3. After another long discussion about tank warfare, one idea that emerged was infantry trenches? Your thoughts?

Could you give a bit more of an explanation about this? Would it be in every game from the beginning, or would players create them via some new piece of equipment? How would these be useful at all anyways?

I'm glad to know that they're considering disconnecting the driver and main gunner roles.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the idea. I feel like there should be at least one vehicle where you aren't defenseless as driver.

No news on the awful spawn system? I think that's scaring away more players than anything else.

I'm glad to know that they're considering disconnecting the driver and main gunner roles.

Yes after reading that thread this is the best idea I have seen to help with the one man tanker!

Not a word on the crusader dropsuit. Well hopefully it will arrive with the pilot operator dropsuit. Thanks for the daily bit of info, Iron Wolf Saber. Hopefully they are not just talking themselves up though. I really would like to see how much more improved the hit detection will (should be) improved next build. That was probably one of the better mentions. Though it means nothing if the server itself is causing the lag, and that is unressolved. So yeah. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.

Anyway thanks again.

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"CCP> 'PC shooter or Console Shooter Population?'
IRC> 'About 50/50, PC shooters normal the console shooters are a bit atypical and play other games such as RPGs. Also seems to be an overall lack of eve players. '"

Also I do not understand the context of this question about populations. Infact the answer itself from someone in the IRC seems to give an ill informed answer, but I wonder more about the question and it's context then anything. As it was posted as I qouted it.

IMHO, this is a terrible idea, and is a cheap fix. The real issue is the lack of tank killers out there.

I say this as someone who plays primarily AV and hates driving tanks.

It was one of the newer ccp guys asking how we feel about the current pool of testers and thier backgrounds, however I wasnt on to answer and the answer generated would mostly match what I would have given cept the eve online part.

Any word on a reset for the next build?

It's not really a cheap fix, it's realistic. Just look at Tanks in other games like Battlefield, they require multiple players to be used well.

Rhadiem thanks for reminding me

CCP said they where going to add many more flavors of Warpoint gains. Including Transport assists.

I feel most of the people here are from EVE.

Not a word on the crusader dropsuit. Well hopefully it will arrive with the pilot operator dropsuit. Thanks for the daily bit of info, Iron Wolf Saber. Hopefully they are not just talking themselves up though. I really would like to see how much more improved the hit detection will (should be) improved next build. That was probably one of the better mentions. Though it means nothing if the server itself is causing the lag, and that is unressolved. So yeah. We'll just have to wait and see I suppose.

Anyway thanks again.

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Elaborate on what's wrong with it and we might have something to ask about. At least it's better than last build.

Read the forums.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the idea. I feel like there should be at least one vehicle where you aren't defenseless as driver.

it would also make HAV's useless in pubs and only viable in corps/FW

You should also note that IRC has stopped calling them tanks.

and started calling them Ultra Heavy Dropsuits.

also wouldn't a simple sig radius damage ratio fix tanks? So only the smaller turrets can kill drop suits, and the large turret do less damage to smaller targets? Isn't that the point of the smaller guns on a tank? To fight off ground troops? The main gun should be terrible at killing people on foot. Great at killing tanks, buildings.

Cruader dropsuits are squad command suits but chances are we'd get that answer if we asked nothing to slot layout or even combat poweress.

It was one of the newer ccp guys asking how we feel about the current pool of testers and thier backgrounds, however I wasnt on to answer and the answer generated would mostly match what I would have given cept the eve online part.

give my dropships a nose cannon, only has to be a small turret linked into the vertical aspect of the right analog stick, then ill pay tanks comments about tanks being undrivable or useless outside of arranged squads.

also if the tanks do become driver/main turret separated, you could give tanks a more realistic control scheme across both analog sticks!!!!.../half joking :P

my viper fit (advanced modules :P) took out its first madruger last night :), tank driver seemed distracted and after a bit didnt try to shoot me at all... just had to dodge swarms when getting in close to finish the tank off. :P


So my question:

Any news on Gunships?

Yeah, I think driving a tank with both sticks would be fun.

System locks and memory leaks are well known and being investigated no need to keep pestering developers on the same issues over and over again when there are hundreds of other issues to pester as well.

Sad is it not?...

Hm. So what is this "surprise" may I ask, Iron Wolf Saber?

Also is anyone else getting burned out? I have to ask simply because, during the E3 build I played drastically more then I have this build. I have not even breached two million skill points. Not because, I am horrible at the game -- I'm averaging a strong two and half to one kill to death ratio. Infact last time I played I made just shy of twenty kills and next persons under me on either team was eleven. Anyway. I just feel really burned out already. Not that it's just Dust514, but really all games. I'm just burned out I suppose, but is anyone else getting burned out?

Sad is it not?...

While I don't advocate endless harping about it, there does need to be a squeeky wheel involved.

The current build is incredibly unstable, embarassingly so. To keep forging with new content before fixing old is unthinkable.

This coming from a software engineer, and one who uses daily builds and test driven development. Always meet requirements before whipping out toys. In this case, playing 0-3 matches before being required to power down, power cycle, or halt software is just ridiculous. It being possible to happen repeatedly before you can get one match in is bad.

It's usually a sign that higher ups don't know their kitten holes from their management buzzwords when they force the development to keep making bells and whistles (regardless of how much I like them) before giving reliable access to it.

Of course I support people searching the forums first, and documenting, then sending in to the designated email their bug reports.

On the other hand, no one is really doing that nor cracking down on people who don't so the squeeky wheel is more like a mentally handicapped forum, where not much can be expected except for them to enjoy a free videogame for a period of time.

Sad that you're seeking something other than saturating yourself with entertainment? Do you think it's sad when someone watches movies all the time and wants a break from movies? Same for the same or many tv shows?

There's more to life, and surely you're just tired of not experiencing the sheer variety of life there is out there.