Exactly what I was trying to say, thanks! I have nothing against criticism. I have everything against entitled whining and insulting though. Criticise whatever you deem needs criticising. Just be civil and keep your emotions in check so people can have a healthy discussion about it. How is it going to help the developers if you act like they set out to make you miserable?
Other than the NPC SCB spamming with no heat issues I'm fine with the new AI. That said, the no heat issues is a MAJOR flaw IMHO. If I use one SCB without a heatsink in my FAS, temperature soars from 33% to 94%. To compound the issue, FD changed the player SCB deployment to one SCB even if you have two SCB banks installed in different slots. That alone makes heatsinks use a waste of time, as you will be out of heatsinks once one SCB bank is used up. If you carry two heatsink banks, that mean dropping one of your shield booster slots = weaker shields, which on the FAS are weak to start with.
More in reply to your earlier comments but remember that the same people don't complain about both sides of an argument (or they shouldn't) so when they buffed the AI a large group of people who were happy with that status quo suddenly find the rugs been pulled out from under them and the fundamentals of the game became much harder. The people who wanted better AI are satisfied but a whole host of people that are now unhappy with the extra difficulty arrive to voice their concerns instead.
Difficulty will always bring out the worst in people because its hard to find a happy medium but its integral to your player experience, they also threw in a whole host of new mechanics with very poor explanations/implementations which frustrates more people and the default internet stance for expression of dislike is full on rage
I can't imagine how much 2.1 would frustrate me if the community didn't literally catalog all the data for us and I wasn't willing to google almost every feature to try and identify whats going on, I imagine many people are in that boat.
I believe this to be a bot but the grammar mistakes make me wonder.
Does this make me paranoid? I think not.
Must say I agree with you though Cynaqq, this is just ridiculous.
More in reply to your earlier comments but remember that the same people don't complain about both sides of an argument (or they shouldn't) so when they buffed the AI a large group of people who were happy with that status quo suddenly find the rugs been pulled out from under them and the fundamentals of the game became much harder. The people who wanted better AI are satisfied but a whole host of people that are now unhappy with the extra difficulty arrive to voice their concerns instead.
Difficulty will always bring out the worst in people because its hard to find a happy medium but its integral to your player experience, they also threw in a whole host of new mechanics with very poor explanations/implementations which frustrates more people and the default internet stance for expression of dislike is full on rage
I can't imagine how much 2.1 would frustrate me if the community didn't literally catalog all the data for us and I wasn't willing to google almost every feature to try and identify whats going on, I imagine many people are in that boat.
On the other hand: so many people here are making these 'I am a casual and cant solo hazres anymore, plz fix!' posts, and that has nothing to do with 'finding a balance'. These are just whiny self-centered people who demand the entire game is balanced exactly around their skills, rather than simply accepting there should be places for all skill levels. I havent seen 'hardcore' players complain that 'its too easy solo'ing a Nav Beacon in High-sec in a Corvette', it would be nice if the 'casuals' could do the same.
Go to a high res, problem solved.
If you still insist on going into a hazres then be very careful and never attack wings unless they are involved in a fight where they have already there handful.
If you insist on doing that anyway then get money for insurance.
If you insist that paying insurance is unfair pick loaned sidewinder. No more insurance cost ever.
If you still insist on going into a hazres then be very careful and never attack wings unless they are involved in a fight where they have already there handful.
If you insist on doing that anyway then get money for insurance.
If you insist that paying insurance is unfair pick loaned sidewinder. No more insurance cost ever.
Useless posts are extremely common on forums though, its always worse at patch time
, I mean I agree with you it sucks and it'd be great if everyone could be constructive but the complaints are legitimate even if the way its phrased isn't.I mean I hate the threads with terrible spelling in the title, oh they make my blood boil! There have been loads of those recently I just have to close my eyes and deep breath lol.
Well, to be fair, in the news letter today, FDev said that: "it turns out that a networking issue inadvertently gave NPC AIs a loophole, which they ruthless exploited, to merge weapon stats and abilities creating never before seen, devastatingly effective, Engineers-enhanced weaponry."
So something was indeed screwy. I'm not talking the improved AI, but the weapons and upgrades they had. They were apparently getting combining multiple engineer upgrades into a single weapon or something.
That's sounds cool, where can I get them?
NPC-s most likely just do not have such things like heat or ammo, which are replaced by artifical limitations in their behaviour. They do not use multiple SCB-s at a time and do not spam them nonstop, there are delays between activations.
Also change to SCB usage is completely positive one, you can use 2 SCB-s at the same time, just hit button twice. It gives more flexibility without introducing any limits. For example i was able to activate 2*A7 SCB-s on corvette without overheating with just one heatsink in beta. This requires slightly delayed activation of second SCB which is easy now, but was impossible with old SCB activation mechanics.
Well, regarding some players having 8 hours a day to play etc, it wouldn't equalise it completely, but I think if they'd just add a taxi service to the game, even if we have to be out of game for the time it takes a ship to jump, say, 150 LY to a second ship or CG, the game would be so much more fun for people who don't have as much time to play. After a long days work, it's spending an hour jumping to a location where my friends are, just to arrive there in time for them to log off that is the most frustrating. It makes me think about doing other stuff instead of even bothering, like watching some TV or taking the pooch for a walk
Indeed, and it would be an easy fix to offer both levels of experience in a manner that probably even makes more sense re lore. Open an area that may imply a pre alien presence with these high intensity NPCs for those that spout desire for it. I read somewhere recently that FD needs more revenue yet their fanboi posters get a real kick out of invalidating their freely offered opinions and preferences of those that dont want high intensity---kinda makes one wonder.
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I would suggest that you will be having fun - a lot more fun than you ever had before - once you work on improving your skills.
You'll get so much more satisfaction. Practice, practice, practice.
As i said before on another (my) topic - something is not right there.
Yesterday Fer-De-Lance NPC' almost killled my Tanked Cutter but today Adder took almost 10 seconds to die receiving all my Federal Corvette firepower.
Frontier did not made better AI. They just pumped NPC ship attributes more than twice as normal.
Yesterday Fer-De-Lance NPC' almost killled my Tanked Cutter but today Adder took almost 10 seconds to die receiving all my Federal Corvette firepower.
Frontier did not made better AI. They just pumped NPC ship attributes more than twice as normal.
W. It makes me think about doing other stuff instead of even bothering, like watching some TV or taking the pooch for a walk
As a non english speaker what is a pooch : a dog or a pillow ?
Cheers Cmdr's
I keep waffling between leaving for a time and staying myself.
YES AI needed to stop breaking and doing absolutely nothing at times. YES the Elite NPC's could have been performing closer to their level..
The problem is, they did these radical changes at the SAME TIME as so many others, and so much was broken, who could take time to appreciate it?
Seriously, if the new UI, signal system and some other minor things weren't such improvements all around, this patch would be a totally rollback-able boondoggle..
YES AI needed to stop breaking and doing absolutely nothing at times. YES the Elite NPC's could have been performing closer to their level..
The problem is, they did these radical changes at the SAME TIME as so many others, and so much was broken, who could take time to appreciate it?
Seriously, if the new UI, signal system and some other minor things weren't such improvements all around, this patch would be a totally rollback-able boondoggle..
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'pooch' means dog, but I prefer 'hound' myself.
Edit: Re. the topic. I'm taking a break. For how long depends on what FD do.
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