Azri Sarum
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Posted - 2014.04.28 17:58:00 -
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Obodiah Garro wrote:tiercide i feel is pointless for dust atm, there isnt enough variety with dropsuits, also there is also 1 dropsuit per class.
Dust needs more role bonuses to make different dropsuits substantially more different from each other, tiercide would only truly work if we had say 4 different galente assault suits to choose from and 1 was obviously superior to the other 3.
Gallente assault G-I, G/1-Series, gk.0. Thats 3 different gallente assault suits to choose from, where 1 is obviously superior to the other 2 (ignoring aurum suits).
After tiericide you just buy a gallente assault suit and then the difference between new players and vets is their respective skill levels and what they can fit. One of the benefits of tiericide is that it reduces the gap between new and old players, we don't need more skills widening that gap.
EVE - Victor Maximus
DUST - Azri Sarum
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Azri Sarum
BurgezzE.T.F
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.04.28 21:38:00 -
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ishtellian wrote:Just to clarify, Tiercide, an example would be Amarr and Gallente logistics ships in Eve, they both rep armor and support a fleet, but Guardians ( Amarr ) are better for logi chains, and Oneiros ( Gallente ) is better at solo work. They both do the same job, but do it differently fitting more playstyles. is that kinda what Tiercide is?
another example, in Eve the Gallente Assault frigates, Enyo utilizes guns, whereas Ishkur utilizes drones. Is that kinda what Tiercide is?
Kind of, let me try and clarify.
The easiest way to think about tiericide it to look at a specific faction. Lets say that before tiericide there were 5 Amarr frigates whose power relative to each other looked like this:
A > B > C > D > E
This mirrors DUST's suit progression where pro > adv > std > mlt.
After tiericide you had 5 different frigates that were all on the same power level but did things differently. One focused on close range brawling, another on longer range kiting, one switched away from lasers and uses drones as its weapon system, one does logistics, and the last focuses on scanning, etc.
They are all still amarr frigates, but each one has a unique flavor, without being clearly better than another.
Thats what tiericide is about. MORE variety, with a smaller power gap for new players to have to overcome.
EVE - Victor Maximus
DUST - Azri Sarum
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