CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.12.21 04:02:00 -
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This looks like an HMG thread that's close to being derailed into chat about ship-boarding and deck-fighting combat.
My opinion about the original subject?
HMGs aren't in any bad state where they need changing beyond a few finishing tweaks. They aren't a problem; as usual, cultivating team-up solutions in Dust is a problem.
The HMG, like several "blocker" devices in this game, is intentionally meant to require easy but quick teamwork to defeat.
An HMG carrier (carriers, since now we're seeing them operate in gangs more and more) has such unconcealable weaknesses to exploit, that when I am killed by one, I know right away it was because I was operating on my own, willing to accept the risk that getting HMG'ed is right around the next corner.
Even when six blues in a pack or squad get killed going up against an HMG, it's most likely (MOST, not always) because the six were really acting like six loose individuals who just happened to be near each other when the HMG started firing.
It's rare to find a group of players (cohesive squad or spontaneous teamworkers) who act like they have a pre-discussed or pre-practiced plan when encountering an HMG. I do see some earnest counter-HMG actions take place sometimes, but it's rare.
As for the ship-boarding request, Breakin has the right attitude.
We have loads of fun in Dust, and Eve players often envy the ground-scrambling action we have in our game that they can't have in theirs,... but make no mistake, that's as far across the tracks as the envy goes. Capsuleers will NEVER want players actively crawling around their vessels causing mayhem to their ownership. Dust mercs have to fight for a 500K ISK item----EVE player spaceships are in the BILLION-ISK arena.
CCP knows (and we do too) how absurdly unfair it would be to an Eve player if she had to gamble her months-to-finally-own expensive ship on the actions of a group of players who sometimes can't guarantee even simple cohesive squad movements. It would foul their game rather than enhance it.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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