Arkena Wyrnspire
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Posted - 2014.05.14 10:14:00 -
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Quote:You will have different contracts offered to you depending on your Dropsuit Meta Level. Basically, if you have 3 fittings with a 120, 200 and 350 Metalevel, you will have access to 3 different brackets where people will have the same Metalevel range as you. So, no Dropsuit will be obsolete. You will have access to non-match made battles, so basically you can pick any Dropsuit you want.
So thereGÇÖll be matches with matchmaking based on metalevel for three tiers, and matches without any matchmaking?
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Again, the nature of Legion is to work against Gear obsolescence, so your old gear will still have an interest for you after unlocking the GÇ£nextGÇ¥ Dropsuit in your tree. You donGÇÖt have to move in a linear way (ie, by going directly to the next Dropsuit). We will offer you many side choices that will make you more efficient or have more fitting choices with your current Dropsuit.
Are those GÇÿside choicesGÇÖ actually upgrades, resulting in an increased meta level potentially pushing you over into the next meta level bracket?
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We will offer a Respec Option (which does not exist in DUST 514). More information will come down the line as the projectGÇÖs development progresses.
While a respec option is a very popular feature I donGÇÖt think it should be a simple as GÇÿpush button, receive respecGÇÖ. I know you havenGÇÖt given us much information here but just in case you are considering a full respec option IGÇÖd like to caution against it. With a full respec option, I am concerned that the meta might become very unhealthy.
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I donGÇÖt necessarily agree with the EVE example, it remains a really difficult progression system to understand. Legion is not and will not be EVE, even if both games share the same universe. We have many reasons justifying that choice: we are not the same business model (subscription vs free to play), we are not talking to the same target audience (hardcore MMO players vs Online FPS Players). That isnGÇÖt to say that their progression system isnGÇÖt great and applicable to EVE GÇô only that it does not necessarily fit the game we want Project Legion to become.
I think that the new system will allow both: accessibility for new users to understand, while keeping the high level complexity of mix-matching modules, weapons and Dropsuits.
I actually think this is a good viewpoint to have. The EVE style progression system isn't just difficult to understand, but it was initially shoehorned into the DUST skill system giving us a lot of useless skills like Dropsuit Command 4/5.
One strength of the new system I hope is that there won't be any of those rubbish skills.
However, I have a few more concerns.
1. Will there be ways of improving weapons that you really invest into that aren't just item based, a la proficiency, ammo expansion, etc?
2. If there are, will they still be five level affairs?
3. One feature of the skill trees is that it seems to only allow you to unlock certain weapons going down the skill trees of certain roles, even if once unlocked that role can use them. Do you still think that's healthy?
4. You mentioned that the skill progression will become more difficult to get through. How will you ensure that it doesn't become a grindfest?
You have long since made your choice. What you make now is a mistake.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.05.15 09:20:00 -
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Ulysses Knapse wrote:Honestly, is this the time of day that all the CCP apologists come out?
Ulysses, you are repeatedly refusing to debate entirely rational points by bitching about the people disagreeing with you and evading their points as much as you can.
If you are not ready to discuss this in a civil fashion, you should get out of this thread.
You have long since made your choice. What you make now is a mistake.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
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Posted - 2014.05.16 21:28:00 -
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[quote=CCP Logibro]
The current default Assault has two light weapons. Commandos haven't really been worked on yet, but if they stick around it's likely they'll have a new role.[/quote
This is excellent.
This means four well defined classes, each with a reason to pick them depending on what you want. They all have their own neat feature.
I love it. Bravo!
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