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-Daedalus-
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Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
|  Posted: 2009-09-26 10:30
I know the mods/admins will just blow this off per normal but it needs to be said.
Right now even with Free Play there is barely anyone playing DS. Is this not a really good signal that something is wrong with this game?
These days people don't have the attention span to sit around and wait for something to happen in DS and you all know most of the time playing DS is just as exciting as watching paint dry.
I love DS I just get really bored of DS and I fear it will be gone soon or at least the player base will be unless something happens soon.
I wonder if it's time to scrap MV or what MV is right now and make it smaller, more action packed. Maybe limit it to 3 systems.
Is it time to bring back the good modding? It seems since you took that away it was one of the major downfalls. Yes people whined and bitched that it was unfair blah blah blah BUT that means they were playing which is all that should be important. Enhancnments are fine but i think if I want to swap out missles for torps I should be able too but maybe with some limits on how many can be done.
It just needs more action and if it can keep my attention for more then 15mins I'll start paying for it again with no 2nd thoughts.
The last free play most people played in the scenerio servers and that was fun because there was a time limit so people moved to get things done.
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-Shadowalker-™
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Galactic Navy
Joined: September 23, 2007
Posts: 709
From: Shadows
| Posted: 2009-09-26 10:56
/me looks at Daedalus and wounders what isnt painfully obvious. . .
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Leonide
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Templar Knights
Joined: October 01, 2005
Posts: 1553
From: Newport News, Virginia
| Posted: 2009-09-26 16:30
the fact that scenario is Darkspace's only future? because Metaverse doesn't work?
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Sops
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 07, 2004
Posts: 490
| Posted: 2009-09-26 17:27
Action would be easier to come by if they didn't add features like dictors which act to deter combat.
I have seen more then a few times when combat was happening, people were having fun and then someone pulls out a dictor and everything just stops, people say screw that and everyone goes back to being bored.
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Sens [R33]
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Joined: September 27, 2008
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From: Edge of th...
| Posted: 2009-09-26 17:35
I blame the lack of strong faction leadership.
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-Daedalus-
Grand Admiral
Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2009-09-26 17:50
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On 2009-09-26 17:27, Sops wrote:
Action would be easier to come by if they didn't add features like dictors which act to deter combat.
I have seen more then a few times when combat was happening, people were having fun and then someone pulls out a dictor and everything just stops, people say screw that and everyone goes back to being bored.
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Faustus
Marshal
Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2009-09-26 19:09
I have thought about pulling dictors out the game quite a few times... They really only serve one purpose, and that's so people can prevent you from getting away and kill you... fun for the person doing the killing, but no so much for the person getting killed.
-F
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Eledore Massis [R33]
Grand Admiral
Templar Knights
Joined: May 26, 2002
Posts: 2695
From: tsohlacoLocalhost
| Posted: 2009-09-26 20:12
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| On 2009-09-26 19:09, Faustus wrote:
I have thought about pulling dictors out the game quite a few times... They really only serve one purpose, and that's so people can prevent you from getting away and kill you... fun for the person doing the killing, but no so much for the person getting killed.
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True for that, but in the past i have seen the better dictor tactics. to bad they are not getting used anymore, mostly because of lack of people to actually make it work, lack of teamplay or because its a dictor..
Heck i have seen people log off or /y telling to get rid of the dictor WHEN we didn't used the dictor for hunting..
Using a dictor to intercept/interdict the enemy just in front of your supply base (station/suppy) is a darn good way to protect that station or supply point.
For icc i used a Dictor a lot in combination of a missile dread, gives the dread extra time to get out and prevents point jumping.
The dictor has its usage, just that most people tend to think there only there to Hunt and prevent the pray from escaping.. I don't say that this won't happen if you don't use it as that, but currently that is what people see as the primary roll for a dictor.
I find that sad.
[ This Message was edited by: Robin "Psycho" Marks on 2009-09-26 20:14 ]
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$yTHe {C?}
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Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: September 29, 2002
Posts: 1292
From: Arlington, VA
| Posted: 2009-09-26 21:09
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-Daedalus-
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Joined: September 26, 2006
Posts: 549
| Posted: 2009-09-27 00:07
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On 2009-09-26 19:09, Faustus wrote:
I have thought about pulling dictors out the game quite a few times... They really only serve one purpose, and that's so people can prevent you from getting away and kill you... fun for the person doing the killing, but no so much for the person getting killed.
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F, that would be a start.
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Enterprise
Chief Marshal
Raven Warriors
Joined: May 19, 2002
Posts: 2576
From: Hawthorne, Nevada
| Posted: 2009-09-27 00:53
Well killing is pretty much part of every PvP game, its just that this one has penalties associated with it which is why it tends to not be fun.
Bad luck and not being at all good at the game aside, I suppose it not being fun is some justification for its elimination.
But if that were to ever be the case, there has to be something to counterbalance it. I mean,this naturally decreases the amount of risk versus the amount of reward. Virtually everyone who didn't make a bad decision jumping into a battle would never have to worry about dying.
Though granted, people aren't universally that smart, the point still stands.
-Ent
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Fatal Afro Man *NCO*
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: September 09, 2006
Posts: 201
| Posted: 2009-09-27 01:22
I agree with Ent, although i think the repair time it takes for a dread is a good deterrent for people jumping into their deaths....
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JBud
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Joined: February 26, 2008
Posts: 1900
From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2009-09-27 01:29
have 500GU dictors for the cruisers and 1000GU for the planetary ones making interdicting more tactical and challenging with dictor ships
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Tommas [ USF HunnyBunny ]
Chief Marshal
Pitch Black
Joined: February 04, 2006
Posts: 581
From: Norway
| Posted: 2009-09-27 04:12
Actuly i love the dictor! And its a feature that should never be removed! Evryone will whine when they lose a ship or a battle! So what? You lose some and gain some.
But there is times that pulling dictors when you outnumber the enemy with 2-3 to one. Then i think its unfair to pull one but thats about it.
I dont agree with Jbud on the 500gu part. Id like the planet to go up to 2k range and have the dictors at 1k gu.
And totaly agree with Ent on making some counterbalance. Why not just make a anti dictor ship that makes ppl in your range able to jump?
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jedi42
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Evil Empires Inc.
Joined: February 25, 2002
Posts: 478
From: jedi42
| Posted: 2009-09-27 04:21
dictors have no place in this game until it hits 200 active players and MV and scenario have 50-100 a piece.
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