Alright, so the new craftable ships look cool, even though I still don’t have an idea what I need to make one other than Credits and be of the right Rank.
The graphic effects are cool too.
I don’t really have an issue with new T5 Premiums in this type of game, although it’s a bit odd to have this many THIS high-up in rank when introducing an open world where higher rank ships rule.
… and now the thing I don’t get:
O.K., I have to ask, but why the heck did you guys get rid of the reconstruction/rez mechanic in PvE? There is no way in heck I’m paying 200GS for a respawn, but I can see how SOME people would like that ability on some particularly tough missions when there is no chance of a respawn but they want another chance to help-out… but to remove the free reconstruction all together?
This is not a good way to get money out of me, since I simply won’t pay for respawns, but it’s one heck of a reason for me to have second thoughts about buying 5/6 of your DLCs at this point (4 of which were not purchased on a sale)… I mean I’m supposed to have fun, right? It’s not fun getting stuck against endless waves of bots on certain missions trying to hold-on with just 2 players when somebody made a simple mistake… not for the rewards we get, at least.
Case in point: (Sorry, I don’t have the screenshot currently, since I’m at work.) A 5.7K Efficiency game for me in a semi-upgraded Rank 7 Engineer and a 6.7K Efficiency game for a top-upgraded player in a Rank 9 Guard in a T3 PvE match on the Dreadnaught map (disabling the turrets). My wife in my group and some other random guy died in the first few minutes by mistake, so just the 2 of us were left trying to destroy endless waves of bots just trying to capture the bases. On that first mission alone, I had over 160 kills and over 200 assists, and he had over 200 of both. With Premium, 5/6 DLCs (some of which boost Synergy and Credit earning), and a Fleet Strength of 59 I only made 25K Synergy on a Daily Double and something around 350K credits… after over 25 minutes of trying to stay alive. On a separate note, is it just me or is the Synergy earning rate nerfed? I could earn over 40K synergy at T2 PvP with the daily x2 and with MUCH less Efficiency in the match… now I’m earning 25K with a higher Fleet Strength, an extra +10% from a DLC I bought yesterday, and perhaps the highest Efficiency I have ever earned in a match?
I am not complaining (o.k., maybe just a little), however I have to question what was the purpose of me trying to stay alive that long to finish the game with 3 players (since that one useless random disconnected after I guess he assumed we would fail the first mission when there were only 2 of us alive), if my final reward is actually less than what it would have been had I done 3 simple PvPs even without the daily double? Why could I not rez at least my wife’s ship FOR FREE like before to be able to finish the mission reasonably faster? Is my $120 not enough to at least be able to have a tiny larger chance to complete missions when a teammate or I make a mistake?
I’m not even going to bring-up the Boosters which now appear to only affect specific ships instead of ALL of your ships and require a ridiculous amount of GS to buy, with no Credit-equivalent like there was last patch. Seriously, that’s the definition of P2W when you give paying players Boosters that increase their performance over non-paying members… and as a paying customer, it makes me feel a bit “nickel and dimed” having to now pay GS for something I used to be able to do for Credits or for free… especially after spending so much cash on this game already.
So seriously, can we have our free respawns in PvE and credit-based Boosters back already?
NOTE: I have no problem with the GS-only boosters that increase loot, credits, or synergy, it’s the ones that boost ship stats I have an issue with… and yes, it could be that I’m not remembering correctly and that maybe all the ship-stat Boosters were removed, and only the loot/credit/synergy boosters are left…
Alright, apparently there is a cheap way to get Reconstructors and the SECOND booster slot is for non-GS Boosters that boost stats… no P2W here… nothing to see here >_>…
