Arashi Miike
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Posted - 2006.03.07 02:51:00 -
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I don't have much to add, as it seems j0sephine has said pretty much everything I would have. As a relatively newer player, I enjoy the ability to fit 1 or 2 WCSs to my ship so that when I'm flying around in lower sec space fighting cruiser and battlecruiser spawns in the belts, and some 2 year-old player in a battleship or HAC warps in, I have the option of turning and running. I'm not there for PvP, I'm there for PvE. I imagine the same would apply to an older player hunting rats in 0.0.
CCP obviously did not want a game where we always have to fight, or always have to fight other players. Just like in real life, running is the smartest thing to do when you're outgunned, and CCP has made sure that we have a way to run. Sure, my setup isnt as good as if I'd put combat-related mods in the lows, and because I've given up those low slots, I'd probably lose at PvP against even a ship the same size. But I'm okay with that. In this way, WCSs are good for newer players.
I sympathize with people who dislike pirates loading up on WCSs, flying around looking for easy kills, and then running the moment something the least bit threatening appears. While a valid tactic this may be, I also agree that it is somewhat cowardly. More importantly, however, it encourages a kind of environment that is harmful to newer players, like myself, since combat becomes nothing more than older players in better ships ganking newer players in less expensive ships. This is not a healthy game state, and in this way, WCSs are bad for newer players.
I guess what I'm saying is that, as a newer player, I feel that, before you suggest any drastic changes to WCSs, think of the impact that those changes would have on those of who are not the most PvP oriented players. Yes, I realize that half of the alliance players and all of the pirates are going to scream: "What are you doing in low sec space if you're not ready for PvP?" Well, I get ready for PvP, starting with "WCS x 2".
"I should have been a pair of ragged claws/
scuttling across the floors of silent seas." |