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CCP Rattati wrote:

On a related "stomp mentality" that I find absolutely pathetic.

Story time:

I was playing as a new character this morning, to try out the lower Mu bracket.

After a while, I start seeing familiar names on the killscreen, going maybe 20/5, which is basically an exit criteria on its own.

I got curious, and looked up the top ranking players on both sides for my matches.

They were ALL alts of veteran players, freshly created today!

Not only that, but I could see all of their second alts, were scheduled for removal.

So tomorrow, they will have a fresh alt, and schedule today's alt for removal.

I am competitive, but what drives players to do this, slaughter players that are in many cases patently helpless?

The Academy is for new players to get their bearings, relatively risk free. Learn the maps, drop an uplink, spawn on uplink, try out the starter fits, scan, and hack.

Whatever, just writing this makes me furious. Just thought I would share that some will go to incredible lengths to grief, or pad their self esteem.

CCP Rattati wrote:

Ripley Riley wrote:

CCP Rattati wrote:

The Academy is for new players to get their bearings, relatively risk free. Learn the maps, drop an uplink, spawn on uplink, try out the starter fits, scan, and hack..

Allow the academy to only be visited once per ACCOUNT instead of based on character age.

Sure, you can make a second PSN account, but that is more difficult and requires a separate sign-in. That might discourage this kind of behavior.

That will happen as soon as possible.


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The Dark Cloud Negative-Feedback. 4244	Posted - 2015.04.01 15:20:00 - [1] - Quote You wont stop squads leaving matches cause they actually face competition. Alot of players dont want competition they just want to stomp the bad players into the ground. And if you are at it reduce the Faction Warfare minimum team size down to 8 so that FW actually could happend. Its a psychological effect cause when players see 0:00 timers they wont let the que run but if they actually see that they are beeing given a estimated time or actually get deployed in a match thats allready in progress people might be inclined to wait/play FW. I make the scrubs scream and the vets cry.
The Dark Cloud Negative-Feedback. 4255	Posted - 2015.04.01 21:06:00 - [2] - Quote CCP Rattati wrote: On a related "stomp mentality" that I find absolutely pathetic. Story time: I was playing as a new character this morning, to try out the lower Mu bracket. After a while, I start seeing familiar names on the killscreen, going maybe 20/5, which is basically an exit criteria on its own. I got curious, and looked up the top ranking players on both sides for my matches. They were ALL alts of veteran players, freshly created today! Not only that, but I could see all of their second alts, were scheduled for removal. So tomorrow, they will have a fresh alt, and schedule today's alt for removal. I am competitive, but what drives players to do this, slaughter players that are in many cases patently helpless? The Academy is for new players to get their bearings, relatively risk free. Learn the maps, drop an uplink, spawn on uplink, try out the starter fits, scan, and hack. Whatever, just writing this makes me furious. Just thought I would share that some will go to incredible lengths to grief, or pad their self esteem. Did you seriously expect that people wouldnt do this? There is nothing that stops you from creating new accounts. High skilled players do not want to constantly play vs their own kind. They do not want to play in a 24/7 competetive enviroment. And before the alt actually gets deleted they will transfer all the ISK to their main account. Its all about chilling and killing n00bs. Sorry if this answer sounds harsh but thats what the general FPS player wants to do. Ofcourse alot of people will disagree with me now on that point but on the other hand alot of people will just moan when they go up vs the same guys again that beat them on the previous match. CCP Rattati wrote: Ripley Riley wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: The Academy is for new players to get their bearings, relatively risk free. Learn the maps, drop an uplink, spawn on uplink, try out the starter fits, scan, and hack.. Allow the academy to only be visited once per ACCOUNT instead of based on character age. Sure, you can make a second PSN account, but that is more difficult and requires a separate sign-in. That might discourage this kind of behavior. That will happen as soon as possible. Wont stop them cause you can create unlimited PSN accounts. And each new PSN= a new char for acedemy. Its one of the most basic things dust vets know. New PSN=1 new dust toon that can receive passive SP and in the future this will have aswell the benefit of getting into acedemy. So instead of queing a char for biomass they will just get rid of the PSN account and make a new one within 2 minutes. I think its even easier to make sub PSN accounts from your main account. You are fighting the windmills Ratatti but im curious how you will fix this. I make the scrubs scream and the vets cry.
The Dark Cloud Negative-Feedback. 4256	Posted - 2015.04.01 21:10:00 - [3] - Quote KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote: Oh gods! The wait times are atrocious. Thats aswell something that annoys me. Well im deffo not refreshing my boosters after they expire. Takes too long ot get into a match. At this rate i wont even get 250k SP till the cap gets reset. I make the scrubs scream and the vets cry.
The Dark Cloud Negative-Feedback. 4270	Posted - 2015.04.02 03:03:00 - [4] - Quote Juno Tristan wrote: Remove the ability to see who you're fighting against Less squads leave, less matches ruined.... Also a map preview so those inclined to back out of the train map can do so early lol no. They will just leave when one of the big names pop up on the killfeed or they get killed 2 times in a row. I make the scrubs scream and the vets cry.
The Dark Cloud Negative-Feedback. 4272	Posted - 2015.04.02 17:56:00 - [5] - Quote I see what you did today ratatti. Played a few matches bloated with americans and japanese while having EU servers selected. You just threw the ping factor out of the window and now it just puts whoever is on the teams. It ignores the fact that the players are across the globe. Cant even hit those guys half of the time with lag (NOT FPS) and then the super strafing you get with KB/mouse. I make the scrubs scream and the vets cry.