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Dunk Mujunk
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.07.31 09:12:00 -
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As an extremely new player (I've been playing for a day now) i'm kinda disappointed with the game so far. I used to play MAG, so I can kinda see what the overall idea of the more advanced game modes may be, and i'm excited still for that. Unfortunately, I've only been able to get into a hand full of skirmish maps, other than that, its been all Ambush (Of the 8v8 variety. I played I think 3 or 4 of the 16v16 Ambush last night before it was, I guess, done away with). You know, I log in, and it says there is 60,000+ people on the server. I go to the battle finder, and I can choose between the single Battle Academy match that's always the same map, and that's it, unless there is a battle under the mercenary tab, which only seems to happen once every few minutes or so, and even if it says there are spaces available, it almost always tells me there is no more room. But that's all fine and good I thought, I gotta learn the ropes at some point, i'll do this Battle Academy thing and get some SP and get a few upgrades and be ready for the actual game. Wrong. More often than not, Battle Academy to a new player seems to be the equivalent of Sandy Hook Elementary to a small child, an unstoppable, brutal assault. It's bad enough when the opposing team has a hand full of players who are fairly top end, but it gets worse when you see (what appears to me to be) a group of veteran players who regularly play together using high end equipment and high end strategy to just mud hole stomp the opposing team of noobs. Now, i'm not saying change anything, cause I have no idea what changes to recommend. I've basically realized that i'm looking at a good long time of getting the ever loving dog **** kicked out of me time and time and time and time again, until I've managed to cobble together enough SP to start getting my head above water. Which is all fine and good, if that's the way its gotta be that's the way its gotta be. I've also been extremely disappointed by the in game community. After a particularly savage beating in an Ambush match (I think I was like 0/17) I figured i'd try and join a Corp. I bounced around to a few Corps to find the same thing each time- Promises of an active Corp friendly to beginners dashed by a dead Corp chat and absolutely no help or interaction what so ever. If i'm joining a Corp I wanna fight with them, not join so I can login to a dead chat room while getting destroyed playing Call of Duty (I mean 8v8 Ambush) by myself. At this point I've figured screw it, from what ive seen i'm nowhere near being effective enough (equipment wise) for a seriously active Corp to want me, so i'll just try and get by on my own for now. And I don't dare ask any questions in the Match Lobby or General Chat. I've got thick skin and all, but the thought of being verbally accosted by someone who is probably 15 years old over my lack of knowledge of a game I've played for a day is not an appealing one. All in all, the negatives I've seen aren't enough yet to turn ME off from the game, but i'm sure for many others its been way to much to deal with. |
Dunk Mujunk
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.07.31 09:44:00 -
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Tranquility says theres like 20,000+ right now, and it said 40,000+ when I was playing earlier today |
Dunk Mujunk
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.07.31 09:55:00 -
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Ah, I see. |
Dunk Mujunk
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.08.01 04:34:00 -
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I will say I did a bit of research on the game before downloading, and I had a good idea of what I was getting into when I downloaded it. I did have that tiny, sub conscious thought that maybe i'd just be a natural and smoke everyone right out of the gate, but I knew what I was up against. I know if I grind it out, i'll get there. Never been a CoD or Battlefield fan, but I fell head over heals in love with MAG, and Dust seems to take a lot of those same concepts and push them waaaaaay to the next level, which is friggin awesome. Now of course I've been getting frustrated as all hell a lot, but I keep coming back, cause I know once I actually get to start playing the game, I will be hooked (and I can't wait). But to someone who may have just downloaded the game with no knowledge of it.........you know, i'm not stereotyping here, but I've watched my buddies play CoD and Battlefield, and yeah, there are some team based modes that decent amounts of people play, but a lot of it seems to be (from my perspective) a lot of death match and team death match. Now you have what i'm sure is at least a decent portion of the Dust population who have played one of these other shooters for a good bit, and when you hit them with this Ambush stuff i'm seeing now, you're telling them "you know this style of game, this is familiar, fall into habits and strategies from your past experiences". Then BAM (and i'm guessing at this point, cause i'm still in BA lol) you throw them into a extremely team focused style of play in which you may have to go 0/28 on the kill count to effect the match in a positive way, or you may have to hang out at C to guard it while the next squad gets to go take A, or whatever. I personally think when newer players are accused of worrying about their Kill Count over the team, I genuinely think a lot of those cases are players with no knowledge of this style shooter trying to help out in the only way they now how, which is just find guy kill guy, find guy kill guy. Battle Academy needs to be a side attraction for the hell of it/ another way for SP. The world understands the basic concept of a first person shooter. The beginning of Dust, in my opinion, should focus on letting people know right off the bat "hey, if you're willing to try this teamwork thing out and be open to a deeper, strategic shooter, you're gonna have a good time", and then you give them a super small scale taste of what they will be seeing as they progress, making them more useful and effective once they do start mixing with the veteran population, lowering the stress level for everyone and letting the game really shine. I think Skirmish is a better candidate for gameplay intro purposes, but my knowledge is limited. And being someone who is not at all happy with the proliferation of all these extra little do dads and charges and things you can buy with real money that give you a leg up in games now a days, I must say after getting more familiar with the market it seems pretty fair so far. I was a bit unhappy about the blueprints being a real money only thing at first, but then I realized I have more ISK than I know what to do with, and even if I went and bought blueprints, I couldn't use most of it without buying the suits that let me use high level stuff, and then whats the point? Why even play? I always liked the saying "It's the journey, not the destination". Anyway i'm rambling, case in point: Battle Academy= Bad for learning. More team focus Skirmish type something or other= Good for learning.
One more quote for any new players feeling a little beat up and run down-
"Ain't nothin' worth doin' easy" |
Dunk Mujunk
Forty-Nine Fedayeen
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.08.01 04:45:00 -
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P.S.
Thanks for the offer Protected Void. I'll keep you guys in mind for the future. For the present I have some work to do which I think is best done on my own. My minds there, just gotta get my equipment there. Thank you again. |
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