Cross Atu
Conspiratus Immortalis
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Posted - 2012.09.06 10:23:00 -
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The clone bodies each merc inhabits are just as much tools of war as are the dropsuits those clone bodies inhabit or the fits which are placed in/on to the dropsuits. We are talking full awareness transference into a combat functional body within a space of seconds under live fire conditions and in a "pooled" or "slotted" fashion so that the possible deployed clones are not prealloted but can be dolled out on the fly. Also considering the costs and contexts of an EVE medical clone (which is pre-tagged to one specific user and not able to be flexibly allocated on the fly nor under battlefield conditions) the entire operation of clone mercs is impressive from the outset.
More/most importantly the ISK must flow, this battle does not occur (lore wise) in a vacuum and even tho the merc's may not be forced to pay the price tag in game for every clone rest assured that (again lore wise) there is a price being paid somewhere along the logistical foodchain and it's not a cheap price. In EVE warfare as honestly in modern real life warfare economics is the hardcouter to most/all military assets of every stripe. Many powerful armies have been brought low by a lack of money, the same is true of many player founded organizations within EVE. It doesn't matter what level of tech exists, even less does it matter what level could exist, if you can't afford it (and you can't afford it if it's not cost effective, just ask nearly any EVE player what the #1 rule is about flying any ship).
ISK is king, and if you can do more with less at a higher potential profit then that's what's likely to happen be that "you" a Dust merc, an EVE pilot, or a (lore based) R&D facility. And when you consider risk vs reward and the cost of resources on the ground you certainly don't want to commit millions of ISK in ground assets to a field where a ship in orbit costing a few hundred thousand ISK can orbital strike it into vapor/slag. That's as silly as getting GCC'ed with a Titan and jumping into 1.0 Sec.
Goones burned Jita but they did it in cheap ships they could afford to lose many times over, that's the upper price point that might be considered viable by/for a dust merc.
Outside of lore, there are more important issues to fix in the current beta build. Beyond that point it's not very useful or effective to mix a game balance/mechanic critique with a lore/setting critique, that just leaves things vague and murky.
If you have some suggestions regarding how the mechanics could be improved to provide better play value then by all means elaborate but criticizing the beta client via the world lore just isn't useful (and attempting to criticize the world lore due to your impression of the beta client is even less actionable). |