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Posted - 2006.11.18 11:40:00 -
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 Originally by: Xori Ruscuv
Edited by: Xori Ruscuv on 18/11/2006 09:46:25
Originally by: Tiuwaz
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1) dont train for something thats going to implemented 1/2 a year later, cause there is now way you could have known if it sucks or not, you betted on it and lost perhaps, not CCP's fault
(i betted on the new minni BS to be a BS sized stabber and trained BS 5 oh boy did i loose that one  )
I didn't train for something that would be implemented 1/2 year later. I trained for what I picked. Period. Now I (and others) are being screwed. Read the post.
Your OP comes down one thing, and one thing only. You blame CCP for not having picked the perfect balance from the get-go; you were forced to make a choice on what to train and now your choice turned out to be, well, wrong. The logical thing would be of course to blame CCP for this horrendous crime. They should 1. in their omniscient position either get the balance perfect or 2. atleast not change the balancing at all.
Option 1. is an utopia, and has been proven impossible. Devs didn't foresee the use of bookmarking to create instas - players will always find loopholes and take advantage of ship designs in ways that were not planned at all. The early days of Ravens fitting lasers to great effect come to mind.
Alright, option 2. then - for all intents and purposes it'd become a static game. If for instance Ravens and torps hadn't been changed, what do you think we would see almost exclusively out in space? It'd be even worse than it already is. If new content would be added it'd either be overpowered, causing everyone to 'jump ship' to that new way of playing or it'd be underpowered, leading to noone using it at all. And a static game = death for sure.
This game of balancing is an effect of the impossibility of foreseeing all consequences from adding new content. The consequence of the balancing act is the 'lottery' - what will be useful in the future? - that you seem to suffer under. And the remedy to this you ask? Well, there is none. Just pick a course and stay on it. The alternative to the balancing act is pretty much death, so I know what I choose.
/me switches to Large Railgun Specialization 4. Interestingly enough, I started training for that from scratch almost 6 months ago... Good things come to those who persevere.
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