DUST Search - Nostalgic little rant about the current meta.

Aeon Amadi wrote:

I really wish we'd achieve true balance and just do away with the power leveled gear all together, honestly. That's another one of those things I genuinely hate. The feeling that, because I don't want to just shell out millions of ISK a day that I can't be -as- competitive as someone who joined at the same time or later than I did. That I have to run low-tiered gear if I want to keep ISK stability and suffer through my gameplay experience because of that.

And yanno, as much as I personally complain about BPO's ruining the 'economy' and all.. I start to realize that my issue isn't with the BPO's so much as the fact that BPO's are a thing to stim the losses from constantly getting your *** handed to you by guys who -can- afford to permanently run the high tier stuff. Which isn't their fault, they're just doing the smart thing and playing within the game rules to the greatest advantage they're allowed... but it certainly doesn't do the gameplay much justice as a whole.

I can't help but wonder what is actually achieved from this power-level gimmick at all. It doesn't offer any meaningful progression, you don't see forum threads of new guys saying, "Gosh, I sure can't wait until I can run that and be as powerful as them".


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Alaika Arbosa Minmatar Republic 2459	Posted - 2015.02.04 12:09:00 - [1] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: I really wish we'd achieve true balance and just do away with the power leveled gear all together, honestly. That's another one of those things I genuinely hate. The feeling that, because I don't want to just shell out millions of ISK a day that I can't be -as- competitive as someone who joined at the same time or later than I did. That I have to run low-tiered gear if I want to keep ISK stability and suffer through my gameplay experience because of that. And yanno, as much as I personally complain about BPO's ruining the 'economy' and all.. I start to realize that my issue isn't with the BPO's so much as the fact that BPO's are a thing to stim the losses from constantly getting your *** handed to you by guys who -can- afford to permanently run the high tier stuff. Which isn't their fault, they're just doing the smart thing and playing within the game rules to the greatest advantage they're allowed... but it certainly doesn't do the gameplay much justice as a whole. I can't help but wonder what is actually achieved from this power-level gimmick at all. It doesn't offer any meaningful progression, you don't see forum threads of new guys saying, "Gosh, I sure can't wait until I can run that and be as powerful as them". This sums up my entire Dust experience post Uprising 1.0. During Chromosome and Closed Beta there weren't as many features but the game was more "fun". I love the game (IDK call me a masochist), I love the idea of being a foot mobile in New Eden. I don't love getting my ass handed to me by min/maxers who gamed a broken system. I want to believe that things will change as we progress forward but I am not entirely sure that they will. There is a part of me that is afraid that the damage done by PC 1.0 and Passive Isk Generation is too insurmountable to be undone. We the pc players make up a huge majority of active players. --Roman837 ^^ROFLMAO OMG I need to catch my breath now..
Alaika Arbosa Minmatar Republic 2468	Posted - 2015.02.07 00:59:00 - [2] - Quote Leave weapon damage as is Remove Aim Assist Remove Strafing Encourage tactics other than running here and there chasing kills because "I'm elite". We the pc players make up a huge majority of active players. --Roman837 ^^ROFLMAO OMG I need to catch my breath now..
Alaika Arbosa Minmatar Republic 2469	Posted - 2015.02.07 15:10:00 - [3] - Quote Reign Omega wrote: Alaika Arbosa wrote: Leave weapon damage as is Remove Aim Assist Remove Strafing Encourage tactics other than running here and there chasing kills because "I'm elite". Remove.... strafing? Yep and Aim Assist Give us the entire maps too while you're at it (only for Skirmish though and remove clone counts for Skirmish too). Dust has been a lobby shooter clone long enough, it needs to go back to trying to be different from every other cookie cutter shooter on the market. If it moves closer to being a Sci-Fi Military Sim, it will accomplish this. We the pc players make up a huge majority of active players. --Roman837 ^^ROFLMAO OMG I need to catch my breath now..