Croseus Hubrau
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.11.01 10:37:00 -
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Ok so, Ive been playing Dust on and off for about a month and a half now. This is the longest time I have played an online FPS since Halo 2, and I know I suck at FPS games in general, but the balancing seems completely screwed to me.
Here's my gripe:
I'm running around in militia gear because A) I dont have the SP for anything else, and B) I dont have the ISK for anything else. Now that in itself isnt a problem, but then you add in a performance based reward system .
It seems to me that those players with High SP skill fatser and get more ISK (duh) solely because they have such an enormous advantage over those players with much less SP.
Every round at least half a dozen times I come across a high SP player and there is nothing i can do.
i.e. I'm in a militia sniper suit, and sniping around crappily, I unload two good shots into another player wearing an assault suit, it doesnt kill him, then he turns around and unloads two 3-round bursts into me and kills me outright, from a huge distance away. Doesnt seem fair. Same round, militia assault, I unload an ENTIRE clip into another assault i caught off guard , he doesnt die, then while im reloading, he fires one quick burst and im dead.
This pattern repeats over and over and over, and seems to be all that happens, combine that with some serious issues with framerate chokes and lag spikes (which is BS because i have a 25mb down and 2.1mb up with 3-7ms ping, and yes ive tested this many times, im a network tech) and most matches I'm seething with frustration. All i can do is be cannon fodder and hope I get a few lucky kills, coming out of every match with under 17k SP and just enough ISK to replace my losses if I'm lucky.
All this creates very unbalanced gameplay, and personally I would like to see matchmaking by SP brackets, or some other solution.
Anyway, I would love some insight into this issue, is this the way the game was meant to be or is it just a temporary thing while the kinks get worked out, and have any of you guys experienced the same frustration as I, or do I just suck that badly? |
Croseus Hubrau
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.11.01 11:17:00 -
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Quote:3) How do you know if they're a high sp player? Sounds to me you're blaming the lag, or your inability to aim, or get the jump on the person because you think they have high sp? I wouldn't lean on that crux if I were you. It'll only make this game less fun.
In this case I know he was a high SP player because of the gun he was using when the kill was posted. And honestly I don't have an issue with the fact that a short burst from a high level weapon killed me, where i take issue is with he fact that i unloaded an entire clip on a stationary target and he didn't die and he wasn't a heavy.
Quote:4) This is a beta!!!! Should it run smooth for better testing? Yeah, you...me...the entire beta community want's it that way. But sadly, it's not and that is a major frustration we're all dealing with, not just you.
Yeah, the fact that Dust is still in beta is the only reason why I've been so forgiving and stuck with it for as long as i have.
As for the issues with frame-rate and lag, the frame-rate I can forgive because it takes a lot of work and is extreamly difficult to streamline a program as complex as Dust. The lag, however; IMO is unforgivable. CCP has the right gear and resources that lag should be a non-issue. |