You do know that's a tactic used by many well known corps on here. since day 1 in fact.

Reason why zerging was so viable in MAG was because there really wasn't that big of a downside in completely abandoning one or two fronts. Plus in Dust we have these things called "Orbital Bombardment." Zerge at me, bro.

It may not work as it is right now or on current maps, but later, with bigger maps, more vehicles and more variety, it may actually be pretty fun.

Heck some maps seem pretty empty as they are right now, and they're supposed to be the smaller ones, the bigger maps would be just a pain to play with with such small amount of players.

However, Dust also has downsides to death that MAG may or may not have (never played). For one, there is the cost of fielding soldiers. Sure, you could "zerg" in free fits, but if the defenders are full proto, it is going to be a very uphill fight. Another downside is that even on objective based games, you have a clone limit. If you are sending wave after wave of enemies at a highly defended position, you may gain the objective but you could very easily lose the conflict.

You zerg to break the moral. Skip objectives to your side or leave just one to get it, now bum rush across to the enemy's NEAREST objective. Red line them.

That was the goal with many clans in MAG. After your red lined, then 1 or 2 blokes can cap objectives. prevent you from getting out. spawn camping, red lining, hold hostage, all kinda same.


EDIT: The HMG reign of MAG. My clan would push the enemy all the way back. break moral, and have some of them rage quit. lol

*resoonding to thread title-------> yes, givin its a different mode ( other than ambush domination or skirmish ) and redline is removed.

I don't see zerg as a problem; if you have the numbers, and a cooperative team, then why not use it to your advantage.

I'd personally be satisfied with a 64 player count, I don't need anything higher than that, though more would be nice.

Well organized doesn't count for **** compared to raw numbers..... I mean, it would take a mastermind FC to organize a logistics line that could reapportion their defense fast enough to counter zerg tactics.

Pretty simple question guys, but ill elaborate more on what I mean. Back when Zipper interactive was releasing MAG the "revolutionary FPS" that featured 256 man battles, people got really hyped up for it. The overall chaos of this game was something people lived off of. However..... what a lot of people didn't recognize was the fact that "good" clans would always use "swarm" tactics. Swarm or "zerging" is the act of throwing so many people at one focal point that it just crushes and overwhelms defensive opposition.

To some people this is fun, but when you look at a game as deep as dust, you gotta say "well damn..... zerging pretty takes away all need for tactics huh?" and it does. Mindlessly following one order to "overwhelm a position" is a feet that's only truly possible once the player count has reached something I like to call "critical mass".

Critical mass meaning: The threshold in which once the game hits an X amount of players it becomes too zerg oriented.

The X variable in that definition is subject to player opinion, and so im asking you guys what you think about the topic.

Is 128 v 128 Too much for Dust????
What about 64 v 64?
32 v 32??

Does it not matter how many players are in this game?? Is the level of customization just sooooo deep that numbers wont matter?? or will numbers overshadow customization?? Because no matter how different your suit might be, you, as the player will still only be ONE player, and therefore you'll only be ONE of the MANY.

In my opinion 32 v 32 would be near perfect, possibly even 64 v 64, but past that the game starts to get excessive and I honestly don't think the PS3 could handle anything more then 32 v 32 anyway. I mean..... we don't even have 24 v 24 yet unfortunately. So what do you guys think??? I want to hear your opinions so if you read down to this far please feel free to post your opinion!!! (and if you feel super generous finger hump that like button cuz I like being a like *****)

You do know that's a tactic used by many well known corps on here. since day 1 in fact.

Dunno 1v1 games have been a long time classic of fun.

You do know thats a tactic that has been used since war itself right?