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Posted - 2005.07.12 13:37:00 -
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Originally by: Miri Tirzan
Originally by: Rod Blaine The missile changes ahd preciously little to do with missions.
The mission changes had preciously little to do with missiles.
They just came as seperate solution to seperate (but related) problems at the same time.
Missions earned too much isk, in a Raven, in an Apoc, in a Dominix, in any BS that people used for doing them.
So, mission difficulty got upped and the reward downed. What we have now is some of them being real badass challenges to any single player (and sometimes maybe even impossible to solo, altho people scream impossible far too soon), and some being very feasible to solo still.
This was needed to stop the neverending ability to grind missions after mission without thinking. Now, you have to reject more of them, suggle more specific setups, call in a friend for every so many missions, etc. Difficulty is up, interactiveness of the content increased.
Also, they earn less cash, and less rewards. That was needed to rebalance them with othe rempire professions. there will always be people soloing most pvp 4 missions without too much trouble. But they simply cannot be allowed to make three times what a specialised miner makes, so now they don't.
The the missile changes.
these were inspired by the fact that only missiles hadn't gotten teh beating of the tracking changes, and required far too little skillpoint investment to be competitive.
Now, they need the same skills, and are about just as effective as turets in generally comparable situations. No more frig pwnage with torps, no more uselessness at long range. Missile were fixed, and the effect will turn out to be nothing then good.
So, that clearly explains why the original poster should not whine. The one issue stands apart from the other, both were solved nicely and no nerf has been much overdone at all.
The only thing that prompts these whines is that those that farmed lvl 4's on 'easy' mode using ravens got hit by two big changes at the same time. Well, suck it up, cause you we're benefitting from two big iombalances for over half a year.
Rod, you are full of it.
The missile change had a lot to do with missions or dont you remember your other whiney posts about noobie making to much ISK with ravens and torps? Try reading my post, not just tossing your trolling stuff into every thread.
Missions were to easy only if you were using a "I win" torp before the missile changes. I did not here of missions being too easy for players not using ravens and torps. Making missions harder alone would have been ok. Making missions play less alone would have been ok, but doing both is a double nerf and over the top. That is what my post is about.
Oh, and since agent running without torps or with torps only made 8-10 million per hour per patch and miners made 8-10 million per hour per patch. And most lost a ship every now and then to missions... which miners did not, I fell to see what the issue is other than your standard... I am a PvPer and I want people to come out where I can kill them whine.
Miri the miners you point out making 8-10 mil an hour are either in 0.0 or have trained all their mining skills for about 4-5 months. A raven pilot before patch needed only about 1 month to get up to skills to fly a raven and grind up to lvl 4.
Miners have to deal with pirates and do lose their ships.
The lvl 4's are good now. You can still solo them, just the newer raven pilots who havn't trained for more than 2 months need to train a little more to be as proficient as before is all.
A good balance IMO, and a welcome change
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