Dalilus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.06 22:56:00 -
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Yes, missions need a revamp.
It used to be that lvl 4 missions were an adrenaline junkies wet dream....sweaty palms and feet were the norm, the heart thumped so hard both kidneys hurt, the house could be burning down but one was so concentrated on not getting killed that an earthquake was a distant distraction and if one was not careful the chair cusion was in danger of being sucked into the body cavity by a sphincter no longer under central nervous system control. For example in the bonus room of the Angel Extravaganza there was an extra wave of fast elite cruisers doing a ton of dps that popped out of nowhere and another wave of bss doing the same, alas they were eliminated. Tengus with dual shield boosters could be lost in thebonus room of the Guristas extravaganza due to missile fire. All stasis towers used to work, here and there neuting towers were the norm and some structures would blow up if one got too close to them. Lvl 4s were hard but rewarding and if one had big [use your imagination here] lvl 5s could be done in high sec.
Then the loons took over the CSM. Nullbears through their CSM mouthpieces begam whining and bawling and writing threadnoughts about carebears making too much isk, started complaining that not enough carebears were asking to be pets by renting out nullsec space or becoming pew-pew foder and finally had the [use your imagination here] to say that PVP was the only way to play EVE. CCP in their wisdom listened to the nullbears and nerfed missions and nerfed them and nerfed them and nerfed them to where they are atm, a boring repetitive grind. Now they want to nerf marauders for PVE and useful for PVP but that is on another thread.
I understand that powercreep is a problem in any game but 100 million+ sp solo carebears that don't wanna PVP or run incursions, with a dozen or more bs hulls including faction, pirate and mauders strewn out in every mission system with billions in the bank, want challenges. Not killing Zor and saving the damsel for the 1,000 time.
Imo the only way to 'fix' missions is to have an aleatory mission engine where no 2 missiosn are the same. If CCP is willing to take on the challenge such and engine could be built, if I'm not mistaken there are several out there already. That way the nullberas will be happy breaking the kitchen sink over each others head and carebears will be happy doing the same with npcs.
Last but not least not everybody wants to swap body fluids with a partner while playing EVE, it might be apealing to some but not all. Please don't ban solo players in the revamp. |