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Ok guys i know this is hard ......... but this thread is genuinely intended to discuss an aspect of the game, not a crazy argument with people calling each other dishonourable or skill-less.
This is gonna be a contentious issue, but all am interested in is the opinions of people, it would be nice if people backed the opinion with some form of elaboration rather than merely, saying "This is BS" or "Right on bro".
Been thinking about this for some time and after watching the current MWO gameplay vids a few more times, and listening to some of the highly veiled comments coming from some of those in the beta, i feel compelled to post about it.
Before i start just let me say i have no personal preference for any one style of gameplay or gameplay mechanics, i just see some things happening that i think are going to surprise a lot of people.
Obviously am not a psychic and don't own a crystal ball, so am not stating any of this as FACT, just what i strongly suspect will happen. Feel free to disagree but please be civil, i don't expect polite but civil would be nice ... if you can't be civil please be highly amusing i can take any amount of harsh if am ROFLMFAO
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Ok am seeing a lot of people (many who didn't even play the game it seems) putting the smack down on MW4 due to the tactic that evolved of jump-sniping/pop-sniping/poptarting. For the purposes of this discussion i will refer to the practice as pop-sniping as i regard it as a no judgemental description of the practice.
Personally it never bothered me didn't us it much myself except in league matches, as in fun pub games I like to stay mobile and flank or keep moving and jumping.
IMHO it was a valid tactic that was a completely sensible approach to killing and not being killed. The tactic should not be confused with exploits involving distracted mech hit boxes ie:Ryoken jump exploit, or object occlusion exploits like hill and wall bugs.
IMHO the fact that it often gave other players little chance to defend themselves does not IMO make it a dubious tactic, just a highly effective one. But one thats pretty easy to counter as long as you can temper your eagerness for vengeance with tactical common sense.
Yeah i have been owned in some near impossible situations just as many times as many of you guys by pop-sniping Assaults boating ERLL/ERPPC/GAUSS. Was it annoying?? Hell Yeah did i ragequit or moan about it?? No. I take a robust attitude to gaming IMO you've gotta enjoy THE GAME not just winning the game
I only ever complained when players started spawn raping as i do regard this as a heinous abuse of the mechanics of gaming.
So that's where many of use have come from, MWO is going to be different.
Direct fire weps have had the behaviour altered/nerfed/modded the changes when bound up together seem essentially to make it much harder to impose HUGE amounts of damage on single mech locations, we can all agree on this yeah??
Now don't get me wrong am as ok with these changes as i was with pop-sniping in MW4 am all for different MW titles working to fix the failings of previous titles and bringing an individual flavour to themselves.
I do tend to think it will be interesting to see battles of attrition that last tens of minutes to resolve rather than seconds, i don't see this as better or worse ........ just different, am all for difference ...... am from Yorkshire we embrace diversity in all its forms
So am seeing a lot of people who are stating pop-sniping will not be an issue in MWO, the practice will be near impossible, and indirect fire weps and arty will solve the issue.
Am really no so sure about this myself, which is the slightly long winded point of this post. From what i see in the vids and what i have heard form some in the beta. We could easily have a situation evolve when pop-sniping LRM boats come to dominate the field. The inclusion of 3rd party target acquisition and persistent lock that is maintained even when LOS (Line Of Sight) is lost, surely will encourage this as a common tactic.
This what i believe could easily happen, as stated i have no crystal ball this is just me extrapolating from what i have been told and seen in the vids.
The age of pop-sniping direct fire weapons comes to an end, due to high levels of jump shot inaccuracy and much larger weps damage spread
Player soon discover that an LRM boat is a highly effective long range killer and with some half sensible manoeuvre and shot rinse and repeat tactics, they can achieve a high degree of success.
Scouts get wise to the new style of warfare and quickly learn all the best over-watch positions on all maps
giving a solid lock as soon as enemy mechs wander into range.
Direct fire Assaults and Heavies start to get pounded on a regular basis, due to their low speed and large target surface area and tactical requirement for LOS in combat. The only solution is Lights and fast Mediums, as seen a fast mech can evade missiles pretty well if it speeds to towards the origin of the missile launch.
Everyone loads up on Lights and fast Mediums, Heavy and assault missile boats become the only viable configs at that tonnage.
The game becomes the rather static one dimensional affair so many of the MW4 detractors apparently where at huge pains to avoid.
Am not personally upset or anything by this prospect as i see it the game will evolve as players find ways to be successful within the games confines and restrictions, i will adapt and enjoy no matter what ....... its just i see it quite possible that a vociferous minority not getting the game they think they will get
Just saying
So guys what do you think, am i nuts, am i cynical, should i go play CoD??
