Livewyr, on 14 October 2015 - 08:52 PM, said:
Weak knees? It only took them 3 years. (December 4, 2012 was a dark, dark day.)
Weak-kneed in the context of PGI's history of sudden reversals and finally giving up on "this is what we envisioned, designed, and built <xxx> to be" due to loud, incessant, and endless whining.
In a related note, I will not be totally surprised if macros were suddenly banned. People already have it in their heads that PGI will eventually give in as long as the whining is very loud, incessant, and never ending. It is learned behavior.
Livewyr, on 14 October 2015 - 08:52 PM, said:
Now it just means I can load some support LRMs on a mech and not have them be dead weight most of the time. (nor do I have to carry more weight in counter gear than the ECM, just to use them at all.)
Within the context of the PTS, ECM is currently "weak sauce". It may also most likely turn out the same when released to the live environment, especially given the gleeful reaction of many. It is no longer the highly disruptive piece of equipment PGI originally envisioned, designed, and built it to be.
In spite of its binary nature, it actually made information warfare very important to the ECM deficient side. Well it was anyway for those who actually try to do something about ECM in-game instead of running to the forums. That so few actually actively try to do so is a shame for something originally billed as a "thinking person's shooter".
Livewyr, on 14 October 2015 - 08:52 PM, said:
Balance is give and take. Benefit and Sacrifice. ("Balancing the scales") ECM was all Benefit, no Sacrifice.
For me, being able to decide what equipment to bring -- equipment that is available to everyone else -- is "balance enough" for me. But just because my idea of "balance" is very different from yours does not make me wrong.
I am not really fond of this "Team A must be a mirror image of Team B or it is not fair" mentality.
Livewyr, on 14 October 2015 - 08:52 PM, said:
I disagree.
Livewyr, on 14 October 2015 - 08:52 PM, said:
As always, I will do what I want to do. I do not need or seek anyone's approval to do so.
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