Shion Typhon
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.07.09 11:32:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote: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.
This is just so wrong.
Dust is NOT EVE. Dust is a 2 game-type lobby shooter where your options are purely limited to the situation on the map at hand. EVE is a gigantic sandbox, where yes there is danger, however, there are also almost unlimited choices to limit and control that danger. As hardcore as it is, even EVE has a graduated introduction from spawn new pilot --> null sec fleet combat.
If this was an open world MMO with whole planets to maneuver around and thousands of players to cooperate with then go for it, no problem, but its not.
Lunatics who herp-a-derp "HTFU, this is New Eden" need to be ignored for the sake of this game.
The vast majority of incoming FPS players have played many team based shooters, in fact shooters of many types and styles. The concept of squad based cooperative PVP is not foreign to them. However, I see more team cooperation in your average TF2 match than I do in an average Dust match because the borked risk/reward mechanics of the game actively discourage team play.
If you think there is not much difference between the new militia user and the proto-monster he's facing I think you need to go ask the gaming community and FPS design community at large if they think its good gameplay and balance having one guy with 3x the HP and 2x the regen and 1.5x the damage of the other guy.
The only reason I made it past 1mil SP was because I also played EVE and decided to tough it out for the long term. Even now at closing on 4mil SP its still ridiculous. Its not uncommon to be fired upon by 4 proto guys simultaneously in my poor man's advanced suit, that's the equivalent of like 6x my HP and firepower.
Hardly an enriching experience or good way to have fun after a day at work. |