WhatszGudDawg
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2012.08.23 17:23:00 -
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As the beta goes on, many things are being improved - graphics, evened out gameplay. But there are just too many things going wrong with this game right now. 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. Instant Battle brings up mostly Ambush maps, a map that's growing with more and more criticism. 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.
That's another major problem - ISK and SP gain. If your going to make the game a challenge, having to work hard to level up taking a large amount of time, I don't have a problem with that. That is one of the only things about this game I find interesting. But you really need to reward players more after rounds. I for one am just scraping by to keep suits in working order, constantly having to use Militia Gear. Many will counter this statement with "Mostly everyone is using it" or "You should try leveling up more" - these are all true but isn't the point of this game to build your skills up to have an edge over others? But that's just it, it's become so much harder to gain an edge over others because the rate of ISK and SP gain is taking far too long. If you think running around like a noob for your whole life playing this game will be fun, you are sadly mistaken. It doesn't matter how skilled you are, once someone with the exact amount of skill of you comes along with better gear only one of you will come out on top, an it's going to be them. With prices the way they are now, even if you managed to skill up enough to use decent gear, you still wouldn't be able to afford to use them for long. The only way this problem is going to be solved is if the amount of ISK and SP earned in a match is increased.
I do my share of work in Skirmish, and Ambush. I hack installations, main objectives, Supply Depots, Clone Reanimation Units, anything I can find. I also support my team by clearing area's of enemies, gaining a few kills here and there, and so on. The lone wolf picking of people isn't my type of gameplay. I'm a team player, not some camper waiting for people to spawn. If that's how people are getting their amounts of ill-gained ISK and SP so be it, but I don't see why I and many other players are not rewarded more for actually playing this game the right way! I could really go on and on about the various flaws of this game, and we all know there are many - but the main point of this is Dust 514's future. It's success as a console game. Quite frankly, I believe this game won't go far if things continue the way they are. Because the game will be free, no profit will be made for there, with the small exception of those who would pay for a Mercenary Pack, and/or Aurum. In terms of the integration with EVE Online, this will attract many more players as well, and the general positive attitude of "free gaming" will also attract more. Overall, the game will thrive for a few years, but eventually interest will be lost. The problem is - there isn't anything that's very captivating to this game. As harsh as it sounds, in my opinion it's the truth. Anyone who is against this is entitled to their own opinion and so am I. Think about it. Someone tell me something as many things about this game that most FPS or MMO's don't do already to some extent, or even better than Dust 514. What does this game offer that others don't? Answer this, and the game can start to build a reputation in the world of consoles, not PC. I know that this is still a beta, but time flies. PS Subscribers are already playing this game, and their opinion matters to Playstation, and CCP (Along with all other players).If the game is still in the phase of many bugs and problems, what will that say about the game once it's finished? If this game is going to be ready for full release later this year, things need to shape up. I for one will be sure to write many ideas of improvement of this game, and will stand ready to do everything I can to help with the beta and full game development. Please don't take this as a hate message, just common sense and reason. Anyone with your opinion on this heavy topic, please respond! No matter your with my statements, or against me, it doesn't matter. It's what where going to do to fix this game.
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