tries to keep you in somewhat even matches, and plenty of FPS games have more competitive modes where everyone is evenly matched, statistically speaking.
DUST puts you at the bottom of the barrel with no SP and crap gear and immediately pits you against organized groups of players with millions of SP, top end gear, and usually over a years worth of experience.
There is no breathing room, no room for player growth. For every 10 players we get we may retain 1 masochist who somehow still sees DUSTs potential through all the crap and fights on through. Until we have a place for vets to go and stop giving incentives for them to stomp all over noobs, NPE will just be a pipe dream.
It's one thing for a player to choose to be roflstomped right out the gate, it's another thing entirely to force it upon them without giving them any say in the matter.