Marisa Ivanova
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.05.07 23:54:00 -
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I will begin firstly to say that I am a 20 mil SP vet. Today I created a brand new account, a newbie account in order to see what it is like to be a newbie again, to be on the receiving end.
I was surprised. For New Players, new players go through an extremely short training program, so short, in fact, that it lasted only one battle. To top it off everything is so largely confusing. Instead of BIG, FAT arrows pointing where to click and what to do in one's Merc Quarters, there was only a subtle reminder in the bottom left corner, "Make your first working fitting" or something of the sort.
At least for me, that one battle, however, was the most enjoyable experience I've EVER had in all of my time playing DUST, and here's simply why:
- Everyone was on a fair playing field (except for me and one guy on the enemy team, he clearly knew what the heck he was doing) and even still it was by far THE MOST BALANCED GAME I've EVER played in my life.
- Time to kill was exceptionally short and brief. Since eHP levels were all relatively low (and no one thought of using militia heavy frames or tanks, how genius) it actually required teamwork to get past a well fortified point. Which of course often did not happen because the blueberries just didn't get the clue--and I didn't expect them to. I was a vet, they were newbies.
- I actually could feel like a bad*** for once in my life, running around the map that I know like the back of my hand, sneaking up and eradicating enemies with skill and precision. Sure, I died a few times but hey, things happen.
This brings me back--the Beta days were my favorite. Everything was practically all sniper fire or straight up assault. In between you'd see little medics scurrying back and forth with a submachine gun and a nanite injector, and that was that. People actually PTFO, and there was not a single sight of tanks or any such. Well, there were one or two but most could be taken care of by infantry.
The only thing I disliked was that tanks WERE a bit too squishy--a single person armed with AV grenades could eradicate the owners of the tank within seconds, and a nanohive, perhaps.
Everyone knows a single bazooka should not be able to blow a tank up, unless, of course, it is a light tank.
Thoughts? What do you miss about Beta days you Beta players? As for new players what are yours? |