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Posted - 2014.06.11 01:35:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:This is sure to be a flammable topic.
Here are a few of our reasons:
1) There is no Vehicle free mode - "Normal" TDM that most fps players are used to in other games
2) Public Ambush is farmed relentlessly by high level vehicle users
3) Many of our maps are simply not optimal for joint infantry - vehicle gameplay
4) Objective-based gameplay breeds more tactical gameplay, making it more likely that vehicles are used to capture and defend Objectives, while it is also more likely that infantry is able to counter vehicles with their own AV weapons.
Please discuss and keep it civil, I am sure there will be a few disappointed vehicle users but we believe this is better for DUST 514 overall.
In order;
- Proper Vehicle and AV balance would negate the need for such a thing. There are limited game modes and telling an entire segment of the player base (those who dedicated themselves to vehicles, and those who are dedicated AV) that their SP isn't allowed to count within an entire play style seems sub-optimal as far as resolutions go.
- This is partly due to the way rewards work, once cap is reached ambush becomes the most effective way to grind. This combined with the AV vs Vehicle disparities results in the noted trend. In short it's a symptom with other and deeper roots.
- This is true and, the first more directly compelling reason to consider such a change. The prior two reasons have other and better solutions.
- This is also true, and frankly problematic in that ambush is the most rewarded game play mode (when considering que time et al) for grinding post cap. There are reasons for this of course, but having one mode be the primary source of 'income' once cap is reached and having that mode be the least tactical game mode is, to be blunt, sub-optimal.
If this is a temporary band aid while other more meaningful fixes are implemented then it seems quite legitimate.
If however this is meant as the final solution is trikes me as lacking in several meaningful ways.
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