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Illuminaughty-696
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Posted - 2013.03.29 14:37:00 -
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DS 10 wrote:Nomed Deeps wrote:I'll make it simple for the author:
- Anybody who wants CCP to succeed where this game lasts for years as intended is against AFKing.
- Anybody who only cares about their self staying ahead in SP in the short term is for AFKing.
I say that with pure confidence as AFKers are ruining Skirmish play for other players who actually want to play the game. Those that have been with DUST a while will stick with it through this crap but new players will simply move on to the next game rather than endure the extensive AFKing going on. I like that way of thinking. It's ruining Skirmish to an extent. CCP will hopefully do something about it. Until then, I'll chill in Ambush OmS.
+1 x 2. My thoughts exactly. I only really have fun with ambush these days as a result, which is ironic, because ambush was (and could be argued to still be) the worst battle type. |
Illuminaughty-696
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Posted - 2013.03.29 16:09:00 -
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Taken from a thread that got locked because it was 'similar' to this one - title was: Against AFK Farming? Play Ambush instead.
It's what I've started doing (except when my squad mates really, really get grumpy with me for queuing us up for ambush all day). And you know what? No AFK farmers (that I've noticed), snipers are at an acceptable ratio, and the battles tend to be pretty intense.
The adjusted spawning mechanisms, while not quite where I'd like them to be, are leaps and bounds beyond what they were a few months back. I played in one match where the flow of battle shifted into portions of the map they never had before and it was awesome.
While it still needs work, the spawn locations for each side seem to adjust based on where the battle is taking place and it can be pretty fun. Again, at times, it breaks down and goes to crap, but in comparison to skirmish and all it's problems (admittedly problems created by the player base rather than design), it's fun more often than not.
Anyway, I don't intend to play skirmish unless my corp mates demand it and even then at most on a 3 to 1 ratio. Try it if you're tired of the people in skirmish that aren't there to play, just to AFK SP farm, TK, or join the sniper hordes.
Eventually CCP will address the issues with skirmish (again, player created issues), but for now you'll find me in ambush. |
Illuminaughty-696
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Posted - 2013.03.29 19:14:00 -
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Corn In TheSkidmark wrote:I even have my 6 yr old nephew AFK farming for me when he comes over, gotta teach em while they are young, don't want him growing up all "waaa waaa, I'm soooo upset. Someone is playing a game differently than I want them too  " I cannot believe how many people in this community think there is some sort of honor in online gaming. I have a real life to attend to and cannot waste time caring about what some stranger thinks about how I don't assist them and they lose. Big deal. Get over it. It is a game.
Wow. You're right. We should all hack the game and use aim bots. Pfft. It may all be in where you draw the line but plenty of us draw it in such a manner that AFK farming is either on the line or well past it.
It's not about you AFK farming. It's about the fact that the game is designed to balance teams quantitatively (and in theory qualitatively). If people are AFK farming, then that borks the system. The battle ends up skewed and the careful balance the developers are attempting to create to make the game fun for everyone goes out the window. If you don't get that, and based on your post it's clear you don't, then meh.
I gauran-frikkin-tee you CCP didn't intend for AFK farming to be possible and will eventually find a way to address it. The fact is, most AFK farmers know this, choose to do it anyway, because they are for the most part self-serving people who don['t actually care about the game or improving it (as your post arguably proves). I'm sure some random guy will say he's doing it to bring attention to to the issue to which I say, sure you are.
Regardless, have fun abusing the system while you can. On the plus side, CCP is now aware of the issue. Better now than on release.
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