|
|
| Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
CrotchGrab 360
TasteTheTamsen
2
   |
Posted - 2016.02.01 21:32:00 -
[1] - Quote
starter fits do nothing, they make the player so uncompetitive to the point where they can never be competitive, i understand the clue is in the name and that you start with the fit then move on but why set our new guys up to fail?
just went 59-0 against starter fits, could have gone 70-0 but the tanker on our team got a fair few kills too, starter fits offer no level of competitiveness and in this day and age the problem is this:
the gap between players, which means that as time progresses and the vets become more and more OP the new guys are at more of a disadvantage, I understand this stops somewhere as after a certain amount of SP you're not necessarily any further ahead but that's more to the point, the gap is smaller than we thought so we've already hit that wall.
therefore to fix this we need to bring the new players closer to us to bridge that gap slightly and give DUST more accessibility.
YOUTUBE
|
CrotchGrab 360
TasteTheTamsen
2
|
Posted - 2016.02.01 21:37:00 -
[2] - Quote
It's not good if I can walk through every single enemy, take on the entire enemy team single-handedly and not die, they should at least be able to kill me CCP.
YOUTUBE
|
CrotchGrab 360
TasteTheTamsen
2
|
Posted - 2016.02.02 13:24:00 -
[3] - Quote
Llamastar wrote:I <3 u grab, but this post is tone deaf to the NPE. New players have no idea about fits, no skills or ISK. Nothing. Starter fits are a free glimpse at basic roles, weapons, modules, and match types; FOR FREE.
The problem isn't the Starter Fits. It's you being allowed in the same match with them. Meta lvl limiting what can be deployed into a Pub is the single greatest boost to new player retention CCP could possibly execute.
I completely agree with what you're saying and I'll tell you something, it's the same thing I have said for a very long time but recently I realised that because of the playerbase being so small, we can't ever separate all the players yet the players not being separated in the first place, was the problem!
I literally stopped going on about it because I realised it's too little too late but I have been saying the same thing for a very long time now.
I've also made posts in the past (maybe on another account) about the NPE and what needs to be done to give new players a legup but nothing has really changed so I've shared the same thoughts in the past.
My post was rather limited to the suits and not the NPE itself so it was narrow, I don't think people want me to go on and on though so it wasn't very explorative.
Also yesterday it was my birthday I was tired from work then went out to a friends then came back and was not sober yet went 59-0 when I haven't broken 40 kills in a long time, I know it's because they were new players but meta locking was such a ******* huge mistake on CCP's part.
We needed metalocking and tiered matchmaking YEARS ago to the point where everyone has almost shut up about it now because it's too little too late, we needed it when DUST had the players, now DUST has lost the players because it wasn't there, it was it's own destruction, DUST stopped itself from having a huge playerbase.
Just like MAG the game could have been huge and hugely competitive and had tournaments and esports and have a big streaming presence, selfishly then I would be a professional DUST player, I would do this for a living tbh and would have also played MAG for a living if it was huge like it should have been.
I am a sourvet not a bittervet, I have a constant overpowering sour taste on my tongue which stems from games before DUST.
YOUTUBE
|
CrotchGrab 360
TasteTheTamsen
2
|
Posted - 2016.02.02 13:30:00 -
[4] - Quote
Alena Asakura wrote:lamo guys wrote:Llamastar wrote:I <3 u grab, but this post is tone deaf to the NPE. New players have no idea about fits, no skills or ISK. Nothing. Starter fits are a free glimpse at basic roles, weapons, modules, and match types; FOR FREE.
The problem isn't the Starter Fits. It's you being allowed in the same match with them. Meta lvl limiting what can be deployed into a Pub is the single greatest boost to new player retention CCP could possibly execute. My question also is how do you get placed in battles with recruits or players using starter fits? I only see them from time to time. I'm only rank 7 but usually only see at least 4 and above when I play, maybe a few recruits spread out through both teams. Good question. But what's this about Rank - are you talking about Loyalty ranks? How does that have any bearing on what matches you draw? As far as I can see, anyone can be put in a match with anyone else, despite any rank considerations.
Yeh loyalty rank normally is an indication of a long-time player but not necessarily and in any case is not the metric which we want to base matchmaking on.
it should be meta level as in a new meta level given to your character determined by the gear you have unlocked and use, your skill points, war points, average kills per match, average wp per match, average isk and sp per match, and overall how veteran you are, how much of a killer you are, how much more likely you are to influence a match, have an effect on clones, keep your team alive, etc.
there's a lot going on there but if DUST had a bigger playerbase I think we could create very balanced matches.
to be fair to Scotty and DUST and CCP the matchmaker does OK most of the time, it's people quitting in groups (although there have been a lot of disconnections and I've been backing out with a group of 3 to pick someone up) that is skewing the matchmaking to not work however well people think it works now.
YOUTUBE
|
|
|
| |
|