sounds like CoD to me.

Weapon rigging = yes, much please.
However, IMO weapon tiers can stay- it allows you to choose how much of your fitting resources to allocate to pure offense vs utility/defense in the form of modules.

I'll leave this here and go pop some popcorn.


teamwork > gear. every day of the week.

I'm still not convinced..... why would I ever want to run Proto if my "side ways skills" let me do everything and more on a suit of lesser value?

You can't just dismiss it without providing some reasoning. Your statement in isolation makes no sense.

But then my suit would look the same as everyone elses.... (that is literally my only gripe with tiercide).

Ok, I can tell my argument is failing. You guys have successfully countered almost all of my points. But there is one point I stand by, and it is that reason alone that I believe we should ditch the concept of tiercide.

That feeling of progression is what keeps players in this game. That feeling when you unlock a new weapon and you feel like you can take on the world. That feeling of when you level a suit up from level 2 to level 3, and all of a sudden your options and power increase dramatically. That feeling know you can now equip more modules, and that you are now closer to the vets who's shadows have been cast upon you for so long. That feeling is what keeps this game interesting and alive.

You cannot tell me that getting a 5% bonus to something decent is more exciting than getting that 5% bonus as well as 1 or 2 more modules, maybe even an equipment. Everyone knows it is pretty boring when you unlock an advanced module, because it is only providing a small benefit and your suit isn't really changing.

But it is that feeling of advancement, that sensation of going from standard to advanced, and advanced to prototype, that really make the game not only interesting, but unique.

I know most of my previous arguments didn't make much sense, in fact looking back they don't make much sense to me either. But if you are going to deny that tiercide is going to take a lot of the fun out of this game, then you should go watch paint dry or something, because to people like you anything that should be entertaining too.

Thank you for your time, and thanks for an interesting argument, but this is my closing point.

Sincerely, Glanitx / Snow

["It removes variety and content"]
Tiers are not true variety and content, they're just better versions of the same thing, fulfilling the same roles.

["But I find the feeling of progression fun"]
I am only proposing tiercide for dropsuits. Not modules, not for weapons, and not for equipment; you will still have that feeling of progression for those. While I understand the feeling of progression is addicting, progression can be far too much for a healthy game.
Excessive dropsuit tiers consistently kill more fun in actual gameplay than it provides because it contributes to boring stale one-sided predictable battles.
Dropsuits would still be horizontal dropsuit progression; unlocking more options like specializations that aren't upgrades, but sidegrades.