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Posted - 2013.06.17 10:51:00 -
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KaTaLy5t-87 wrote:I've been involved in the game for a while but only recently started posting on the forums (never really felt the need before). I only post in threads that offer constructive criticism and arguments and are not just general rant threads. I do agree though that the player base seems to be shrinking and that makes me kinda sad.
The game has lots and lots of potential and I don't want to see it fail but I think some people have just had enough and are turning away.
Potential, sure. I'm but a whelp compared to some of the old guard who've been in since the start of closed beta but I can imagine 14 months of banking on potential but only seeing a few shuffling steps forward would really wear you down. There've been small changes, sure, but the core fundamentals? They haven't really been refined. There's even been steps backwards.
Small changes might be an unfair appraisal of the past year's progress but I'm afraid I'm falling short when trying to think of any major developments. Have they cultivated the gameplay, envisioned what they want the flow of battle to be like and made strides to make it so? If they have we haven't noticed. Either the vision isn't there or the attempt at realisation was thoroughly inadequate. How do they want LAVs, Dropships and HAVs to integrate into the gameplay? Do they want LAVs to be potential harassers, taxis, a light infantry fighting vehicle? Transports for player-held objectives? HAVs, what do you want them doing? Running the spectrum from long-range AV bombardment with lighter frames to a short-range Blaster on a heavier tank, soaking it up and dishing it out while aiding the frontline push into a defended complex? Dropships, dropping troops, that's a rather simple one and yet has gone quite wrong. The problem ain't even their sorry state right now, it's the lack of focused objectives to drop on and by extension the tangible frontline built around it to drop behind.
I could go on. Haven't even touched infantry. Suffice to say the important role right now is pretty much just slayers, with a Logi thrown in for good measure. The fact Cal Logis are among the premiere slayers throws a further wrench. |