Vrain Matari
Mikramurka Shock Troop
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.12 20:14:00 -
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Ripley Riley wrote:I know that the mylolflys are fun and I'm sure many lulz will be had with them, but is anyone else just a bit put off by how silly they are? We are bouncing around like Goku on methamphetamine; that does not create a picture of a stern, militaristic, mercenary fighting force.
Does anyone else get the impression that Dust 514 is becoming less and less set in New Eden with each patch?
Not saying it is not fun, because it is! Just... not New Eden at all.
Am I the only one?
You are not alone.
Personally i don't really have any problem with them(yet), although coupled with explosive spam it's making the game pretty cheap.
Do like that it changes the map and we have to relearn what are effective ingress/egress routes. Also worth considering what's happening here in light of variable gravity: many of us want to fight on the planets in their real g, that listed in the eve database. Our myofib experiment is highly worthwhile as research towards variable g environments - one of the primary concerns raised in previous discussions was 'will variable g break the maps?' Now we can find out.
For that reason imo it's worth running this bunnyfromhell-hopping experiment for at least a month or two to give the players time to figure out what's possible and adapt.
We'll have to put aside our pride because as the OP correctly states it does make this game and it's players(as if we had any pride left) look lame as hell. As far as not being set in New Eden i lost the feeling months ago - i'm only here to help with the RMT beta testing in the hopes of contributing to something better in the future.
PSN: RationalSpark
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Vrain Matari
Mikramurka Shock Troop
Minmatar Republic
2545
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Posted - 2015.03.12 20:29:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Ripley Riley wrote:I know that the mylolflys are fun and I'm sure many lulz will be had with them, but is anyone else just a bit put off by how silly they are? We are bouncing around like Goku on methamphetamine; that does not create a picture of a stern, militaristic, mercenary fighting force.
Does anyone else get the impression that Dust 514 is becoming less and less set in New Eden with each patch?
Not saying it is not fun, because it is! Just... not New Eden at all.
Am I the only one? Jumppacks are silly? New Eden has to be super serious? We will gauge the stacking heights, and reevaluate, but I think tactics just changed and I don't think it's very silly, more like future scifi parkour elite warriors. Why run and climb if you can have combat drugs.
If the game supported Titanfall or Mirror's Edge(Hi Rouge o/, i still have all my hopes pinned on you for real quality controls/mechanics/fidelity, just a friendly reminder) controls, i'd be right there with you, buddy.
But we don't. So while i agree that the myofib experiment is worth running(for several reasons) and i'm glad we're doing it, i think that any fps player looking at what we have in DUST right now would pretty much react with raised eyebrows and a chuckle.
New Eden does have a certain set of aesthetics which i would characterize as hard scifi set in a gritty dystopian future. I'm racking my brain for what the analog of our bunny-hopping might be in EVE and i'm coming up with......nothing. There is no eve analog to the bunny-hopping masshole. Please correct me if i'm wrong.
PSN: RationalSpark
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