Strange video.

Pyrex getting angry about people protostomping; yet how many times has he protostomped and followed the FOTM train? You think people like that "need to go". Umm, in that case...

Getting angry about people driving their own (very) subjective agenda to benefit their own little part of the game? Pyrex, you have a whole youtube channel dedicated to your own subjective point-of-view.

I like your videos, but they are filled with contradictions.

I agree with pyrex ccp needs to help new players give them game modes that have a tier limit on gear and a no vehicles mode. However pyrex and his buddys like to run tanks together so he is adding to the problem.

His point is that this goes beyond just running what you can or want and not having a problem with getting placed against like geared players. He is talking about an underlying mentality of groups of players that are fueling a larger mechanic, a more comprehensive practice of funding easy, one sided game play and locking out competition through exploits in bad game design.

This goes further than mere tank spam or protosuits just trashing the place for a good time. This is about people with a deliberately planned agenda to group and exploit the game, through PC, just because it can be done.

Edit:
this definetly needs to happen ccp!

http://youtu.be/TO015hwROBg











Original post follows:
- We Are Killing This Game Part 1 -

EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS

Even you ccp if u haven't already.

http://youtu.be/0_FbkCYDwW0

If u don't agree then something is wrong with you

I just want my forge gun to not misfire :(

This would only work if we had a bigger player base, but no. We have to have STD,ADV, PROTO matches.

If CCP doesn't do something we won't have any player base

And this would work....
Anyone that couldn't find a match based upon his sp total would be thrown into the next closest match available

This could work and needs to be considered.....maybe with different numbers (I'm not the best at the math) but there needs to be a sliding scale like this ....

Restricting gear is not the answer.

With the squads I run, proto or not, the results would be exactly the same.

It's like Global Warming..... Too late to do anything about it, time to evolve gills like Kevin Costner otherwise you're screwed!

Yes its exactly like Global Warming, and just like with Global Warming if we stop being all Republican about it and say HTFU and grow gills we've got profits to make, then maybe we can save the ecosystem (Dust514) and thus save ourselves (have a better, growing game to play)

I know, I know how pinko liberal of me

I just want my forge gun to not misfire :(

You're right Reg, its not about restricting gear, its about not making it worth it for Beta vets with 30+ million SP to be in the same matches as folks with less than 10 much less brand new players.

Segregate "security sectors" by SP and have SP and ISK payouts scale within those sectors according to SP if you don't want to outright disallow higher leveled characters from entering those battles.

I have a few issues with this:

1.) What do you do with the minority upper SP class (45+ million). Do play against each other all day and at this point become completely isolated from the community.

2.) I am not a fan of the wait times this tier system would inspire. It just seems a bit disheartening for making a consumer wait longer, because he has been more loyal to the game (Even if its for the good of the game).

Anyways, if you do wanna have a PVP buffer zone for new players then reduce ambush to its most basic FPS form:

Solo, Gear restrictions, and No vehicles

Build upon that, and allow the further gamemodes to grow the player in both SP and squad play.

I don't know if you have ever played Eve Online, but I will assume you at least know some things about New Eden in my post...

Matchmaking by gear goes against New Eden's harsh environment and design philosophy. In Eve you can fit any ship with nearly anything (PG/CPU and slots permitting) and fly it out into the cold, lawless expanses of space. Someone can then come along in a properly fitted ship and blap you right out of the sky.

You learn lessons, you fit your ships better, you prioritize your targets better. You get better at Eve Online.

If CCP forces players into matches with similarly-geared players then they are preventing us from having agency in New Eden.

I say allow players to run full prototype fits against my MIL/STD fittings. Let squads of six run PRO gear 24/7. As one of my corpmates put it, "This is the wild ******* west son!"

To those that argue that protostomping needs to stomp to keep new players: you are wrong. Sorry, but you are. What we need is a robust new player experience. Tutorials, PvE, MIL variants of everything, free fittings appropriate to your chosen race. The works. This will educate the new players and give them a fighting chance so that when they face a squad of protobears they can put up a decent fight.

Call him a hypocrite if you want, but Pyrex is dead on right in this video.