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Ivan Avogadro
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Posted - 2013.05.05 13:12:00 -
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fell and died wrote:Spademan wrote:The thing is, people are assuming the specialisations are what we have now, so they think we're getting jacked by needing to spend more sp to get the same stuff, but the basic suits are more akin to what we have now, which will actually be easier to get than what we have.
I say we should wait, try things out, then criticise. Do you even have an idea how long it will take to get into a proper Logi suit?! Sure Basic and Assault suits seem to be mostly identical. But Basics are vastly different from Logi suits and making people sink so damn many SP into suit skills just so they can be a Logi feels a bit... unreasonable.
I can see your point from the amount of tech you need to upgrade. But as a scout I feel like I have the same problem. Both my biotics and all three of my EWAR skill have been increased to 3x. So that's five skills at about 900,000 SP each to get to level 5, not counting the parent skills to get there. So just shy of 5mil to be the best I can be at running and hiding. Without a weapon or suit or hacking or anything else.
It's going to be a fine line to walk, choosing which skills to specialize in fully, which to leave at 2 or 3, and which to abandon. I also feel like this is a highly unforgiving model. 10-15 mil for a worthwhile build means that you can't make mistakes or try something new. I really have to be sure now that I want to go full Scout. Welcome to New Eden I guess. |
Ivan Avogadro
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Posted - 2013.05.05 13:28:00 -
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Warhawk, the PS3 release game, had no experience system at all. When you acquired enough points to earn a new rank it unlocked costumes. That's it. You could immediately use all weapons and immediately operate all vehicles. The only thing separating you from your opponent was FPS skill (and your teammates).
That game lasted years with a viable player base.
Now maybe DUST will go 10 years, I certainly hope it does (primarily for cross platform reasons, I want more games to do that). But every million SP we have to spend getting good at Job A means we are more and more lacking at Job B. I can pretty much guarantee I will never drive another tank in DUST unless I hack one away from the enemies. That's a sad realization for me, because I enjoy driving tanks in other wargames, and I enjoy them in DUST. But the dedication to perfection this game embraces, is too much. I don't have the SP to be good at it and good at infantry. I also don't want to scrimp and save for 10 months in order to someday drive a tank.
I'm going to keep playing DUST for a while, but as a Scout almost exclusively. And whenever that gets boring, in a year or two, I probably won't have the option to switch gears deftly, so I will quit. |
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