EnglishSnake
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.07.06 12:09:00 -
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I like option 1 the best tbh
I am currently on 8.3mil SP and do not have a forge gun loadout at all since this build im specializing in being a AR foot solider atm
The big question is 'will noobs/new players stick with the game' with the current example of 10mil SP players beating up on the fresh meat who enter late maybe because COD 8 and BF5 finally hit rock bottom
Now in the beta i will routinely come up against a few new players and dominate them while my shields may not even get a scratch, thats not taking in any hit detection problems which we do still have so in fact they may have taken my shields down if it was working but we dont know. But this is a beta in random vs randoms games with the current SP being 4x what it will be in release so for me to be at the level i am now would take prob a couple of months maybe depending what level i play at (high/low/null) and that is not including anymore skills that i may want to train up for and same with the mods
Its a bad example right now, we cant group up or enter diff sec or even play against other similar SP players, everyone is thrown into the melting pot so problems like this look worse than ever but put it into a bigger picture and it doesnt look so bad
For me the question is 'why would a 10mil SP player who has been playing this game for a couple of years be bashing new players?'
General quick answer is hes a K/D ***** stomping on new players for fun and they maybe a few of them but name me a game in which this doesnt happen?
But also its how new players come into the game, some may pick up up just because its free and give it ago, others may have the game reccomended by a friend or even join a corp from one game and move onto DUST because of the corp
If they join DUST because of a friend or a corp then in general they will give this game time to get used to but also will have help along the way
In EVE high/low and null is open to everyone at the start, the only reason some players cant enter high is because of ther sec status now we dont know if this will effect DUST players or even how it will effect DUST players but if a mechanism like this exists in DUST as it does in EVE it may seperate the long term players from the new players
Another way is a simple SP cap between high and low so the newer players have a place to learn the game and get to grips with all it has to offer
For new players entering the game 1-2 years later from release alot may have changed, we know the SP progression will be alot slower, corps will be formed and destroyed and the same for alliances, EVE intergration will be fully in etc
Then the question can be 'why is high SP players not in corps?'
Some may not give a **** about corps and only hop on DUST when they want something different or just to generally have fun at the expense of noobs but by that time DUST maybe popular and thousands of battles maybe taking place so a few high SP players in high maybe rare tbh
In the beta this problem looks alot worse than it actually is, we are only getting a taste of what is to offer currently thus the big picture is not getting looked at |