Might as well limit the number of Heavy Suits you can have on a map, because they're so good at sniping with those Forge Guns. Can't forget about those.

So you're saying that console gamers can't handle the meta game? That doesn't seem like a very charitable assessment. Also, I really hope you aren't actually having problems with the militia tanks, because I can strip the shield off a Soma with my CreoDron. Those paper tanks are worthless, and damn easy to kill with pretty much anything.

Arbitrary restrictions and rules designed to make things "Fair" and "Balanced" are stupid, gamey, kitchy, (pick your bad adjective) and have no place in a sandbox war game.

As has been said in this thread already, you might as well restrict everything to some kind of "balanced" level, like drop uplinks or nano hives or swarm launchers or heavy machine guns or scout suits or whatever.

If you want an arena balanced arcade shooter, go elsewhere.

We don't want your campy "balance" rule sets in our universe. They are dumb.

If a team wants to use the money to field a tank for everyone, then they should feel free. And if the enemy is worth a dam they will swap into AV setups and drink their tears while slaughtering tanks all day.

The only restriction to how many things you can put down should be how much you can afford to lose.

This is war, not kiddy holdyourhandhappyfuntimes shooter game time. Grow up and fight like an adult or go back to CoD.

1. STOP YELLING AT ME
2. "Balance" is not what you think it is. Like I said, if you want an ARENA style FPS, go elsewhere. Balance in an sandbox is called balance of opportunity. Not balance of outcome.
3. Meta game is something that you don't even know that you know nothing about. When you are actually leading a campaign of battles to conquer dozens of systems and have hundreds of other real people following your orders, then you can tell me that "SkILL IS KING!" cause it isn't, leadership and metagaming strategy is king, skill is what you tie your shoes with.

You are forgetting something important.

Even if FPS players hate it and quit, this game is tied to Eve. Eve players will use it at least a little bit as long as it affects their bottom line. And Eve players make CCP enough money to be able to grow DUST slowly for a LONG time.

This is not a flash in the pan FPS game like CoD black ops or something. CCP have staying power and they won't let it die even is spoiled FPS gamers don't like it.

For Christs sake the game is free to download and free to play. I think they are gonna be fine.

A couple of problems with your argument.

False dilemma saying that good players are the ones that play halo/CoD/BF etc. Not a perfect comparison or always true in either sense.

Saying good players don't care about meta, again, speak for yourself cause its not always true.

Fun, thats true.

Saying following orders is not fun is not always true. Have you ever worked as a team under an inspirational leader and accomplished something as a team that you couldn't accomplish alone? It was fun right?

Stats and numbers don't conquer all, but skill with understanding the stats and numbers can. Just the way it works in real life.

Balance doesn't mean you are always safe from being steamrolled. Balance means that you have a fair chance to steamroll back.

Skill is the only thing that matters in stupid gamey arcade shooters.

in real life combat (which I have been in) its about skill, intelligence, strategy, intuition, teamwork, blind stupid luck, and a little bit of street smarts.

Your arguments are infantile, vague, full of logical loopholes, and unconvincing.