Firnas
The Nintendo Generation
Snatch Victory
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Posted - 2011.04.08 16:21:00 -
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This is the worst thing I have seen from CCP since I walked into the game.
From a practical standpoint, you just removed all logistics from the game. I certainly would not permit a logistics ship to sit on the field given the option to remove it from the enemy fleet. You have also forced people to play with Flagships, something I understand was the gimmick last year that you guys thought would be cool to forcibly push as a big lynchpin of fleets in AT9.
That's great, but did you consider the fact that the tournament was rebalanced years ago to make it more about pvp and less about spending 20 billion on one ship?
From a player standpoint, these guys work hard, I know my guys work incredibly hard, to get here. Their work ethic in my alliance earns them spots on the field, in maybe only 2 matches a year. Now at least 1 guy, and probably more, get to do all that work, warp onto the field, and get screwed. That is about as un motivating as you can get.
From a meta standpoint, as stated above, this tournament was redesigned to put the focus on pvp, not on just spending billions of isk on a ship or a few ships. With these new changes of yours, the entire game now revolves around gunning down the enemy, and placing simply as much isk as you possibly can onto your flagship. You have managed to if not destroy, then severely damage the entire concept of designing a intricate fleet. The fleet is now "make big flagship, put gunboats around it, smash smash".
There was a post in the other thread that said something to the effect of "I hope you guys aren't trying to do something crazy in your first attempt at running the tournament", and that seems rather prescient now. Did you guys forget this tournament should be about PvP and not about gimmicks?
I live for this tournament, as anyone who plays with me or knows me can tell you, and even my enthusiasm for this tournament has been terribly damped. I love the pure planning and combat, and you have introduced a reality tv show vote off into it.
Thanks so much CCP. This is one of those things I won't ever forget, like when I went to sleep one night, and woke up to find that SOE had taken away Star Wars Galaxies and given me some kind of clone of another game in the night. |