God Hates Lags
The Last of DusT.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.06.02 02:35:00 -
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This is a great idea, but I have some concerns. Dust514, which I presume Legion will be at least something like given that its using all of its code, is a team based game. Perhaps one of the most team oriented games on the market. Given this the introduction of a free for all mode will be challenging for a number of reasons.
1. Vehicles already need at least two people working in coordination to take them down. Using an AV weapon in a free for all mode will make you ripe for ganking, so no one will use them. This means that Vehicles will reign supreme unless they are specifically forbidden in this gamemode.
2. Even with that, dedicated Logis will be essentially left out of this gamemode as they will be useless. CCP has stated that it wants to favor increased specialization with its new progression system and developing an entire gamemode that excludes a large number of roles is not a good idea.
3. Heavies too will be at a disadvantage in a speed-based race against the clock gamemode. I can see them still being used sparingly depending on map size but overall they will probably take a backseat as well.
This leaves scouts and assaults as viable options in this gamemode assuming vehicles are prohibited. Of these two, even if assaults as significantly buffed from where they are now, I see scouts as the true champions of this gamemode because of their speed and their ability to cloak, which allows them to avoid engagements other classes would be forced into. While the others are fighting scouts could safely sneak past them and get the goods or easily stealth kill the survivors of other engagements.
This gamemode, as I see it now, is much too limiting in terms of which classes would dominate it. You need to find a way to make every role competitive.
As a side note, while free-for-all is good, I would also love to see a team based salvage gamemode, even one where eve pilots can orbital and also scan down the planet for enemies, being attacked of course, periodically by NPCs in league with the drones.
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