Fox Gaden
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.02.06 15:51:00 -
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Coleman Gray wrote:Why put time into a game I can spend what? 5-7 pounds and be as good as people who have put time into the game? better yet why do that, militia gear is incredibly cheap or even free and is as good as AUR items.
This maybe me ranting but I'm not the only one who see's something wrong with that? why should I bother spending so much isk on a good loadout when I can pick any of the starter kits and kill people as if I'm using a prototype weapon
There is nothing wrong with a better player killing you with an inferior weapon.
There is also nothing wrong with being killed by an inferior weapon in a situation that gives that weapon a tactical advantage.
If you are in high end gear with a high end gun and you face a guy in militia gear of the same type across an open field and you both start shooting at the same time and you both hit your targets, he will not stand a chance against you.
In practice your high end gear allows you to take a few more shots before dying, or kill someone in slightly less time. This is a real advantage, but it is not enough of an advantage to outclass someone who is more skilled or in a better tactical position, nor should it be.
If Militia gear was too weak, new players would not stand a chance. If new players donGÇÖt have any hope of achieving even a small amount of success they will not stick around. They will say GÇ£this sucks!GÇ¥ and leave long before they manage to earn good enough gear to be effective. Remember, you may be raging about dying to a newberry in a match where you went 20/4, but that newberry who got that lucky shot may have gone 1/14 in the same game and that one lucky shot may give him the hope he needs to stick with it.
Dust is based on EVEGÇÖs skill and gear development model, where even new players can contribute in a battle. In EVE they may fit scramblers and webs to a cheep frigate to hold a target down while their veteran teammates dish out the damage. In Dust the new players are the basic foot solders(cannon fodder), while the veterans are the commandos or drive the tanks/dropships.
Besides, there is going to be a lot more of a difference between someone with 2 years of skill training and T2 gear versus new players in Militia gear than you are seeing now after just a month of skill training, and some Proto gear.
To put it in perspective, I just purchased a skill book on my EVE account for 350,000,000 ISK. (It was the Capital Ship skill.) Eventually EVE players will be able to transfer ISK to Dust players. Do you really want expensive gear to guarantee victory? |