Carnivorous Panda
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Posted - 2008.07.26 00:39:00 -
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 Originally by: Ksea Vholdor
Originally by: Ephemeron
I speak from a point of view of experienced fighter, specializing in battleships, small scale pvp fights. There are a few points I want to say
1. Nerfing in general is a bad thing. [...]
now here is a guy who know what he's talking about. him for a developer CCP, not those failed pvp caldari pilots
I speak from the point of view of an INexperienced fighter that flies cheap frigates and destroyers. I can say this much about MWDs and afterburners:
I have flown with some faction warfare fleets. I was always told by the more experienced pilots, "If you don't have a MWD you aren't going to do any good, so until you can fit one, don't bother with PvP."
Well, against their words of wisdom, I went along anyways - and they were completely right. Being completely ineffective in a fight because I don't have a MWD is pretty frustrating, to say the least. MWD should be an option - not mandatory.
I have heard people on the forums say things like, "Don't change my style of play! That's not fair!" Well, conversely, forcing people into a particular style of play is just as bad.
I like the fact that CCP is trying to make afterburners a viable alternative again. Not sure if this is enough, but it is certainly something.
As for the whole nano-ship nerf: I agree with Ephemeron. Nerfs in general are bad. People end up feeling cheated. By offering more tools with which to handle the nano ships then more people would be happy all around. Perhaps the nano-pilots would feel less slighted and take the changes to be a challenge instead of an attack on their style of play.
But then again, maybe a nerf is the best way to go in this case. I'm not going to claim to be well versed in this kind of thing, because I'm not.  All I can hope for is a better Eve for all.
Several people have mentioned that the test server isn't a good way of testing these changes, because not enough people use the test server.
...Well, stop whining, get off your butts, and jump on the test server. Maybe these changes won't be nearly as bad as you think - or perhaps you will find some more glaring issues. CCP is the only company I know of that lets us test changes and give feedback before things go live. So take advantage of it.
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