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Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.07.09 09:33:00 -
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To preface, I've had a bit of a struggle really finding a niche in this game I wanted to pursue and ended up going through a good chunk of characters. The most I've ever had was around 6 million SP, and if I stuck with a single toon from the start I'd have around 11 million SP now, but instead I roll with this guy who is just about to hit 3 million SP. I started him around a week after the "official release" so proto users weren't exactly a rarity at that time. Yes it was a bit of an upward battle but I never felt overly intimidated by any enemy fits I came across. Maybe it's because despite my low SP I have quite a bit of experience, but I don't believe the disparity between new players and old players is all that bad, at least not enough to make someone quit. If they are quitting, I truly believe it is for other reasons. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
295
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Posted - 2013.07.09 09:55:00 -
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steadyhand amarr wrote:Keep saying simples fix is lock gear by game mode instant battles. T1 fw t2 pc anything goes people can't mone about gear then
Once upon a time I believed this as well, but now I believe it would just create more problems. Dust 514 is New Eden, there is no segregation. Sure have a battle academy just long enough for players to learn the controls and mechanics, but after that they must be welcomed to the world. If you create more tiers of instant battles you simply create this loop where you feel you are at the top then a couple upgrades later you are back at the bottom because you moved to the next collection of players.
Though this comes from the guy who believes the disparity between new and old players is not as great as it seems. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.07.09 10:28:00 -
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Tell me, if I only had advanced level gear and matchmaking put me only against those with advanced level gear, why would I want to get prototype? It would be the same exact thing several weeks of grinding later. |
Aero Yassavi
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.07.09 10:46:00 -
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Cat Merc wrote:Aero Yassavi wrote:Tell me, if I only had advanced level gear and matchmaking put me only against those with advanced level gear, why would I want to get prototype? It would be the same exact thing several weeks of grinding later. If you do extremely good in advanced gear you will be matched up against proto people. If you do average then you will be with the rest of the advanced suits. It all balances out.
Well then you got the same problem. You'll have a basic-advanced portion and an advanced-prototype portion, where it's essentially the same gear gaps but after a ton more grinding. I mean, it's sort of like the same problem as games like Borderlands have, where you level up to get better guns and shields, only to end up facing enemies that also have better guns and shields. After grinding to the top you really don't feel like you achieved anything.
The whole spectrum needs to coexists. That's just my opinion. |
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