RoadKill Badger
Neanderthal Nation
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Posted - 2013.07.31 13:24:00 -
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I agree with alot of what you have said.
With regards to only getting to play ambush, this is surely only going to make it more difficult for new players once they leave academy.
How academy ran before with a mix of ambush and skirmish was far better.
The map size reduction due to the 8v8, 25clone ambush mode also limits the roles that blueberries can try out.
Dropships being particularly affected, they take a lot of practice to fly and even on large maps new pilots will often crash and burn within moments of leaving the ground. They need space to learn this skill. I spent many millions on dropships before reaching a level that enabled me to manouevre between towers etc. The current academy format would mean that many potential pilots would just give up or be forced to try and gain these skills whilst playing against experienced players who will likely blow them out of the sky so quickly, it would become economically challenging to say the least!
Snipers are also greatly affected by the small maps and spawning, if a sniper is wearing a light suit, which most would, they will often be mown down before getting the chance to find a good overwatch position. There are also very few places for them to do so. This doesn't help them or the other players. As soon as they hit the main population in public matches they are going to be wondering where these snipers with high level gear are, that are taking them out with great ease.
In my experience I found that leaving the old academy and entering public battles was a shock to the system when faced with guys in proto gear, the new format is merely going to exagerate this feeling immensely and will probably put new players off almost instantly. Just as they think they're getting good, boom!!! They go from having good games where they may have been top in every game with good k/d to getting seriously spanked by organised squads running good gear. No fun at all... Why would you want to grind or pay for better gear if you're not having fun???
With regards to the reward for squading up and working as a team, Orbital Strikes... 25 clones = 1250wp. Almost impossible to get an orbital with this format, even if your squad gets every kill and works together getting lots of wp for drop uplinks, reppers, hives etc.
Simple solution to this is surely to integrate this new 8v8 format into the old map rotation or better still give players the choice of game modes.
Skirmish is the games main battle format, removing this from academy in my opinion is a big mistake... |