TomParad0x
Caldari adeptus gattacus Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2006.11.08 20:53:00 -
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Edited by: TomParad0x on 08/11/2006 20:56:41
Originally by: Avon
Originally by: Patch86
I don't really like warp to 0km, I'd have preferred a different solution. But on the whole it doesn't change much from how it already is with BM Instas.
It makes avoiding bubble camps much easier for a start. You can "insta" from any direction, avoiding a path which brings you in-line with the bubble.
I think the devs are just looking for an easy out. They are willing to compromise the quality of the game in order to cause the least possible uproar.
There are many better solutions to the issue, ranging from the complete removal of instas with no replacment (\o/), skills or mods to mitigate the warp in range (skills bad, mods good), rigs, etc.
There was a chance here to improve the whole travel aspect of the game, which would have desireable knock on effects like regional diversity, and a host of other things.
I understand why CCP would choose to dumb down the game in order to avoid a verbal onslaught from the masses, but I still think they are making a mistake. If you keep giving players what they say they want, eventually you have no game left.
If you wish to mitigate the time or risk involved in travel, then you should have to earn it. It shouldn't be handed to everyone on a plate. Where is the effort or compromise to gain the reward?
What do we get for Kali 2? "I-WIN" buttons if we moan enough?
Quote: If you keep giving players what they say they want, eventually you have no game left.
Sadly, i agree with this as i have personally seen its effect in Neocron 2. However, i don't feel this is the case here... A solution was needed, BMs were lagging the server. Granted, they could have added other stuff, such as mods, or skills... but those have problems. For one, a skill would be like learning skills, everyone is going to train it to 5... Mods? so... basically the next stab, but for getting to the gate faster? Everyone who has a brain fits it when traveling ( Unless its so crappy that it does jack for travel time, but then don't even bother putting it in the game... )
Granted, if the skill is actually worth while... you can still get around the bubble by going a different direction, depending on how much the mod / skill takes off.
Easy way out? they were looking for a way to cut the load and lag on the servers, and stop the mass of the population from spamming bookmark solution threads all over the place.
edit: I dont care if it warps to 15km on autopilot tbh, i think thats a good thing. But from what i myself can see, all it will do is give everyone free bookmakrs and reduce the risk of getting ganked a gate camp. Ontop of make travel faster ( But you still have to sit there, and warp to each gate one by one like you do a BM... ) Sig offline till i fix my domain... |