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Nothing Certain wrote:

LAVALLOIS Nash wrote:

This whole thread is kind of a joke.

"We are doing this for fun"

"We just want to help build the community".

Yeah locking down one of the 3 modes on Dust so that you can pad your wallets is clearly someone out to have fun and build the community.

Im going to go with what someone else said; You guys locked down the competitive mode of Dust, and now your tryhards are sitting idle or getting the corp name hated on in Pubs. So this way you can keep them active, while pretending that you are doing everyone else a favor.

You guys get your intense PC style gameplay with no risks to your cash cow. Everyone else gets the slim chance of a payout that might cover their suit losses. Might.

its a perfect deal for AE; They get all the gameplay they want with none of the risks, and their competitors get all of the risk with none of the reward.

Pubs were meant to be a playground, FW semi- competitive and PC the competition mode, now the corps. broke PC, takeover FW and use pubs to pad their kdr and pubstomp. This doesn't seem like it's for the good of the game to me.


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Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1387	Posted - 2014.04.04 05:27:00 - [1] - Quote This event was setup not only to keep this game interesting and competitive but also to push 'team deploy' as something that CCP should be working on for FW. If we can get the community behind this, we would like for everyone outside of DNS to lend their voices to call for team deploy in FW. - PC is an ISK investment for some corps - PC has no 'instant gratification' since it can take a day or two for your battle to start - PC is subject to timers By having team deploy in FW, people can have fun going against each other anytime they wish and makes it a viable alternative to simple pub matches. AE feels that this is something that will help the game while CCP fixes PC and we think this event might help to gain some interest in it. Also, this will help newer corps to train their FCs, gain experience in PC-like situations, and have some fun. We are hoping that this will go beyond just AE or DNS and other corps will start q-syncing with each other once they realize it can be alot of fun and a good way to solidify corp cohesiveness. Canari Elphus for CPM1
Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1390	Posted - 2014.04.04 15:54:00 - [2] - Quote Meknow Intaki wrote: Ancient Exiles Corporation is pleased to announce that on Saturday, April the 5th we will be hosting the first of what we hope are many events that give back to the Dust 514 Community... Haha & lol AE giving back to the community... =ƒÿò AE don't give a shat about the "community" AE cares about the future of the game. Why stay in a game if there is nobody left to play? This isnt some all benevolent system. It is about helping to form more competitive groups by incentivizing them to organize teams. This is about giving an opportunity to play in PC-like conditions with the same rewards and none of the initial cost. It isnt New Eden welfare. Canari Elphus for CPM1
Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1392	Posted - 2014.04.05 04:42:00 - [3] - Quote In the end, those that see this as a way to get some fun competitive games in will play. Those that either want a handout or just want to complain will not. AE could simply queue sync without telling anyone or offering rewards but thats not whats happening. To those complaining about PC, I will say the same thing that I have in other threads. Blaming players for not doing CCP's job for them is absurd. If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at those that decided it was a good idea to rush out PC so that this game could 'launch' last May. Its not exactly like this is the first time that this has happened and it wont be the last if the mechanics dont change. Many of AE have invested heavily into this game whether it be time or money. The last thing that we want is to see it die but CCP has to be held accountable for the product that they put out. Canari Elphus for CPM1
Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1393	Posted - 2014.04.05 14:44:00 - [4] - Quote Nothing Certain wrote: LAVALLOIS Nash wrote: This whole thread is kind of a joke. "We are doing this for fun" "We just want to help build the community". Yeah locking down one of the 3 modes on Dust so that you can pad your wallets is clearly someone out to have fun and build the community. Im going to go with what someone else said; You guys locked down the competitive mode of Dust, and now your tryhards are sitting idle or getting the corp name hated on in Pubs. So this way you can keep them active, while pretending that you are doing everyone else a favor. You guys get your intense PC style gameplay with no risks to your cash cow. Everyone else gets the slim chance of a payout that might cover their suit losses. Might. its a perfect deal for AE; They get all the gameplay they want with none of the risks, and their competitors get all of the risk with none of the reward. Pubs were meant to be a playground, FW semi- competitive and PC the competition mode, now the corps. broke PC, takeover FW and use pubs to pad their kdr and pubstomp. This doesn't seem like it's for the good of the game to me. Which is exactly why AE is doing this. Pub matches against new players in militia or basic can get old quite quickly. The payout that is offered is to encourage opponents to use their high end gear in the matches. The format of this is to resemble the payouts offered for winning a PC battle and nothing more or less. This is not about paying people to play AE members. Again, you can choose to see this as a fun thing where you can gain experience for you corp members and FCs with only the cost of the equipment you use (and the chance of getting a payout) or you can sit on the forums and try to find the bad in everything. Auris Lionesse wrote: That'd be interesting if it didn't mean I'd have to play for the disgusting little rust dwellers. AE is not commited to any particular faction for this. If players want to play for a specific faction, just let us know and we would be glad to pick the opposing one. Canari Elphus for CPM1
Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1393	Posted - 2014.04.05 16:27:00 - [5] - Quote Kira Takizawa wrote: Canari Elphus wrote: This event was setup not only to keep this game interesting and competitive but also to push 'team deploy' as something that CCP should be working on for FW. If we can get the community behind this, we would like for everyone outside of DNS to lend their voices to call for team deploy in FW. - PC is an ISK investment for some corps - PC has no 'instant gratification' since it can take a day or two for your battle to start - PC is subject to timers By having team deploy in FW, people can have fun going against each other anytime they wish and makes it a viable alternative to simple pub matches. AE feels that this is something that will help the game while CCP fixes PC and we think this event might help to gain some interest in it. Also, this will help newer corps to train their FCs, gain experience in PC-like situations, and have some fun. We are hoping that this will go beyond just AE or DNS and other corps will start q-syncing with each other once they realize it can be alot of fun and a good way to solidify corp cohesiveness. Lies and you know it.. Care to explain why or is this just another complaint without basis? Situation as it is - AE and DNS are not going away. They will be in pubs and fw regardless - PC is going to be stagnant until CCP makes some radical changes (hopefully coming with next named build) - Aside from the scenario proposed, you would receive the same meager payouts for pub/fw matches - Without PC, you will see more corps queue syncing in FW anyway This isnt just supposed to be AE either. We fully encourage all corps to set up queue syncs against others in FW. All we are doing is trying to get the ball rolling by offering an incentive to put your teams together. Either take the initiative and try to have some fun or sit there and complain. The choice is yours. Canari Elphus for CPM1
Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1394	Posted - 2014.04.05 17:50:00 - [6] - Quote SteelDark Knight wrote: HowDidThatTaste wrote: I personally will be giving a million isk to the merc I was most impressed with per match. Win or loose. Great idea. I was thinking to do somethings along the same lines. I will go in on this for the matches that Im involved with. It will not be for the most kills or most wp. The merc will be evaluated based upon their contribution for the other team. - Pushing objectives - Hacking points - General tenacity Generally, the bigger of a pain in the azz you are, the better chance of getting the bonus isk. Canari Elphus for CPM1
Canari Elphus Dirt Nap Squad. 1398	Posted - 2014.04.05 20:04:00 - [7] - Quote Aero Yassavi wrote: True Adamance wrote: Damn I'll be working with you probably in another 16 Man Q-Sync elsewhere......I look forward to it. I'm a little concerned actually with how this may interfere with PIE Ground Control q-syncing. If AE is trying to sync 16 people in a match at the same time we are, then odds are we'll mix and match squads and then squads will probably pull out because they are not with the players they wanted. CCP needs to hurry up and give us team deploy already. Couldnt agree with you more Canari Elphus for CPM1