Vrain Matari
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Posted - 2013.03.02 00:04:00 -
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+1 Kain.
I agree. It's unnecessary and damaging to the community - it basically works against the whole single shard ethos.
Many players who use only controllers rock the leaderboards.
I feel like you are letting a player misconception push you around, CCP.
and personally, as a controller user, i want to face the kb/m mouse peeps. They are sweet, sweet kills ;) |
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Posted - 2013.03.02 20:19:00 -
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CCP Cmdr Wang wrote:Ok, it's time to clear up some misconceptions.  Despite the half quote by the OP which lead to the conclusion that this is to segregate the community by controller input types (which is not case), there are a lot of good feedback, and suggestions about this topic and this is exactly what we want to hear from you, our player community. What we want to offer is a choice for players who want the option to play against other players using the same input device and not to force anyone into it, which doesn't make much sense as many others have pointed out. If this is implemented into the Matchmaking system it will be done in a way that will not force a segregation of players who use different control inputs. And if this is implemented we will still allow mixed control input matches. To reiterate, this is about giving more choices to our players and not taking it away from you. One more thing I would like to add is that Matchmaking will only affect high sec public matches and will not affect null sec matches. We will continue to fine tune the controller sensitivity levels and work on balancing the game play.
Thank you for the feedback, Commander.
Just a couple of points:
I feel like i know CCP well enough to know that you peeps would never force a choice like this on the playerbase. My concerns have more to do with peeps naturally risk-adverse behavior when something of value is at stake.
In EVE the thing of value is time invested. In DUST the thing of value will be ego, reputation, self-image. In EVE this manifests as entire careers spent in hisec missionrunning, with little to no contact with greater New Eden or the rest of the playerbase. In DUST, this will manifest as avoiding the tougher competition. Specific to our case, it will mean peeps who let themselves get into a 'controller only' hisec pub rut. And even more awful, a 'controller only hisec PvEdrone missions' rut, but that's another topic.
Your good intentions are a double-edged sword. The freedom to choose input method for new players(hisec pubs only) becomes an additional barrier to entry later when a player contemplates making the step up to losec/nullsec.
I imagine a thought process like this:
"Ok, i want to try out the nullsec game, it sounds really cool. But from what I've heard, I'll be facing veteran protogods out there in every match. Which means I'm going to have to run some good gear to compete - that's going to be pretty expensive. And a lot of those protogods have ISK coming out their wazoos. And I'll be facing kb/m players, which I've been able to avoid up till now."
I hate thinking like this, it make me feel like a friggin' nanny or somebody's grammy. However, i think the thought process and risk-avoidance behavior are going to be a real dynamic that affect our playerbase.
That's really my only concern about the whole thing, personally I love the idea of player freedom to choose.
One request, though. If you do give us the ability to choose input type, please make sure I have the option to face nothing but kb/m players with my DS3. 
P.S. Looking at the calls in this thread to eliminate one of the input methods - don't do it. It makes DUST stand out from the crowd, sends a message that players are free to chose for themselves, it has real value in how DUST is perceived bt public and press.
The other message it sends is that 'You can bring whatever the kitten you want to the gunfight, and live or die by your decisions - Welcome to New Eden, merc.' |