I don't remember the last FPS I played that did not have a respawn timer. Maybe Quake?

I appreciate what you're saying, but the fact is this is a Beta. That means it can do things against the norm.
CCP's intent with the game is to get as much gunplay as possible. They'd achieve much more if they ditched or reduced the timer. And get rid of half my frustration!

I appreciate what you're saying, but the fact is this is a Beta. That means it can do things against the norm.
CCP's intent with the game is to get as much gunplay as possible. They'd achieve much more if they ditched or reduced the timer. And get rid of half my frustration!

I've been playing Dust for a couple of weeks now.
I was sat playing last night and had a revelation - "Dust isn't fun, I'm not enjoying this".

I think I'm not enjoying it for two reasons
1 - I keep getting my ass raped by other players who have much better kit than me
2 - each time I get killed I have to endure the annoying and pointless countdown timer.

Those two frustrations are making me not enjoy dust.

Is anyone else feeling as frustrated??

Find people you enjoy playing with. A good corp makes a big difference.

It's amazing how true this is.

+1 - I would have quit by now and gone off to play something else without the support & motivation from the corp.

Ah you're betamax too! :) I'm Shaco Mordekaiser, not sure if I've played with you or not.

To me fun translates to this -> http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png (The rightmost thing)

So umm.. yes. I'm having fun. :)

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So what I'm saying is that I tend to die alot. But those few seconds that it takes to spawn back into battlefield with fresh clone gives me enough time to calmn my self.

I've been playing Dust for a couple of weeks now.
I was sat playing last night and had a revelation - "Dust isn't fun, I'm not enjoying this".

I think I'm not enjoying it for two reasons
1 - I keep getting my ass raped by other players who have much better kit than me
2 - each time I get killed I have to endure the annoying and pointless countdown timer.

Those two frustrations are making me not enjoy dust.

I appreciate that player balancing isn't an option in the beta and I simply need to get better, but could the timer be reduced or removed altogether?

Is anyone else feeling as frustrated??

To me fun translates to this -> http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png (The rightmost thing)

So umm.. yes. I'm having fun. :)

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So what I'm saying is that I tend to die alot. But those few seconds that it takes to spawn back into battlefield with fresh clone gives me enough time to calmn my self.

I've never laughed so hard over a comic! I guess I can relate though coming from a time where "GAME OVER" meant you had to start from scratch at the very beginning. Or times you had to leave your system on over night and pray your parents/siblings don't accidentally turn it off, bump it (Because it would freeze). And it would always freeze at the very last level when you're just about to beat the game!!


Putting my past gaming experiences into perspective. Having free militia gear, and only having to wait 10 seconds to jump back in a game is quite refreshing.

I'll get timers though that are sometimes only 3 seconds. Is that a bug, or intentional?

I'll get timers though that are sometimes only 3 seconds. Is that a bug, or intentional?

I don't remember the last FPS I played that did not have a respawn timer. Maybe Quake?

It's amazing how true this is.

dudleytron:

dude, look at it like this

how many hours a year do you plan on playing fps games? you said you're an adult, you should be able to do a rough estimate to the amount of hours you play each year, give or take. at the end of the year, you are going to play the same amount of hours. playing any other game... at the end of the year you won't have much to show for it. i reference the story "star belly sneetches" in relation to what other games mean. you're a general? who cares? so is everyone else.

B

the half hours add up eventually, too. my main point is:
which to you, at this point, is worth more? a weeks worth of cod played over the course of a year or a weeks worth of 514 played over the course of year? which one will you feel like you got your moneys worth from? cuz yer gonna do it anyway, so you may as well play the game you want and not feel guilty about it. and with 2013 and the economy coming at us like a runaway train, trust me, you're gonna wanna stay home and save money playing games rather then be out blowing it on crap unless you happen to be rich.

and i think that corps will need enough folks on at all hours of the day to keep things going so that even if you are on a here today, gone tomorrow player, there will still be a home for you. it helps if you are a good player, just a good fps player in general, but i think again, these corps are going to have to number in the hundreds if not thousands eventually to what this game is trying to do.

i don't think anyones gonna look at your timecard at the end of the week and fire you for not pulling your weight, though then again, some extreme clans would. but those wouldn't be fun for you anyway.

this game will take all kinds. it has to. it needs as many people as possible to keep the wheels rolling.

and remember with the 3 zones, everyone will be segregated anyway. so if you don't want to mess with the psycho clan players, you probably won't have to. and if you do, you will know where to find em.

Peace
B