Anax 01
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.20 17:22:00 -
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Fraceska wrote:Why would there be backstabbing in a public match? There is nothing to be gained by it.
Nothing but lulz you mean. Just take a stroll through the forums and read the various threads made by people who brag about being able to teamkill, even though FF is disabled. Someone the other day was bragging that they managed to hijack a team dropship, crashed it on some building and crushed teammates with it. I can already see the griefers' trollgrins and if they were any bigger their heads would fall off ...
Fraceska wrote:FF in a public match with a bunch of new players in militia gear would serve what purpose? What could you possibly stand to gain from betraying your team when the rewards are the same whether you win or lose?
Aside from the griefers you've got deranged paladins going on a crusade, killing snipers when they're about to lose a Skirimish game. Some people spawn as snipers when they're about to lose, so as to farm some last minute kill WPs, whereas others are dedicated snipers. I'm one of those dedicated sniper and I'm not even that good (rarely score above 10/0), having had very little experience with FPS games (mostly Borderlands) and practically zero online FPS experience before Dust 514. I'm a total noob. Do I want random angry teammates killing me, because they are offended by my existence? No. Kitten no!
Friendly fire makes perfect sense the way Dust Blog talks about it and I admit that I too would have to be very careful sniping 600-700 meters in the thick of firefight, so as not to kill my own team. I've saved teammates from getting killed from behind by someone at 600m a few times, but a few times I've missed and hit my own teammate instead. FF would force me to be way more careful and it sounds awesome for Corporate battles, because of everything everyone's said about New Eden etc. If it were to be implemented in instant battles though, I'd like to know that the griefer who walked up to me and shotgunned me in the face paid a big price for the enjoyment of teamkilling me. Proportionally bigger for kittens who'd destroy tanks and dropships for the lulz.
No lulz for pub game teamkilling griefers. |