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The Medic Droid
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.28 21:42:00 -
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I strongly oppose AFK farming.
There is no justification for laziness when you're part of a team. |
The Medic Droid
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.29 10:58:00 -
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I was in a match earlier today; went 13 kills 9 deaths and accrued 2025 war points. It was a close battle, we were neck and neck with the enemy team, but ultimately we lost.
Five players were hanging out in the MCC the entire match.
Five players that could have turned the tide and helped us to win.
I lose 120,000 isk whenever I die, so I lost 1,080,000 isk from that battle (I was awarded 299,035 isk at the end of the battle). I healed the wounded, revived the fallen, and resupplied the vanguard at every chance. I broke my bank trying to win, matched the enemy blow for blow, and was denied a victory because of the inaction of five people.
And yet the only argument for this practice is "the game is broken," "the game is boring," or "they don't want to lose suits for nothing."
I would like to hear an actual compelling argument. It is very annoying to lose under these circumstances. |
The Medic Droid
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.29 22:10:00 -
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Gunner Nightingale wrote:The Medic Droid wrote:I was in a match earlier today; went 13 kills 9 deaths and accrued 2025 war points. It was a close battle, we were neck and neck with the enemy team, but ultimately we lost.
Five players were hanging out in the MCC the entire match.
Five players that could have turned the tide and helped us to win.
I lose 120,000 isk whenever I die, so I lost 1,080,000 isk from that battle (I was awarded 299,035 isk at the end of the battle). I healed the wounded, revived the fallen, and resupplied the vanguard at every chance. I broke my bank trying to win, matched the enemy blow for blow, and was denied a victory because of the inaction of five people.
And yet the only argument for this practice is "the game is broken," "the game is boring," or "they don't want to lose suits for nothing."
I would like to hear an actual compelling argument. It is very annoying to lose under these circumstances. The compelling reason is in your own argument. There is a reason why there is a downturn in activity among the veteran community. (by veteran i mean every leet player and every player whose character has over 4-5M SP or has been playing since Jan 22nd Open Beta but more so ALL CLOSED TESTERS). We have been doing this for months. We've been dealing with the gameplay bugs and having to deal with the minefield of players who simply don't know what they are doing. Add to this our competitive nature means we would do the same as you to secure the W. But in the end suits, salvage, and ISK are all COMMODITIES that will factor in the upcoming build (6 weeks). When a person can earn nearly the same levels of all of these things from AFKing as they can actually trying to play and gain at ZERO risk people are going to do that because to them the PUB match is not the game. Its the only mode we have now for nearly a year. People are building stockpiles and warchests. As ive said when PC/FW comes both of which will allow for SP/ISK gain as well you will see much of this AFK community disappearing from pubs anyway. Those that would AFK in pubs will also likely play to hit cap as fast as possible to focus on PC/FW. Point is this "widespread" problem will self-resolve in 6 weeks.
The good news that you've given me is that the AFK community will not be around forever; the only downside is that I have to sit on my thumbs for six weeks. Thank you for the reply. |
The Medic Droid
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.29 22:31:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:The Medic Droid wrote:I lose 120,000 isk whenever I die, so I lost 1,080,000 isk from that battle You should probably work on that. I can lose THREE TANKS and spend less than that with some of my fittings. I have one where I can lose 4 and still be well below that figure.
I always use my optimal logistic suit with equipment tailored to my team's survivability (Six Kin Triage Repair Tool, Logistic A-Series, Complex Armor Repair Module, Compact Nanohives, etc); none of which are cheap. I have an extremely competitive personality and I fight every match to win it.
My corp and circle of friends are content with the way I've built my medic and the immediate area that I feel needs to be improved, is my own survivability.
I wouldn't know about tanks, I'm not a vehicle specialist. However, I am acquainted with a few who run tanks worth upwards of 1.2 million isk. |
The Medic Droid
The Phoenix Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.29 22:55:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:The Medic Droid wrote:Garrett Blacknova wrote:The Medic Droid wrote:I lose 120,000 isk whenever I die, so I lost 1,080,000 isk from that battle You should probably work on that. I can lose THREE TANKS and spend less than that with some of my fittings. I have one where I can lose 4 and still be well below that figure. I always use my optimal logistic suit with equipment tailored to my team's survivability (Six Kin Triage Repair Tool, Logistic A-Series, Complex Armor Repair Module, Compact Nanohives, etc); none of which are cheap. I have an extremely competitive personality and I fight every match to win it. My corp and circle of friends are content with the way I've built my medic and the immediate area that I feel needs to be improved, is my own survivability. I wouldn't know about tanks, I'm not a vehicle specialist. However, I am acquainted with a few who run tanks worth upwards of 1.2 million isk. And I don't know a single tank driver who's willing to call in a 1 million+ ISK tank into every single battle regardless of what they're doing. Part of "winning" in New Eden is about making a profit. Don't use what you can't afford to lose. Also, a "suboptimal" fitting with a few steps short of your ideal in certain areas will be more of a challenge because of its reduced capabilities, thus improving your skill even more for when you run the "proper" fitting in a more serious battle where you expect a larger reward. Fighting with a handicap makes you rely less on the maxed-out capabilities of your best equipment. If you're losing an expensive fitting often enough to run at a loss, you're doing it wrong.
You are correct about a suboptimal fitting improving skill with the optimal one (not to mention the sense of gratification of switching from the former to the latter).
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