Fixing the Tram

Tram

Suicide in public places.

True riding around being blown to pieces by me while an Amarr tank.

even on a better platform such as pc that stuff doesnt look like it will be happening

Which is the primary source of my rage, since it is totally something that could be done, loosely if nothing else.

At the end of the day though it's CCPs game and if I've learned ANYTHING in my time here, it's that CCP gonna CCP

Like vehicles won't be there right away. But when they do add them, would it really be hard to realize racial parity? Especially on PC?

All I see is a lack of ambition in a market quickly being flooded by ambitious projects. (and I say lack of ambition not in relation to Ratatti and his team who clearly are, but rather CCP as a whole and the continued lack of real commitment towards the game aka: project)

I'm just tired of this "maybe" style of development. We might greenlight nova. We might put in the MMO aspects. We might put in vehicle gameplay. Maybe there will be large maps. Maybe we will see meaningful EVE connection. I'm just so burnt out from maybes right now that until I see it in the game, it is literally nothing but PR spin to me.

And as an aside I think that not putting vehicles in day 1 is a recipe for disaster if they ever intend to put them in. That's a fundamental aspect of the game, tacking it in as an add on later down the road all but assures it won't fit in correctly and we'll be stuck in another endless balancing cycle where they're constantly trying to play catch up without ever even addressing the core issues such as lack of purpose outside of killing things.

I just have to wait. I can only judge the game based on what is in the game, that's my own fault but it's where I'm at. Until I see the game is trying to retain / gain a real identity, I just have to treat it as an outlying interest and source of periodic yet consistent frustration.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=39238

144 likes on this, with Cross even becoming a CPM and literally 0 changes to warpoint/reward progression other than the nanite injectors

And I didn't see any warpoints awarded in Project Nova for resupplying, healing, or reviving allies...nor did I see any for hacking objectives or installations.

pilot suit

Keep your expectations low and you will be pleasantly surprised. Eventually. At some point.

All I see is a lack of ambition in a market quickly being flooded by ambitious projects. (and I say lack of ambition not in relation to Ratatti and his team who clearly are, but rather CCP as a whole and the continued lack of real commitment towards the game aka: project)

I'm just tired of this "maybe" style of development. We might greenlight nova. We might put in the MMO aspects. We might put in vehicle gameplay. Maybe there will be large maps. Maybe we will see meaningful EVE connection. I'm just so burnt out from maybes right now that until I see it in the game, it is literally nothing but PR spin to me.

And as an aside I think that not putting vehicles in day 1 is a recipe for disaster if they ever intend to put them in. That's a fundamental aspect of the game, tacking it in as an add on later down the road all but assures it won't fit in correctly and we'll be stuck in another endless balancing cycle where they're constantly trying to play catch up without ever even addressing the core issues such as lack of purpose outside of killing things.

I just have to wait. I can only judge the game based on what is in the game, that's my own fault but it's where I'm at. Until I see the game is trying to retain / gain a real identity, I just have to treat it as an outlying interest and source of periodic yet consistent frustration.

Eve didn't always have Titans. They're now a huge part of the game. They didn't have capital auxiliary ships. Those are being added. They didn't have tier 3 cruisers which are fundamentally different then any other ship in game yet they still added them and are a staple when it comes to null sec Pvp. The game isn't broken.

Yes, there will be balancing periods. There always will be balancing periods whenever they add new stuff in. That's just a natural part of any game that promises continuous long term updates. Even if they had tanks day 1. The moment they add a new anti vehicle weapon everything would be thrown off again anyway.

So I mean. Yes there's a point to having it as a feature day 1. And the point I think would be to keep all you stingy tank and ads pilots happy. But ultimately adding them in now or a year after initial release probably won't make a terribly huge difference in terms of balance and how it plays out. It sucks that you'll have to wait. I totally understand that. But I just don't think the balancing argument holds much, if any, weight.

It seems ccp is starting off with small in ship maps with a focus on cqc pvp to try and get a handle on the fps side of the equation. Vehicles don't have a role on maps like that. Vehicles largely didn't have roles in dust period. Which made them frustrating to play by default. My hope is that when PC comes out again, the maps are big enough to warrant having dedicated tankers. Because that'll be good for everyone involved.