Garrett Blacknova
Codex Troopers
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Posted - 2012.08.23 18:37:00 -
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Well... a lot of silly assumptions going on here... lets get started...
WhatszGudDawg wrote:Lets start off with just getting into a game. With the Battle Finder completely useless, with no maps available. It's becoming such a hassle just to get into a match, with the game just searching for a round, but not finding anything. When you try to close a match set up, the game freezes and your forced to reload the whole game.
1. Assuming (provably incorrect) that the limited number of available Battle Finder matches is how the final game will work.
This build is specifically being used to test the Instant Battle system, hence the not-so-subtle "use Instant Battle" note when you open the Battle Finder. They've left it there for the people who REALLY don't want to use it, and possibly on the off chance that the Instant Battle system was irreparably bugged (and had to be abandoned).
Quote:Instant Battle brings up mostly Ambush maps, a map that's growing with more and more criticism.
2. Assuming the devs intend for a larger number of Ambush games, and not to have a balanced amount of each match type available.
Quote:Completely random spawning, Maps far too large for a TDM, having to constantly search the map just to even try to get kills, and many more concerns. Once you actually manage to finish a round, your forced to look at a ship exploding for almost 20 seconds, or just a map moving around, with no way of just seeing your SP and ISK gained, your K/D and leaving.
3. Assuming the problematic elements of Ambush aren't going to be addressed, in spite of that being the purpose of the beta.
The negatives of the mode should be (and already have been) pointed out in the feedback forum, and as with many other problems with the game, they'll be addressed in due course.
Quote:That's another major problem - ISK and SP gain. -snip- The only way this problem is going to be solved is if the amount of ISK and SP earned in a match is increased.
4. Assuming (again, provably incorrect) that the current rate of ISK gain is the fastest method players are meant to have.
The battles we're currently fighting are NPC faction warfare, NOT the kinds of rewards players will see in LowSec and NullSec corp battles. Those will potentially earn significantly more ISK, based on the value the corp hiring you is willing to pay for your services.
Quote:What does this game offer that others don't?
5. Assuming (another provably incorrect assumption) that the shooter gameplay is the only focus of the game. The metagame elements aren't implemented in the beta at present, but there's going to be territory control, planetary management, and corporate management and politics - both internal and inter-corp - coming into play. How many console FPS games have you played where a person playing a different game on PC can provide you with off-map fire support? |