Atlas Exenthal
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Posted - 2013.05.04 18:10:00 -
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I'm in agreement with Hans for the most part, however I do have some reservations;
The AFK SP issue
Removing SP from being a match (aside from kills etc etc) isn't that great an idea either, unless the points gained from kills is quite large. CCP wants people PLAYING the game, not sitting around waiting for their SP to go up without logging in.
Penetration Gameplay
This excites me greatly, but would need a bunch of work on the EVE side of things.
- used for destroying player built structures that have entered reinforced mode (stations, poses etc).
- used for FW major plexes (maybe a new type), that requires a two pronged approach to capture. Current types are too quick to capture imo.
- wormhole structures for fancy ****.
- Titans (or any player owned ship), would be cool, but need some seriously fleshed out ideas.
Friendly Fire
If you enable FF everywhere else, that allows people to play both sides of the fight. while this sounds good on paper, this is truly a terrible idea in a game like Dust. The griefing levels are already quite high when you've got organized squads steamrolling through blueberries. Adding FF to public matches would allow people to do the same thing, from both sides of the fight.
That is a ****** shitty ****** idea, and we both know that without significantly levels of punishment for TKing (not player-based), that the game will suffer.
I'm all for the whole "harsh reality of eve" thing, but that doesn't really work in the context of a shooter. Low-sec would become a wasteland or organized pirate corps playing both sides of the field. Null-sec would remain unaffected since that's where the *serious* players will be, and they won't take FF lightly. High-sec would be where the *rich* grind blueberries for SP (basically how the game is right now).
Unlike EVE, multitudes of people can't just happen across a pirate squads killing teammates, like you can in EVE. In Dust, you've got a fixed number of players playing in an enclosed environment, with no ability to defend or call for support. Redlining is already pretty bad and hated. How much do you think people will hate it when you can't even spawn in your own MCC?
It simply doesn't work. Low Sec D514 would be a waste of space. |