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Fox Gaden
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Posted - 2014.06.02 12:33:00 -
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Obscured amongst the rage and vitriol of Takahashi KashukenGÇÖs recent posts I found a concern that he expressed which I feel warrants further discussion.
CPM1 candidates, what is your experience with, or understanding of, vehicles and the issues which are important to the tankers and pilots of DUST 514?
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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Fox Gaden
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Posted - 2014.06.02 16:09:00 -
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Let me put more context on the question. Imagine you are sitting in a boardroom in Shanghai talking to CCP and the issue of vehicle balance and the role of HAVGÇÖs comes up. Who among the CPM 1 candidates would be able to give an quick explanation to their colleagues on the TankerGÇÖs perspective, to lay a foundation for further discussion.
An example of this type of situation happened recently in the Biomass Podcast (I think it was Episode 4) were they wanted to discuss Scouts, and Mossellia Delt, who was a guest that week, was able to give a clear explanation of the ScoutGÇÖs perspective, which layed the foundation for the rest of the discussion.
On outstanding issues you will have time to go consult with experts in the community, but not while in the middle of a conversations with CCP. If there is a role that is not represented on the CPM in some capacity, one of CCPGÇÖs bad ideas might gain too much traction before the folly in it is realized.
If we find that none of the leading CPM candidates have a solid familiarity with vehicles, then there is still time for someone to attempt to address that gap. I recently took on this challenge myself. I had long participated in vehicle balance discussions as the author of the Swarm Launcher guide, but I was not sure that I was striking the right balance only having experience with one half of the debate. So I created a HAV alt, and then also skilled my second main into HAVGÇÖs. I spent about a month learning and specializing in HAVGÇÖs (cost me 15 million ISK), and playing with other tanking specialist. Eventually wrote a guide on Rail Tanks. While I donGÇÖt understand the history of HAVGÇÖs in DUST as well as the long time Tankers, I at least can speak from first hand experience when it comes to current vehicle balance.
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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Fox Gaden
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Posted - 2014.06.02 17:16:00 -
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Thanks Pokey. I am sure the vehicle specialist out there will a glad to know there is someone running with your depth on knowledge on the vehicle front.
Pokey Dravon wrote:I'm still getting the hang of flying, I don't know how some of those pilots manage
Yeah, my respect for Dust Fiend went up 3 notches when I tried flying Assault Dropships myself. 
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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Fox Gaden
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Posted - 2014.06.03 15:25:00 -
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Good, it looks like there is likely to be both HAV and Dropship experience among the representatives on the Council.
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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