Aqil Aegivan
The Southern Legion
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Posted - 2013.01.25 21:41:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:But how do we persuade players to change their ways? First, we should look at the little things that draw them to the grunt play style-
- The favored "grunt gear" such as assault rifles, are cheaper and easier to fit than that of specialists
- The skills and gear needed to be a grunt are available very early, as starting skills and militia gear.
In addition to this there are some further causes to the AR proliferation.
Firstly, when people know that most of the enemy will be running AR then their best choice is to do the same. When the enemy isn't specialized then others don't need to specialize to counter them.
Secondly, when people know most of their teammates will be running AR then their best choice is to do the same. When you can't be sure if anyone can cover your weak points then your best bet is the jack of all trades gun.
Both of these factors are influenced by how early we are in the current skill progression. Most people still only have one weapon into which they've put SP. Vehicle drivers are still mostly in militia hulls and people are still working on basic skills (circuitry, engineering, etc). The same thing happened last wipe.
Don't get me wrong, I run AR because I prefer it. Nerf AR by buffing other things and I'll still run it. I would still hate to see people running nothing but AR at higher levels of play (as unfair as that sounds). I honestly think that we should see if the trend continues as people continue to accrue SP (does anyone have more than 2mil SP yet?) before doing anything as drastic as cutting fitting reqs or giving out bonus SP. |
Aqil Aegivan
The Southern Legion
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Posted - 2013.01.25 22:39:00 -
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Scheneighnay McBob wrote:
Actually, I think that when the entire other team is running ARs, there are better options to beating them than another AR- mass drivers, for instance, do a number on assault rifle users; laser rifles or shotguns are pretty good against MDs.
The question is whether or not people think the way you do. I'm not saying there is no incentive in other strategies, I'm just saying it already kicks in as average SP increases over time. Taking advantage of the relationship between mass drivers, laser rifles and shotguns for example requires more SP than simply skilling AR. |