Christian Spindler
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Posted - 2015.06.05 03:36:00 -
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I've been playing EVE since 2011, not the longest stint in comparison to many people who still log into New Eden or have a super on standby, but enough time to witness first hand Incarna and the fallout from it.
I went from lv.4 highsec missions straight to lv.4 Sansha missions in Stain, keeping with the very same Nighthawk hull that survived its transformation from a Ferox to a Drake, returned to highsec once more to take part in the Minmatar Militia after the factional warfare overhaul in the Inferno expansion. Following the milita corp I had joined, we became lowsec pirates in Heimatar for awhile, until the boredom from inactivity drove me back to the militia.
2014 rolls around, and a friend of mine from my past alliance, who I had mentored into getting into EVE in the first place, explained to me about an influx of players following a 'famous' StarCraft streamer who were going to try and rough it out as a brand new corporation in Syndicate. While I knew to be disappointed, my experience with the game so far set me apart from the other week old newbies, and I ended up making great friends amongst the people there who were merely alts from larger alliances.
And since the death of that useless corporation, I landed myself a sponsorship slot straight into Goonwaffe. Spent about 4 months in the GSF wormhole corporation, in a C4 static c3 c5, before returning to K space. Tidi fleet fights, small gang cap escalation PvP, taking lowsec r32s for fun and profit, even running my own blops group out of providence to strike brave newbies still happily seated in Catch with my Sin alt. All in all, I'd like to say I've been able to dip my fingers, perhaps shallowly, in almost every part of EVE minus Mining, Industry - And Dust514.
But Dust, I had tried before. During the beta, and even after its may 14th release. Starting off as an Amarr Logistics suit, I kept his skillqueue going in hopes of the day I may see myself and my group of close capsuleers ready to rain hot plasma onto the PlayStation players in Molden Heath. And just recently, the GPU in my PC burned and died. Seeing as most my setup was old 2008 technology, I decided to go ahead and purchase a new PC. In the mean time, why don't I fire up the PS3 again, give Dust514 a try....but, why try anymore?
Perhaps it's a mere design flaw of the 'matchmaking system' that's designating an older character like my own into such matches, but I am not exaggerating at all when I say that up to 80% of all my matches played are one-sided slaughterfests. Blaming it on protostomping isn't the excuse either - Surely it must cost a lot for those players who go 18+/1 in matches, so that's balanced....Right?
I see it as plain as day really, the lack of any amount of teamwork on my own team. Whereas my opponents rush the objectives staying in groups, my own team just feeds themselves one by one as cannon fodder, stopping in the middle of roads to return fire, slowly trying to solo flank their enemy, and otherwise proving that it's not my opponents who beat me with their skill, but my own team mates who defeat ourselves through sheer incompetence. Sometimes I do get lucky though, and get matched to the team that successfully turtles 1 of the 5 control points through the entire match.
I don't have the isk to afford losing more than 5 protosuits per match, or else I gladly would give it a try. So I wanted to ask some questions to people here who might have a better understanding on how to not be chosen for the mentally handicapped team.
1. How do I leave this matchmaking hell that consistently places me on teams with people who insist on playing this game like team fortress? I've almost given up on remote repairing people, since they get this strange idea that while under reps, they're invincible and can sprint straight through no mans land.
2. How do I make isk aside from having to suit down? Right now I'm comfortable using Advanced suits/weapons with Enhanced Mods, the cost typically doesn't outweigh the rewards. Reading the forums, I see people talking about having more isk than they know what to do with.
3. How do I find a competent squad that knows how to do more than just set objective markers, play open mic with music in the background, and speak Portuguese/spanish? Squad finder is apparently littered with wanna-bes from my experience playing in them, and I can no longer trust whatever it is they may name their squad.
4. How do I still be a productive team member even if I have no team to play/rely on/work with? When getting completely steamrolledbby a protostomping team, Alls I can do is simply resort back to my BPO set and try my best with impunity, and yet its precisely this downgrading of gear that only further seals my own teams fate. But why should I waste isk, trying to be better, if my own team won't be better?
5. How do I counter Mass Drivers?
When the odds are stacked against you this much in a game built like dust514; Why Try?
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Christian Spindler
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Posted - 2015.06.05 03:48:00 -
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Wait I'm confused, Nanite Injectors actually work? I've tried using them countless times on fallen teammates and either nothing happens, nothing happens and I die by what killed them, or nothing happens and their body gets destroyed. I mean, I've the popup for it and got maybe, like 8 people up in my total history, but I thought it was a bug that still hasn't been fixed. |