CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.10.23 22:10:00 -
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Sorry to read you frustration, Rinzler. There's only one reason I know, for Eve Dust 514 being prejudiced against solo-play: The Developers WANTED a truly team-based, player co-op, "must work together to surmount obstacle" game, where players NEED other players, if they want to achieve certain goals. (This even mirrors the intention for the parent game EVE Online to NEED Dust players to achieve goals that the Eve players can't do on their own).
That task is not easy for players to do. Least of all Playstation gamers (who are used to ALL our so called "team-based", "co-operative" games just being a bunch of solo players pointing their guns and running in the same direction---never really NEEDING to have anything more in common than that).
...Now let's face it. If this game were not so slanted towards team-play, if it were more solo-accessible, you'd burn throw this like we did all the other PS shooters (even Destiny). You'd "beat" the game in a matter of days, and move on to something else, leaving Dust in your wake (Ha, get it? "Dust" in your wake?" )
The boldest thing this CCP team ever did (next to Aim-Assist), is make this a truly co-operative gameplay title. It's where munchkins can kick the giant's booty (but MUST join forces to do so, or face being repeatedly stomped). It's where the "Sniper" role isolates a player so far from any important human interaction that we'll find him lying on his rifle having deliberately suicided on sleeping pills. It's where the ONLY way you can climb any further than FW warfare pleasure, is to socialize with other players, and wheel-n-deal you way into gaining money-friends or making the right connections.
You MUST interact with other players, and SELL the value of your Mercenary skills to other players, in order to get very far in this game.
That doesn't mean you CAN'T survive and build something for yourself playing SOLO. You can unlock all the stuff (it just involves a ton more frustration trying to build your SP by doing "on my own" stuff). You can get very rich with ISK (you just can't become AFFLUENT, where you have enough excess to partner with other players, fund and donate fledgling corps or buddies, replace whol fleets of HAVs the way Capsuleers replace a lost POS). "Solo" just means, in this game you can't excel anywhere as quickly as if you perfected social teamplay.
....But you never wanted to be a social superstar in this game, anyway, did you? Not solo players. You never wanted the BIGGER piece of cake in this game. You just wanted the smaller piece of cake. The "Lone FPS Shooter-Ace" piece.
LOL, well here you go! You've got the smaller PIECE!
....Wha--wait, is that your tummy grumbling?
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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