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Grrzoot, on 30 January 2014 - 04:09 PM, said:
Removing the cockpit entirely i feel is of a completely different level, and notwithstanding pgi's current stance, is dangerouly close to being an exploit.
As an example, a stalker cannot see a locust that is standing underneath it because of torso range and the bottom part of the cockpit, by removing the cockpit in it's entirety, not to mention the extra FOV, the locust is now visible to the stalker pilot because of this change.
That change results in removing an advantage for another player in a way that negatively impacts his play. That is the part that bothers me, not necessarily that it confers advantage to the player, and is 100% undetectable, but that you are removing certain, and what should be given, choices of other players.
that , to me, is the definition of an exploit. Even if we say for argument that this confers no advantage to you, as a using player, it removes other players abilities to be certain that certain game mechanics are in place to allow for a certain style of play, thereby negatively impacting them, and throwing off the idea of a level playing field.
As an example, a stalker cannot see a locust that is standing underneath it because of torso range and the bottom part of the cockpit, by removing the cockpit in it's entirety, not to mention the extra FOV, the locust is now visible to the stalker pilot because of this change.
That change results in removing an advantage for another player in a way that negatively impacts his play. That is the part that bothers me, not necessarily that it confers advantage to the player, and is 100% undetectable, but that you are removing certain, and what should be given, choices of other players.
that , to me, is the definition of an exploit. Even if we say for argument that this confers no advantage to you, as a using player, it removes other players abilities to be certain that certain game mechanics are in place to allow for a certain style of play, thereby negatively impacting them, and throwing off the idea of a level playing field.
Yeah, yeah, we have plenty of real life examples of it happening, but of the examples I can think of it, wasn't blind spots, but bad decisions of those commanding/piloting those ships/planes made when judging the intent of the parties in a rowboat or riding up to their wing. They SAW them, they just made a bad decision.
In this game, the nimbleness of the light, difficulty in hitting it, and speed all add up to pretty significant benefits of the chassis. Add zero knock downs, and the pieces of {Scrap} can hump your leg and there's not a thing you can do about it. In fact MOST mechs can't even aim that low, cockpit or no, so it's a moot point. Back when there was knock downs, you'd NEVER have a light 'mech get THAT close to a heavy/assault 'mech on purpose.
If/when we get knock downs back, I would hazard your worries of large 'mechs seeing small mechs humping their legs will become academic, as no light will want to get closer than 50 meters to anything large enough to sport multiple PPC's. The 'advantage' as you call it is itself actually an 'exploit' that did not exist before knocks downs were removed from game after Paul suffered a 'knock down bukakke' moment, as all a larger 'mech had to do to resolve the problem was bump the smaller and *poof*, it's on its butt getting shot at.
At the absolute worst it would be one exploit counteracting another.
Edited by Dimento Graven, 30 January 2014 - 05:01 PM.
