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Posted - 2013.05.15 22:43:00 -
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Vyzion Eyri wrote:Dropship handling has definitely changed, but give it a few weeks and Skihids will come out with a new, sexy guide and everyone else will have gotten used to the controls too.
Worse? Or different? We are nothing if not human; change spooks the kitten out of us. Give it some time to settle in. My first flight in Uprising, I wanted to throw down the controller and jump straight on the forums to explain in elaborate detail the failings of the new dropship handling system. Now? I'm loving it. Combined with the high flight ceiling I can perform maneuvers previously impossible.
Just the camera seems really unsettling. The handling itself is fine.
Furthermore, if you fly just under the flight ceiling, you can perform infantry deployments with relative safety. Haven't tried this as much, however. Might not always work in every game.
Skihids is planning to speck out as soon as we get the respec, dust fiend is too. |
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Posted - 2013.05.15 23:02:00 -
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Iron Wolf Saber wrote:I am just saying now isn't the time to keep making new threads though restirring the old pot over and over again, CPM is well aware the Dropships missed the pass and I am sure the developers involved with vehicles was also aware, they may bandaid fix it in the near future while the longer term balance changes will be made a bit later.
It doesn't do any good if everything gets band-aided now to a slower bleeding state when the more focused balanced changes can simply undo all of these quick patches. Trust me there is going to be changes and what is in store is simply not ready for reviewing yet because the picture is so incomplete. Once it is in a good enough state I trust CCP will be sharing their thoughts with you on advancing the entire balance 'table' forward.
On we know, blam gave us some hints a week or two ago, some really cool looking stuff coming, and I fully understand that CCP is still working out how these things will work and how they'll fit into the big picture, but until then dropships will continue to be the white elephant of dust. It's just that I and I'm sure many other pilots chose flying as our path in dust because it was a challenging, fun, and rarely trodden path, but the simple fact is flying makes me more angry than anything else, I'm actually given serious thought as to whether or not it's worth it for me to continue flying.
If the fact that one of the most well known pilots in dust is saying they're not worth it as present doesn't tell you something about the state of dropships, I don't know what else does. |
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Posted - 2013.05.16 00:03:00 -
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Skihids wrote:gbghg wrote:Iron Wolf Saber wrote:I am just saying now isn't the time to keep making new threads though restirring the old pot over and over again, CPM is well aware the Dropships missed the pass and I am sure the developers involved with vehicles was also aware, they may bandaid fix it in the near future while the longer term balance changes will be made a bit later.
It doesn't do any good if everything gets band-aided now to a slower bleeding state when the more focused balanced changes can simply undo all of these quick patches. Trust me there is going to be changes and what is in store is simply not ready for reviewing yet because the picture is so incomplete. Once it is in a good enough state I trust CCP will be sharing their thoughts with you on advancing the entire balance 'table' forward. On we know, blam gave us some hints a week or two ago, some really cool looking stuff coming, and I fully understand that CCP is still working out how these things will work and how they'll fit into the big picture, but until then dropships will continue to be the white elephant of dust. It's just that I and I'm sure many other pilots chose flying as our path in dust because it was a challenging, fun, and rarely trodden path, but the simple fact is flying makes me more angry than anything else, I'm actually given serious thought as to whether or not it's worth it for me to continue flying. If the fact that one of the most well known pilots in dust is saying they're not worth it as present doesn't tell you something about the state of dropships, I don't know what else does. Don't give up, just don't limit yourself to flying. I'm sure you had a backup day job befrore, just like I had Logistics. Make that your main SP investment so you can still play and have fun while dropships are worked on. I think it's going to take a while too, because it's not just the mechanics or even the reward system that needs to be addressed, it's also the fundamental game that is going to have to change. It has to create true missions for the dropship where none exist now. At the moment the dropship is a solution in search of a problem. The issue is the current game play requires only two roles, slayer and healer. There are no tactical challenges that would require a tool like the dropship to solve. CCP will require time to develop game modes that can truly make use of this wonderful tool. We won't be playing mindless Ambush or Brownian motion Skirmish forever.
****, I'm actually seriously considering this. |
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