Exodeon Salviej
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2014.04.16 20:02:00 -
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(Disclaimer: This is merely an example, I'm not entirely sure if CCP actually uses this method. It's just an idea.)
-Scratches the back of my head.- Hmm, the most I can see out of this is that each update, there's a tug-o-war between all things nerfed, and buffed. Yes, it gets pulled in different directions, but no matter the direction, the result is always the same.
Then people come onto the forums, they whine, and complain. And they get angry at CCP because they can't work at an inhuman pace.
What most people lack here; The understanding that balancing takes A LOT of work, and a helluva lot more insight than just simply doing something, and saying, "This works." I'll give you an example: How do you think all of the factors in this game are balanced weapon-wise? The Combat Rifle does this much damage, the Rail Rifle does this much damage. -Points at the Plasma Rifle- This is probably the reason why things are st as they are. The first gun released, or rather, something considered to be the BASE Statistic. For different sections, there's a different base sstatistic to work off of. Dropsuits? Assault Suits. Weapons? Plasma Rifle. Equipment? I beleive to be nanohives, or nanite injectors.
See what I'm getting at here? Good, because I don't. At least, I didn't AT FIRST while I was typing this. Either way, there's always a medium that's supposed to be a set thing for all feilds in order to balance it, and/or create more. But, something I noticed, if these bases are EVEN the actual bases, and the ACTUAL method that CCP uses, then it seems that all, or most, of the base statistics are hereby so outdated, that they've fallen behind the current flow of things.
Well, that's the example. Either way, as I see it, you can't just simply trot around here saying, "Do this, do that!" There's some serious mathworking in the background, and nobody knows the equation better than the people who are MAKING it. CPM offers advice through the means of massive feild testing. CCP gets their information through minimal feild testing, and creating things. Saying "nerf this, buff that" is crap, and isn't much help. If you tell them to nerf something without considering the method they use for their balancing, then you're telling them to screw their game up at the expense of your own shortsightedness. You're jumping on it like you know it, like you OWN it, like you CREATED it yourself, and you're just making a fool out of yourself because really...YOU ******* DON'T. CPM is supposed to be the forefront of the community, they offer advice, and feedback in a condensed form to the devs. They can't be telling them to nerf, or buff ANYTHING because they don't know the key factors. And of course, CCP can't tell them these things because well...hell, that would mean they'd have to hire them, and pay them.
-Sighs.- It's just really...to me, it's a Flustercuck of misinformation, and lacking of understanding. Just blah, blah, blah...I could say tons of stuff in this post, but it really just bores everyone, and no one would bother reading this entire thing anyways.
Your face is something to shoot, so I will shoot. Don't be offended, I do it to everyone.
Commandoooo punch! >:D
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