TheRulesLawyer, on 15 December 2011 - 11:06 AM, said:
LoL. Okay. Well, we disagree there. Lets face it, a game can afford to lose the hardcore and survive. Lose the more casual market and the game will wither and die. Hopefully there is something that can appeal to both. It just needs to be something better than "buck up and hold your group together better"
I just talk about my expierence with WoT, which claims itself the title of "Tactical MMO"
If casual gamers and newbies come into the game in random matches, you are always screwed, because you cant know how
your team is going to react. In the End all fails and you are mad, the newbies are mad, the casuals are mad. Everyone is flaming who is
"resposible" for the fail. and you ahve to read insults after insult.
In the end the group did not know what went wrong.
And when you try giving advice you got flamed because you are a "hobby general"
Or if you try advanced tactics like out manouvering or use crossfire and play bait you got flamed as "noob" because you have
to expose yourself instead of hiding behind a rock/house.
Which respawns WoT would be even more of a mess, becuase even the slightest use of tactics would be obsolete.
and even this Tonnage and BV restiction sounds too much like
"hmm I can make a fault but who cares, I have a second life"
There has to be a learning curve.
Look at EVE online. it is based on player PVP, thats what drives the ecconomy.
And you cant just fly arround like there is always a tomorrow.
if you make a fault, than you feel it, because you loose not only currency, you lose everything what is in space.
But in a Corp action, when your ship got blown up you have the option (if you did combat preparations)
to fly back, take one of your other ships, fit them and return to fight, or join the next.
If its wise... well thats players oppinions, if you can afford that OK.
I just like the way of learning by your own faults, but you have to feel them.
And if you take a look on the playerbase, its still played and have its users after so many years.
I dont say its the best cocept but well I could see a merge between those
Edited by Andar89, 15 December 2011 - 11:25 AM.