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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2015.05.08 12:54:00 -
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It is a positive change. I wish CCP would have disabled CPU and PG skills' effects on APEX suits, but whatever. We should see more people jumping into FW to earn APEX suits now. Especially since we can put SKINs over the nasty APEX paint jobs.
Also... precursor to tiericide?
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2015.05.08 12:58:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Fitting skills may be disabled, it is entirely possible, as part of the powerbalancing of the suit. Interesting.
Which would you rather do: disable fitting skills or lock modules by metalevel?
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2015.05.08 13:04:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:I don't like the unpredictability of the skills, so would like to remove those and fix each APEX suit to a nice, balanced std+ powerlevel, having mandatory slots, basically just allows some pg/cpu upgrade shenanigans that may get you an adv weapon at the cost of two slots. Good to hear. Some of the APEX fittings I was able to build last night were far beyond "std+".
It might be good to set a metalevel cap on the entire dropsuit. If you want to fit that advanced weapon then you can, but your metalevel hits the cap and the rest of your gear is stuck at standard.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2015.05.08 13:09:00 -
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Clone D wrote:So, now begins the Apex nerf road. How is this a nerf though? It is balancing around the original design intent, isn't it? I think CCP always intended the APEX dropsuits to be just barely above standard in ability.
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2015.05.08 13:24:00 -
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Spaceman-Rob wrote:Don't you dare. CCP Rattati wrote:I don't like the unpredictability of the skills, so would like to remove those and fix each APEX suit to a nice, balanced std+ powerlevel, having mandatory slots, basically just allows some pg/cpu upgrade shenanigans that may get you an adv weapon at the cost of two slots. Think that ship has sailed...
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Ripley Riley
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Posted - 2015.05.08 13:34:00 -
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Clone D wrote:There is a concept called power creep. It's based around the idea that you leave existing game objects untouched and you gracefully and gradually add in more powerful objects. This creates a sense of stability in the player base, object performance reliability, and a sense of confidence on an individual level.
That isn't what power creep is at all... Power creep is the unbalancing of a game from adding new content. Extra Credit did an entire episode on it.
CCP is fixing the APEX dropsuits so they don't allow players to wield suits of above average power at a below average pricetag. That's a fair goal. They aren't taking away our ability to customize the APEX dropsuits, you must realize that much.
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Posted - 2015.05.08 13:40:00 -
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Clone D wrote:Would you rather deal with not knowing what your gear is going to do next month, or having reliable performance, until original gear gradually fades into the background as NEW COOLER CONTENT becomes available bro? I want balance. I do not want APEX v2, APEX v3, APEX v4 and so on forever. Balancing what we have, done in intervals is preferred to the WoW Loot Treadmill.
Clone D wrote:Power creep is all about getting people to buy the latest greatest thing because it is slightly better. It's how you keep proceeds coming in. Making a good game is how you keep profits up. Creating a new set of guns with +2 damage and -0.1s reload speeds every 3 months is not cool and not where anyone wants to see Dust 514 go.
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Posted - 2015.05.08 13:55:00 -
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Clone D wrote:Overstatement. I would rather see some new content and life. A new light weapon tier with slightly better stats is not new content, homie. Do you want truly new weapons like the missing heavy weapons? Well that's something I can understand.
Of course you know that after any completely new gear is added it will then have to be balanced.
Clone D wrote:I am a good player, and I get so tired of not knowing how my gear or fittings are going to function a month from now.
I am exhausted from the rebalances and changes to game mechanics.
That is what play testing is for. I am tired of being a play tester.
I WANT TO BE AN END USER.
You are slowly shifting into a rant here, so I'll just say this: online games that aren't released in yearly installments (a la Modern Warfare, Battlefield, etc.) typically receive balancing passes at regular intervals. Learn to adapt. Skill into a variety of weapons and dropsuits so you are more resistant to nerf hammers.
A good example: I know a ScR nerf is coming soon so I'm skilling into the rail rifle. If the ScR takes it to the chin I will have options.
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