Is it boring now?

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Before :

Entered T3, got stomped by nasa nova etc. A month later I L-E-A-R-N-E-D to play and I was competitive enough. Then I started squadding up and the game became super fun for me.

Now :

I have full interceptor/fighter “elite” ships r 11 and 12 and working on the frigates. 

If I fly solo - Win 3/4 fights, always in top 3. -> boring.

If I fly duo - mostly vs t5

if we fly trio - purely t5.

 

Yesterday : I decided that some of the 8/9 syn.lvl ships in T3 need to be 9/9. I even got in a match where there were xxxx T1! In enemy team to boot ! That made the game extremely boring. 

1 charged gaus cannon crit literally one shots the T1.

2 blue balls kill them

1 charged long range plasma - 1 shot.

 

Hell, even 1 shot + 1 interceptor missile does the job …

 

It was combat recon and their cap + engi was t3. Also they had a guard and it turned to 12 min siege resulting in 84:7.

 

How is that fun ? Even being in the wining and clearly having the upper hand side.

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From my perspective I’d say the game is pretty fun, not as much fun as it used to be, however I must take into account that I was still quite new to the game around that time as I only started playing in May. I don’t play for as long sessions, but it’s still a pretty good game.

I’d also say that at least half of the fun being lost was due to my attitude towards the game and “playing it to death” and getting bored of the same thing. Since I’ve stopped beating the dead horse, cut down the amount I play and accepted that Star Conflict will perhaps never live up to my expectations and that I should lower my expectations in general, I’m enjoying myself more. In fact I’ve practically stopped caring and judging the game until I see the final product.

What frustrates me the most is the fact that now hyper-positive newbies will (and have) come along and hype the game up, giving the impression that everything is dandy, when perhaps it isn’t.

Whether or not the individual(s) responsible for liaising the information between community and devs prefers to pick ignorant positive feedback or informative negative feedback is something I often pondered about, however I have noticed a lot of steps in the right direction with 0.9.9 so my only major complaints are the MM + squad sizes which are essentially the same issue.

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Correct on all counts guys. The MM and the Squads are big factor on the fun. 

 

They (the devs)  basically said that squads are too overpowered when the game itself PROMOTED THEM. Thats kinda hypocritial to say the least. 

 

I remember back then where you had fun cause you didnt know what to expect from ships and players and it was even tier locked! THAT WAS FUN and when you were with a squad that did well, verses another good team, that was fun too. 

 

But you dont ever see that. Not anymore. 

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the problem is, all that squads do, is actually allowing some people to play together, in a supposedly bigger battle.

 

there is no big other difference, than that. we could all queue and hope for the same kind of game. it would not make us any weaker.

so actually, it was us, who taught the developers, that squads make too much of a difference, if they learn team play.

 

but nerfing squads to 3 did no difference. the whole discussion back then, and i read a lot of arguments, also from people in this thread, was in vain. because the basic truth is, squads have no ingame advantage whatsoever from the game standpoint.

it is only visible in “practical use” because more organized players squadded up more likely.

 

for me, the squad-of-3 time cost me actually most of my mates playing.

 

and even if I personally love flying games, and i will personally still play this game for fun, i did experience exactly the same problem, as residente said. how can i say. the love is gone. the hope. the trust.

 

but as omar little said, the game is still the game. maybe it even got better a bit than in march back then. but something is missing.

We had the problem of having a bit of hard times starting the game for a while, but if we were in, we still played for hours. That was the summer, as we waited for squads to get to 4 again.

 

I do as I always do in such situations: take a walk, get a bit of distance.

But for me the bitterness is more emotional about all this, than really a problem of the game itself. It’s a good game, tight engine, fun and all.

 

Very unrewarding however. 

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Where?!  :what:

I’ve been at the T3->T4 treshold for 2 months now… and every patch i’m being sent back to square 1 of grinding in T3…

 

You misunderstood me, mate. I was saying what the game needs. Not what it has. So yes, grind is way too high.

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You misunderstood me, mate. I was saying what the game needs. Not what it has. So yes, grind is way too high.

Oooooh, well specify it clearly then  :taunt:

Credit and voucher grind are the only ones i feel bad about right now… Synergy is just ok after 0.9.9 (took them long enough).

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Less speed, ships with low skill ceiling rule the game while ships with high skill ceiling languish.

 

Before when it was fun to play for hours it was the exact opposite.

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Back on topic - the question was: ‘is it boring now?’

 

I think my session this night clearly says: yes. I didn’t even bother saying ‘hi’ in corp chat… smacked <someone from corp> on the head for a wrong move as an opposing player for lolz (didn’t work)… i finally for the first time see JP on in eons and didn’t bother saying ‘hi’ either :\    (sorry JP, so ‘HI!’)

That’s how bored i got…

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without squads its just flying in pubs with no real friends

 

with friends and squads it was waaaaaaayyy more fun

 

 

we need squad que or somehting if they think it is too op

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These recent patches have killed the sense of community within Corps… or NASA at least. Corp Chat is dead. Made a token effort to say hi and see what people were doing and got silence back.

 

Nobody is playing together, so nobody feels connected. Back when everyone in chat was a potential ally you could be squadding with, people seemed to talk more.

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These recent patches have killed the sense of community within Corps… or NASA at least. Corp Chat is dead. Made a token effort to say hi and see what people were doing and got silence back.

 

Nobody is playing together, so nobody feels connected. Back when everyone in chat was a potential ally you could be squadding with, people seemed to talk more.

 

Corp chat is dead

the Global chat is actually dwindling with no relative input to the game, except the occasional newbie. 

 

They basically ruined teamplay. Hell the upcoming tourney with those ridiculous “Prizes” say it out right “please come back and work as a team! Your ruining our game by not playing together.” 

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Of Course global chat is dead - you get banned for Bacon spamming and you actually CAN sell ships now

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bacon spam was so cool. because it was a group effort. it was not just one person spamming. it was actually a big global conversation, with the rule to come up with yet another sentence bacontaining bacon.

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bacon spam was so cool. because it was a group effort. it was not just one person spamming. it was actually a big global conversation, with the rule to come up with yet another sentence bacontaining bacon.

Anal spamming in WoW orgrimmar chat was equally a group effort. It didn’t make it any better.

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I just want to say that the game, as of now (11/7/13) is extremely boring. 

 

What happened to the 5 hour long sessions? 

 

What happened with corps being online with more then 20 people at once in the same TS channel. 

 

What happened with Corp vs Corp battles which other corps will make up grudge matches on the fly. 

 

What happened to the balance? 

 

What happened to Team Play? 

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I just want to say that the game, as of now (11/7/13) is extremely boring. 

 

What happened to the 5 hour long sessions? 

 

What happened with corps being online with more then 20 people at once in the same TS channel. 

 

What happened with Corp vs Corp battles which other corps will make up grudge matches on the fly. 

 

What happened to the balance? 

 

What happened to Team Play? 

World of guards happened. No need for any of those when you can fly one ship and be a king.

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I just want to say that the game, as of now (11/7/13) is extremely boring. 

 

What happened to the 5 hour long sessions? 

 

What happened with corps being online with more then 20 people at once in the same TS channel. 

 

What happened with Corp vs Corp battles which other corps will make up grudge matches on the fly. 

 

What happened to the balance? 

 

What happened to Team Play? 

 

Gone ?  

 

  I know joined a specific CORP because of an regular contributor to this forum and someone who was always willing to “mentor”  in combat but now that he is GONE     Remember  KINE  ?      

 

  Now with over 5000 + battles… I find myself growing more annoyed with chatter going on in the general or even in the corp chats… of people yelling a bunch of Aces when they lose …  nor ppl are not following thier directions… then when you look at thier stats … they barely have 100 games… 

 

   I won’t even get into the vendetta mindset that I am seeing more and more of lately of ppl when killed… they will come searching and hunting you down…  so now you have to deal with them… again and again…  the fun\excitment factor is lost on getting the 2X and 3X of same enemy medals.   

 

 

 

 

I know I make every attempt compliment ppl when I see then doing something good during a game… 

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Gone ?  

 

  I know joined a specific CORP because of an regular contributor to this forum and someone who was always willing to “mentor”  in combat but now that he is GONE     Remember  KINE  ?      

 

  Now with over 5000 + battles… I find myself growing more annoyed with chatter going on in the general or even in the corp chats… of people yelling a bunch of Aces when they lose …  nor ppl are not following thier directions… then when you look at thier stats … they barely have 100 games… 

 

   I won’t even get into the vendetta mindset that I am seeing more and more of lately of ppl when killed… they will come searching and hunting you down…  so now you have to deal with them… again and again…  the fun\excitment factor is lost on getting the 2X and 3X of same enemy medals.   

 

 

 

 

I know I make every attempt compliment ppl when I see then doing something good during a game… 

 

The devs literally succeeded at “Lets take skill out of the factor and fill it with xxxx game modes and corp systems!” 

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Kostyan, how the hell do you manage to always make me spit out my drink in laughter!?