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6thAD Lord Kermit
6th Armored Division
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Posted - 2012.07.18 04:39:00 -
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DRaven is right... Adaptation is the name of the game folks...
Think of it this way...
On a real battlefield do they stick all the "green" troops on one battlefield and all the vets on another? NO
All troops of all ranks and of all equip types are on the same battlefield.
The EVE universe is no different...
True, EVE does have "areas" that are relatively safer than others but as a general rule the guys, like myself, who have been playing since beta and have 100mil + SP toons are on the same field as those 1 day noobs.
Even a 1day noob can make a serious difference on the battlefield if you think tactically enough. Hint: dont play fair! War isnt, why should you be?
I've seen too many of my own friends pick up the controller for this game and treat it as a typical FPS. They die horribly and rage quit.
DUST IS NOT A TYPICAL FPS.
As infantry: USE COVER (I cant count the number of people i've killed because they were out in the open), STAY MOBILE (how many times will someone stand still and try to shoot me?) and FFS dont try to shoot a tank with an assault rifle unless you REALLY KNOW what you are doing! (Not that I mind the free kills  ).
Learn about the equipment, play around with it, even if you do die horribly... a lot (I did, and I suck at console FPS). I can't stress this enough. Simply copying down some tools dropsuit fitting doesnt make you an expert at how that dropsuit works or "plays". You have to learn its weaknesses and strengths the hard way.
Do this and more and you will more than survive the dreaded "eve universe" learning curve.
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6thAD Lord Kermit
6th Armored Division
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Posted - 2012.07.19 16:46:00 -
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JONLUK167 wrote:
Yeah bud i do remember it took me years to get in to different types of ships but I stuck around, The difference is that not all will wait, I tried to get my friends to join me in EVE but when they saw how long it takes to get into those ships none stayed! MY son lasted one year and said im done hes on xbox at least 5 to 7 hours a day with his friends and they wont put up with waiting to fit into anything thats the problem CCP is going to run into with DUST these console guys want it NOW not years from NOW.
Most of the responses that are in the forums now are from eve players, im waiting to here just from console players that have not played one day or even herd of eve to get there take, CCP maid this game to get them not us from EVE and by the way you should take a pole and see how many EVE players dont want this game to make it you may be shocked!
This "instant gratification" you speak of is the bane of every society. Teaching our children patience and working toward a long term goal can help alleviate this undesirable behaviour. There might be quite a few EVE players that don't want this game. There are also quite a few who do. Regardless, I doubt CCP is going to scrap the game. So you might as well accept reality and live with it.
I disagree totally with people saying this is not a console game. The writing is NOT "on the wall"! The game hasn't even gone live yet. SERIOUSLY?!? While I agree that the game could benifit from the added functionality that a true computer brings to the table, the PS3 is quite capable of handling what this game requires. Yes there have been thousands of keys handed out. And if you truly think about timezones and daily allowable play time in peoples schedules you would see that actually the total number of players has skyrocketed in the last 2 months (give or take). When I started beta you were lucky to see 100 people on any given server at any given time of day... Now you can regularly find 300-500 on some servers at any given time of the day.
It is true that there will be a certiain amount of "player" attrition that this game will go through. Every game does. And quite frankly (no offense to them) those people who drop out for one reason or another; all the more power to them. Those that stay will find themselves a part of the first game of its genre and one that every game developer will be trying to copy. (Look up other upcoming games and see how many are copying CCP's ideas on MMOFPS or cross-game/platrform interlinks. World of Tanks/Planes and Battleships anyone?) Good ol fashioned FPS are cool and all, but they grow stale quickly with the same gameplay over and over. And they are a dime a dozen... How many CoD's are there now? How many Medal of Honor's? Personally I'm willing to give CCP the benifit of the doubt and see where this game is going before I condemn it.
Those of you who really think this game is going nowhere, I wish you luck in your search for a better game.
P.S. No I'm not a "fanboy"... I'm just far less pessimistic than the rest of you. |
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