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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 15:29:00 -
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Wait a minute
So they will be implementing respecs for AUR?
There's a good part and a bad part to that.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 15:50:00 -
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But wouldnt the respecs bring cause to unnecessary but necessary nerf due to increased usage activity of an items, which creates a kaleidoscope of variance that impacts the landscape of Dust? FOTM chasing is a strong issue here. Or is it that no one longer cares and we are just allowing anything like its the hostile world of Mad Max?
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 16:03:00 -
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There is no such thing as true balance. It cannot be achieved because few are good with a controller and majority are not. If a player masters his weapon loadout, then he is penalized for "true balance" which basically means, "you're too good at what you do and we must nerf the loadout to compensate for others" Yet this is the conundrum. Once he moves on to something else, the nerf bat will swing again.
So we should do away with saying "true balance" or "perfect balance". Dust 514 stalled in growth because of many reasons, one being the hunt for "true balance". It simply cannot be obtained unless we're implementing microchips into Dust players brains to keep them at even keel. Alas, we are caught in a whirlwind of nerfs and buffs.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 16:05:00 -
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Spkr4theDead wrote:Michael Arck wrote:Wait a minute
So they will be implementing respecs for AUR?
There's a good part and a bad part to that. You're only just now realizing that? It was in the 1.9 dev blog. A lot of people were commenting about it on the 1.9 thread as well.
Yes Im only realizing it. I havent been on the forums for quite a while. I just heard a 1.9 is coming.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 16:09:00 -
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Soraya Xel wrote:Michael, what is the current FOTM? How much stronger is it than the next strongest fit?
I honestly cannot answer that because I havent played for a long time except for yesterday. Let me reword it. Heres an example. Players respec. 75 percent skills into RRs. We all know (or should know) RRs are weak, just effective in mainly pubs. Yet the increase of usage causes GD to react. Because of Rattati's direction of pursuing FOTM discouraging by way of nerfing, RR is nerfed again. Mainstay users render it useless. Respec buyers just buy another respec and the process begins again.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 16:13:00 -
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Ripley Riley wrote:Michael Arck wrote:Dust 514 stalled in growth because of many reasons, one being the hunt for "true balance". a¦á_a¦á ...Dust 514 has experienced some of the largest periods of player retention and growth in it's life since CCP Rattati began balancing things.
That is a side opinion and it doesnt address what Im saying. If the balance was true now even after all his work (no offense Rattati), Judge wouldnt be pissed about the ADS and nerf talks wouldnt still be happening on GD. You cannot obtain true balance. Its either players are going to suck it up or others are going to complain. That is always the case and for that reason alone, true balance will never be achieved.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 16:15:00 -
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Soraya Xel wrote:Michael, Rattati's primary statistic for balance is not forum whining. You may wish to check the post he made today, it has pretty graphs and charts and explains a lot about the balance process. :)
I didnt say anything about forum whining though when discussing Rattati. I read his post before, that he wishes to discourage FOTM by way of nerfing. In fact he has nerfed items before based on a high usage percentage. Paid respecs give way to tipping the balance even further.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 16:18:00 -
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Tech De Ra wrote:Michael Arck wrote:Dust 514 stalled in growth because of many reasons, one being the hunt for "true balance". I dont think you understand how balancing or development works mate, the quest for balance will always be ongoing and stopping is a ******** idea development of a game does not stop because a small team that isnt in charge of development ends up working on balancing (P.S. Balancing takes into account the skill difference of players via the use of razors, it doesnt give them a handicap because "they are too good")
I think most of you dont understand what Im expressing and have rose tinted glasses on, mate.
Oh well, I will return later...got breakfast cooking.
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Michael Arck
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Posted - 2014.10.29 19:43:00 -
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So the AR was nerfed due to balance, even when it was pretty much the standard go to rifle? This when we didnt even have a various auto rifle selection. The RR was nerfed for balance, even though in its original form it couldnt compete in a highly competitive setting of PC? I think if the rose tinted glasses are taken off, my point would be understood.
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