Rolfski
2013-02-24, 03:21 PM
You spend a lot of time in this game with a gun in your hand. Problem is that it lacks personality atm.
T-Ray has recently said that they were focusing on getting the new flashy toys out and that badassification of current weapons takes second priority. I disagree with this priority, I think it should be more 50/50 or 60/40.
People play with the same weapons all the time. Why not give them more options to make their gun more "theirs" over time?
With all these new, expensive weapons this game becomes undeniably more a grindfest over time. This will not only become increasingly frustrating for the 90% that doesn't pay for this game, it affects people who do invest in the game as well. Imagine installing and first playing this game in a year or so, only to find out that you need at least throw in a few hundred bucks or thousand game play hours to build somewhat of an arsenal. Quite a daunting perspective if you ask me.
This is why keeping the current and default arsenal fresh is so important. And with fresh I not only mean badassification, it means more personalisation options as well. More ammo types, more muzzles, barrels, sights, a customization slot for stocks, etc. There are tons of ways to make a gun more yours, both from a cosmetic as well as a weapon stats point-of -view.
And there a opportunities for SOE to make money out of it as well. I don't mind a 70 SC /100 cert stock for my Track 5 that will not only reduce it's recoil (at the cost of hipfire COF) it will make it look more mine and badass as well. And I will happily pay 70 SC to give it a very specific color scheme.
These are the kind of customizations that should get more priority within the dev team imo. The game Blacklight Retribution (also F2P) did an awesome job with this, devs should take notion.
T-Ray has recently said that they were focusing on getting the new flashy toys out and that badassification of current weapons takes second priority. I disagree with this priority, I think it should be more 50/50 or 60/40.
People play with the same weapons all the time. Why not give them more options to make their gun more "theirs" over time?
With all these new, expensive weapons this game becomes undeniably more a grindfest over time. This will not only become increasingly frustrating for the 90% that doesn't pay for this game, it affects people who do invest in the game as well. Imagine installing and first playing this game in a year or so, only to find out that you need at least throw in a few hundred bucks or thousand game play hours to build somewhat of an arsenal. Quite a daunting perspective if you ask me.
This is why keeping the current and default arsenal fresh is so important. And with fresh I not only mean badassification, it means more personalisation options as well. More ammo types, more muzzles, barrels, sights, a customization slot for stocks, etc. There are tons of ways to make a gun more yours, both from a cosmetic as well as a weapon stats point-of -view.
And there a opportunities for SOE to make money out of it as well. I don't mind a 70 SC /100 cert stock for my Track 5 that will not only reduce it's recoil (at the cost of hipfire COF) it will make it look more mine and badass as well. And I will happily pay 70 SC to give it a very specific color scheme.
These are the kind of customizations that should get more priority within the dev team imo. The game Blacklight Retribution (also F2P) did an awesome job with this, devs should take notion.