Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2014.12.24 19:14:00 -
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Some people may not be in corporations that are big enough to do a PC. Some might be in corporations that are too big for them to do PC; IE "we could bring you or we could bring any of another 50 guys." Some might come to the conclusion of "what is the point?" as they are throwing out huge loads of prototype gear and money to get a district that might mean nothing to them. I don't know what the corporation policy is for other people but I have squaded with a lot of non-corp mates that did PC often and claimed they never got reimbursement.
Like Office Space: "Why am I going to bust my ass so McNotRealName's corp wallet goes up a quarter of a point?"
PC is obnoxious. It requires a lot of effort to get a herd of cats together. Without everyone having keyboards, sending messages is a complete pain in DUST. In EVE, messages can be sent quickly and a roam set up fairly fast especially if you are in a NPSI type fleet. DUST also has far, far fewer players so getting 16 people is more annoying than even getting 40 or 50 players. DUST is far more casual than EVE, which I think is a good thing overall. But how many players are going to set their alarm clocks at 2 AM to take place in a battle?
There is also the quip of "Why would I spend all this time to get in a match that is going to be full prototype gear with squads when I can just play Domination and run into the same thing without an hour setup?" PC is the exact same game that we are all playing. What is the point of playing a feature that CCP states is "what everyone should be striving for" when it is absolutely, 100% no different than any other match aside from things that are frustrating? PC is a normal match that requires full prototype, is often more laggy, requires significant setup, happens at inopportune times, makes you unable to "try something different" but is somehow "more important" while giving less rewards. You can get 1,000,000+ from PC *if you win* but in the setup time I bet you could get more money running Ambushes with less risk as you wouldn't need to stay prototype in a horrible situation.
PC is pointless to me for the above stated reasons. Sure, it is fun to have high quality fights but you can get that in public games because most everyone is prototyped. The only thing about PC that I thought was useful was the locked PC matches that were used for training purposes. This is where you would learn to fly an ADS or teach your members different tactics. Hell, sometimes they're were just fun slugfests like "Directors vs. Members." But all that is just what Corp Matches could be again. Honestly, high stake Corp Matches where each side puts up a varying amount of ISK and the winning side gets 95% of the pot (if you want to get ISK out of the game) would serve the same purpose as PC but also allow each side to set a time that works for both of them as well as having a training ground again.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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