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FIRST TESTDUMMY
Ikomari-Onu Enforcement
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.17 13:28:00 -
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Many may not care to read this or waste their time responding to what I have to say, but it would be nice to see some input nonetheless. To begin, weapon and dropsuit balances are nice. Hats off to you CCP. However, there a few notable issues that made me remember why I left in the first place.
1. Soloing - Solo players do not have a place. Yes, this game encourages one to play with others, but for those who opt to do things lonewolf, especially in the 50 mil SP bracket and up, it is just not worth the trouble. The higher Mu brackets are always filled with organized squads with the intent to win by any means possible. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it locks out those who are more casual in style from participating when they have to contend with the best. The removal of the option to join squads whilst already in a game makes this even more problematic. (Seriously, just let me hover over the Squad or Team tabs to join a squad so I can lend my WP to orbitals like before. Why was this removed?)
2. GalLogis - I'd really like to put "scanners," but they are far from the problem as their drawbacks are relatively balanced. However, scanners on GalLogis are gamebreaking. The ability to have one team know the location of every opponent 150m and out removes most sense of tactical play. The game is then relegated to nothing but a mass zerg rush of chasing down all unsuspecting red dots and competing for highest kill count without giving the opposition a suitable means to retaliate unless a GalLogi of their own is fielded. Make it so only one can be equiped as in the case of cloaks. Also, combine the Quantum and Core variants into one, remove the Standard version, and keep the Flux as is. Problem fixed. GalLogis can choose a scanner that has a long duration and high precision or have a lower precision, lower duration scanner that has farther range.
3. Lag, bad netcode, latency issues, etc. -Yes, this is still a problem. Rubberbanding and unregistered hits were common in the matches I played. This, however, is to be expected amongst online games. It's just that everything is more pronounced in Dust and noticebly more frequent.
That's all really. I do like the game and I'm willing to overlook a lot of minor issues such as rendering issues and bad terrain, but the these three things are really keeping me from playing. I assume others have left for the same reasons. |
Aeon Amadi
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Posted - 2015.10.17 14:52:00 -
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I've always said that if this game was designed to be played in groups, we need to institute more changes that encourage that behavior. We need to iron out squad communication opportunities, ways for players to join squads, and kill the issues that prevent that gameplay from occuring (no team chat in battle, for instance).
If we're going to look at solo players in a negative light than we should absolutely design the game so that they have every opportunity to not run solo.
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Skype: nomistrav
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ANON Cerberus
TerranProtossZerg
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Posted - 2015.10.17 14:58:00 -
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Aeon Amadi wrote:I've always said that if this game was designed to be played in groups, we need to institute more changes that encourage that behavior. We need to iron out squad communication opportunities, ways for players to join squads, and kill the issues that prevent that gameplay from occuring (no team chat in battle, for instance).
If we're going to look at solo players in a negative light than we should absolutely design the game so that they have every opportunity to not run solo.
As solo players many of us would use the in game squad list to join hopeful squads if - as a solo player I noticed the battle contained enemy squads or many of the same corp.
Removing this ability certainly didn't help. Like the other person said, it was nice to be able to contribute war points towards orbitals. |
Kierkegaard Soren
Eridani Light Horse Battalion
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Posted - 2015.10.17 16:29:00 -
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Also, soloing is valued and viable?
I solo almost exclusively, owing to the fact that my shift patterns put me out of kilter with the rest of the GMT playerbase (by and large), and frankly I find the whole thing less stressful overall. I enjoy it. Others do too. We are not lesser players for doing that. My scout-play -dropping links, speed-hacking installations and capturing easy points amongst other things- can very much be a pain in the ass to my opposition, and I've seen a well-placed "flanking uplink" wreck more than one Ambush in my teams favour. I didn't need a team for that.
So. Let's find a solution that enriches both playstyles, please?
Dedicated Commando.
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing."
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IceShifter Childhaspawn
Rebels New Republic
The Ditanian Alliance
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Posted - 2015.10.17 16:42:00 -
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We could just make solo a game mode and have it cycle through the different types.
Then have squad be an option and have it cycle though the gameplay types.
We have a small playerbase and the game mode selections serve to emphasize this.
Soloing is fine but like the OP said its really crap for newbros.
It's hard to beat up hundreds of armor piercing bullets using only your face...
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Adipem Nothi
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2015.10.17 17:06:00 -
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Agreed on all points. +1
Dropsuit Usage Rates
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DEATH THE KlD
Imperfect - Bastards
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Posted - 2015.10.17 17:19:00 -
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I solo 90% of the time cuz outside of PC people don't play with me sooo whatevs
Makes quitting dust again that more appealing
CEO of Imperfect Bastards and NF -Heimdallr69
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dreth longbow
Bank of DUST 514
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Posted - 2015.10.17 18:02:00 -
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Well 98% of the time I run solo and place in the top 5, so I disagree with your statement and I do not use proto.
Death before dishonor.
Adapt or Die war is hell
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Yoda Boss
Dem Durrty Boyz
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Posted - 2015.10.17 22:16:00 -
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dreth longbow wrote:Well 98% of the time I run solo and place in the top 5, so I disagree with your statement and I do not use proto.
Same.
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Shinobi MumyoSakanagare ZaShigurui
Four Horseman Tactical Agency
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Posted - 2015.10.18 02:20:00 -
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I think you guys misunderstood what he said , he said he plays solo because besides PC , he can't find people to play with him .. which sounds like a personal experience to me .
This game is becoming more and more anti-solo to me for whatever reason , solo players contribute to the team where most of these stomp squads .. dominate the team and leave nothing for them to do or contribute where solo players encourage teamwork because their solo and rely on the team aspect to be successful so their always looking for ways to contribute but for whatever reason , this is just frowned upon by many in the community that want to promote more squad stomps and noob farming .
I guess that's neither here nor there because if I learned anything about this game is , it's changing for the worse because of bias and not listening to those who are in the trenches playing the game daily , poor performance still reigns supreme and excuses are found aplenty .
People are waking up and hopefully they wont throw money ( or spend valuable time playing a game that doesn't value their contributions as consumers ) like they have in the past so that management can finally do what they really want to and that's kill this game .
Their actions say nothing less then that .
Teamwork is really important - said the Tyrannosarus Rex from Kung Fury .
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Ahkhomi Cypher
Opus Arcana
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Posted - 2015.10.18 06:14:00 -
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Can we bring back the option to join random squads during matches please.
TBD ringleader | Yep Squad Spokesman
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Bright Cloud
Namtar Elite
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.10.18 12:03:00 -
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You actually bothered to boot this game up again? May i ask why you did that? Cause that seems like a irrational behaviour.
Rudimentary Mercs of scrubs and incompetence. You touch my mind, fumbling in Ignorance, incapable of understanding.
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LT SHANKS
You In The Nutz
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Posted - 2015.10.18 12:43:00 -
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Ahkhomi Cypher wrote:Can we bring back the option to join random squads during matches please.
This really needs to happen. |
Radiant Pancake3
KILL-EM-QUICK
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Posted - 2015.10.18 13:39:00 -
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I run solo... My MU Bracket is pretty high... I mainly get proto stomps every 2/4 battles... But i've been doing decently okay for some reason going solo... Guess I've just been doing it for so long I learned to handle myself... Even in RL I go solo on everything even when we have a "Group" project... I do it solo, get done in 5-15 mins depending and then get an 85-100 on it.
Meh...
Learned the ways of N4g from Alcina's mom
Deemed the most Kinkiest Corp Mate.
Min Loyalist.
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