BattleCry1791
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Posted - 2014.02.26 15:42:00 -
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Hey Rinzler, nice post
A couple of things regarding this thread.
1) Yes, it's the Dropsuits that we need the respec for. I'll meet you half way CCP. You want us to not spec out of weapons to punish the FOTM crowd after 1.7. That's cool. But you are going to invalidate my playstyle on my main account with this patch. I spec'd into min logi for the hack speed. I run solo a lot, so I carry scanners, drop links, and hives. But thanks to your changes to the suits, the min logi suit does nothing for me. And that's not the only instance. There's all kinds of players out there that are going to experience this problem.
If I had known you were changing the racial bonuses, then I would have made a different choice. But you didn't tell me and the rest of the player base did you? This isn't a "tweak" or a "minor change", you're making massive wide sweeping changes to the game. Which you'll likely screw up based on historical evidence. Which leads me to my next point.
2) To the rest of the community...yes, we have massive problems with hit detection, frames, getting stuck on 3 inch protrusions from the ground...there are core game mechanics that are simply broken (like minute side strafing). But I offer this;
We still won't have all the content after this patch. Pilot and tanker dropsuits, installations, other heavy guns, the remaining racial vehicles...there;s a lot left. You all know, just as well as I do, that every time they release new material they're going to screw something up. So why slowly remove the band-aid. Let's just rip it off. GIVE US EVERYTHING CCP. It doesn't matter how broken it is, because by breaking it off piecemeal you keep hosing the balance to the game. So let's just get everything out there.
THEN you fully respec. Go 60 days (and during this phase you create a WP based matchmaking system). Do ninja tweaks, then comes the BIG.FAT.PATCH (Sin City anyone?), one last respec and then it's off to mechanics now that all the content is out. Then it's off to PVE land and a player market. By Christmas you have a fully released game.
It would take a total of 4 or 5 months to do this if you put your nose to the grindstone. With the current pace it will be over a year.
However, I know this won't happen. Why? Because it's the best way to go. Go ahead and ignore me and those that follow the same gaming philosophy that I do. Zipper did this quite well. Anything that we ever supported...they went running and screaming from in the opposite direction as fast as they could. Go ahead and hold your breath for that MAG 2 release date. Will never happen unless I win the lottery.
I don't make my assertions based on my personal wants or needs, never, have, I just want what's best for the playerbase. What's best for the playerbase is what's best for the game. Best for the playerbase is what's best for the game because it means more players. More players means MOAR AURUM. Got that CCP? You want to get the cash flow going, you respec this time round. You rip off the band aid, and it will happen. Go at this half-assed like you have been and you will not grow.
They'd ban me, but I'm too funny and more importantly, I'm right.
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