LeLoki
2003-07-22, 10:24 AM
I think PS has tons of potential; it�s stable for the most part(FPS that can allow DSL/Cable players to play side by side with 56K outside of huge battles is amazing) but it lacks one key ingredient for a successful persistent world, the use of strategy.
My previous post have been on how the developers could change the game to force more strategy but my experience since the last patch has lead me to believe that no amount of change to the game is going to change the behavior of the 12 year olds who just want to play CTF using zerg tactics.
I�ve been playing NC, VS and TR every single night; my time would break down roughly NC 50% of the night, VS 40% and TR 10%. So I�m not a player unaccustomed to being one the receiving end of a JH.
Up until the patch if I was in a NC group we normally had 2 � 3 surge JH twits, yes that is about 1 to 2 more then needed but they were there, last night when I joined a VS squad with my Comet I was the only person in squad not using a lasher it made playing my max pointless as they all ran ahead and were either dead when I got there (a solo max doesn�t live long) or they had killed everything. I realized I would need to get a magmower or a lasher to keep up with these twits so I logged onto my NC server. As a NC my sparrow was pointless there weren�t many planes, my falcon was pretty pointless to against the lasher menace, the scattercannon was the most useful but just couldn�t hold up to the 3 to 4 lashers against me.
THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS:
I realized to be able to do anything from any side I was going to need to make a HA character so I logged off.
After I logged I did think of one change that would kick this silly play style of the 12 year old masses; they could put delays on how fast you can get a HA or AV weapon like they do with vehicles and Max�s (seeing as how half the reason my MAX couldn�t do much was every time I killed one he respawned and was back with lasher in hand before I was even done with his 2 buddies and when I died I would have to first find a max useable term and then hope the timer was already run out).
Then I realized that there is no good way to make suggestions to Sony and even when you do they don�t listen so I did what I should have done after playing EQ I ended my subscription, uninstalled and swore Sony would never own another game I would buy.
Good Luck to you all, it was fun playing and meeting many of you but I don�t envy your task communication with a 12 year old who has found a way to safely be a asshole is about as likely as getting Sony to listen to there players.
My previous post have been on how the developers could change the game to force more strategy but my experience since the last patch has lead me to believe that no amount of change to the game is going to change the behavior of the 12 year olds who just want to play CTF using zerg tactics.
I�ve been playing NC, VS and TR every single night; my time would break down roughly NC 50% of the night, VS 40% and TR 10%. So I�m not a player unaccustomed to being one the receiving end of a JH.
Up until the patch if I was in a NC group we normally had 2 � 3 surge JH twits, yes that is about 1 to 2 more then needed but they were there, last night when I joined a VS squad with my Comet I was the only person in squad not using a lasher it made playing my max pointless as they all ran ahead and were either dead when I got there (a solo max doesn�t live long) or they had killed everything. I realized I would need to get a magmower or a lasher to keep up with these twits so I logged onto my NC server. As a NC my sparrow was pointless there weren�t many planes, my falcon was pretty pointless to against the lasher menace, the scattercannon was the most useful but just couldn�t hold up to the 3 to 4 lashers against me.
THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS:
I realized to be able to do anything from any side I was going to need to make a HA character so I logged off.
After I logged I did think of one change that would kick this silly play style of the 12 year old masses; they could put delays on how fast you can get a HA or AV weapon like they do with vehicles and Max�s (seeing as how half the reason my MAX couldn�t do much was every time I killed one he respawned and was back with lasher in hand before I was even done with his 2 buddies and when I died I would have to first find a max useable term and then hope the timer was already run out).
Then I realized that there is no good way to make suggestions to Sony and even when you do they don�t listen so I did what I should have done after playing EQ I ended my subscription, uninstalled and swore Sony would never own another game I would buy.
Good Luck to you all, it was fun playing and meeting many of you but I don�t envy your task communication with a 12 year old who has found a way to safely be a asshole is about as likely as getting Sony to listen to there players.