Raven Tesio
Liandri Hel-Jumpers
Liandri Covenant
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Posted - 2012.07.02 22:53:00 -
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Lephis Phoenix wrote:Can anyone explain me please why strafing is such a big thing in this forum?
Have no idea, get the feeling no-one here has ever played an FPS on a Console before.
Something I have noticed is most players have difficulty maintaining their lock on you when you step to your left or right... perhaps this has something to do with a far less aggressive auto-aim than other games (cough:COD:cough) have but honestly that isn't something that I have any issue with.
Nor does the "Bumper Jumping" really bother me either, partly because without being able to change controller setups - I know full well it's a pain in the arse for normal Bumper Jumpers to effectively fight, which is little short of awesome. Still if you played Halo for more than a few matches, this is something you learn to counter pretty-damn-quickly.
Realistically the issue I have with DUST has very little to do with player skill, honestly it doesn't annoy me being beaten by a more skillful player ... not does it upset me to get blobbed by another team (usually this means I've pissed them off enough \o/)
No what actually pisses me off is getting more Skilpoints for doing far better than other people, or hell I've had one game where I literally was perma-camping one of the spawn spots. No real skill involved, was logistics so never ran out of ammo and was racking in the SP for it. I mean I felt cheap for doing it, but at the same time got 120,000 SP for that one match; so really results speak for themselves.
Still in this case I think I was the higher Skillpoint player, not using anything but Militia Gear but still have a few of my Defensive and Offensive skills maxed. So I'm doing alot more damage, while capable of holding my own against several people due to my Defensive capabilities. There was little actual skill involved past shooting peoples heads, more came down to the fact that my character's skills were better than these fresh new players.
This said should I have come across someone with AUR purchased hardware, still using Militia myself; the story might've been different.
To me that is the bigger issue with the game, that right now it is possible being a lone wolf due to your own skill - nothing wrong with that just don't expect backup. In order to be truely effective as a team you really NEED to work together to win, there are no two ways about that ... this said at the end of the day, Skillpoints and AUR hardware WILL turn you in to a one-man army.
That in my opinion is just wrong, should never be the case. |