CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.03.18 17:16:00 -
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Wow....
At a time when I wanted a break from my flying-based games because this game professed to be a GROUND game, ...but then inticed me with this aerial bus called a Dropship, I knew I was going to be challenged...
Then when the ranges of all hand weapons was altered from a "Dead-zero-effect-beyond-max-range" to a "gradual-hit-reduction-beyond-max-range", I knew players were going to fued a bit about that.
Then the bold decision to introduce the New-Eden dropsuit-technology Aim Assist, as intentionaly different from any aim-bot/aim assist we've ever had on an FPS.... I KNEW that would blow players' minds and make enemies.... I LIKED the Dust Aim-Assist.
I DIDN'T like (...I still don't like) the "Waves Of Opportunity" concept that robbed both my logi-vehicles (for the time being) and scrambled nearly all my vehicle modules into a new box of tools I had to re-educate myself on how to use effectively in a match. ...But hey, you're willing to stick with this game for its Scary, Innovative, experiments...so dive into it like a Marine, improvise, adapt, overcome.
But "CLOAKING" has always been a toy I despise. I think ever since the Romulans used it against Captain Kirk, kids (face it, gamers are kids too, inside) have always wanted a "Cloaking Device" in ever confounded game....YUCK. Like the "personal teleport device", it's seldom a 'team' tool (has anyone ever really lead an invisible squad into a cloaked organized raid in any of those games?? )....
So a "cloaked player" tends to end up being just a nuissance guerilla guy who seldom "won" the match in those other games...he just "delays" you from a prompt and timely victory.
The same way many (not all) players exploited "sniper" as a way to make up for feeling inadequate if they try to fight down in the middle of town... I sense behind the words in the posts that MANY players will be just using cloaks for the same ole purpose and create the same odly nuissance. Not a tactical threat to winning a match.... just an itchy rash irritation like, "Jeez, not Cloak-Boy again---which null is he hacking this time? Can someone please pay him 5000 ISK to make him give up and go away!"
If you players WANT it so badly, then I genuinely HOPE Dust can introduce "cloak equipment" and make it work better than has ever been accomplished in other games. CCP is right that information obtaining and denial is a vital playing tool yet to be fully developed in Dust.
But they may also find out how CONTROVERSIAL cloaking may be on March 25th. In my heart though, cloaking is always going to near IMPOSSIBLE to sell to me as a "needed" game component.  |