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Posted - 2012.07.31 04:49:00 -
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Love your post, KingBabar.
Two topics: Scouts and pay-to-win.
I'm hoping once the build is close-to-finalized for release and optimization happens we might get better framerates. Then again the textures are going to be upgraded so who knows? I like fast scouts, although I haven't used one yet. It's true the scout suit moves faster that the frame rate, but it hasn't caused me too much trouble. I've kinda settled on switching to smg, pulsing fire, and back-pedalling/strafing. They typically go down first. I think what makes it work is having Sidearm Sharpshooter trained up - allows you to do damage at a long enough range that the scout's angular velocity isn't crippling.
That being said, those $#@$!#@!! Scouts with their $#@#$!$!! Creodron shotguns and their %$#%#%@! trained up sharpshooter skill are absolutely owning my proto assault suit right now. It p****es me off. The range on that thing is frightening.
As for the pay-to-win you'll hear points like once the market goes live we'll all be able to buy AUR items for ISK, and that for lower-tier AUR items the upgrade in stats in balanced by greater fitting requirements. These are good points, seems like CCP has done a craftsman-like job of balancing these things, imo.
There are only 2 thing in the AUR store that strike me as pay-to-win. As you point out the top-tier AUR modules have lower fitting requirements over any ISK variant - definitely pay-to-win. The second thing is the skill boosters - not availiable through ISK(for now), and pretty much mandatory if you want to be competitive - the arms race is going to be furious when this game goes live.
I'm the last guy who wants a level playing field, but these 2 things smell a little off to me. If a module or booster is so important that every player has to buy it or resign themselves to being seriously gimped it seems a little bit pay-to-win to me.
P.S. What Lurchasaurus says above - as soon as CCP was aware of it, they announced it would be changed next build. I think they're committed to no pay-to-win, but they've gotta balance that with running a business. |
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Posted - 2012.07.31 05:05:00 -
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Garrett, Lurch
You guys may be right, but I'm not ready to come over to your side yet on the skill boosters.
They remind me of the learning skills in EVE - one of the first choices I liked to hit a noob with to gauge his decision-making and impulse-control. Except in DUST it costs real money.
Lurchasaurus:
No worries, bud, it's all good. Honestly, I'd rather be slapped around a liitle when i'm spouting shite - best way to learn quickly, imo. |