Snopzet
Inglourious Squirrels
That Escalated Quickly.
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Posted - 2014.08.24 19:01:00 -
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I just tried all five missions and as someone who has very few experience in solo frig pvp the only thing I learned from them is: have a friend in a Kitsune or dual-box, so I can "solo" them all in a Harpy  . I tried the Blood Raider mission two times in a Harpy with different fits. But even with 300 dps I can't break the tank because of "PVE-fit"... if I try to get a web and scram on it, I can't survive long enough to kill the burner. To be honest, as soon as Hyperion goes online, I won't start flying lvl4 missions just for those. If I like to trash my frigs, I go to a factional warfare system and have some fun there.
Basically I like the idea to teach ppl how frig pvp works but this is just the wrong approach, since they are too hard for newbies. Giving mission runners some new variations is cool too, but many will wait for detailed guides on eve-survival and then it's just a plain stupid mission as any other.Those who try the new burner missions on their own will fail for sure and after losing two more or less expensive frigs, they will give up on them and never accept them again, unless they can find a good guide which makes the risk-reward-ratio acceptable.
So, ppl who have the skills and knowledge to fly the burner missions are experienced frig pvp pilots and guess what, I doubt they will ever touch a lvl4 mission  Even if CCP would add a new agent type, which gives out only burner missions, they are still not interesting for them, since they are too predictable.
If I couldn't dual-box I would probably skip most of the burner missions too, because I can fly T2 Caldari frigs only and I'm not willing to spend ISK for one or even two pirate faction frigs, just for these missions (leave aside the high risk of losing the ship). But this is just my personal view.
What about a test server within TQ? A "virtual reality" zone? No rewards, no risk. You can select a ship, fit it to your needs and choose a NPC opponent (like the burner NPCs) you wish to fight against. So you can train yourself or test fittings. This VR-zone could be then expanded for fleet tests. You can pick multiple different NPC opponents with custom or predefined fittings and a smart AI. So you can test fleet compositions or train your corp members. Something like an alliance tournament vs NPCs and without any risk (remember: you don't get any reward for that of course). It's a huge feature which is more like a "nice to have", but it would be better then the current burner missions :V |