Where EU is and where it could go...
Well here's my thoughts on the matter of where EU could go, but we're going to srart off with where it is, and where it could go..(And yes there are alternate ideas on how the game should go, and let's just forget about "Better Loot". The only Way to get this game to give better loot, is in fact, to keep people in game and shave them depo a little (Even $2 is a minimal amount to spend intis game.. especially for new players..)
But let's see what they could change, shall we?
The overall game: Now whiloe the game is good at the moment there's some things that some folks ahve pointed out to me that are wrong with this game, and in fact Perhaps the number one bugaboo, is in fact the bugs.
I feel that before MA decides to add anything New to the game (and I mean
ANYTHING, The devs need to fix all the issues withthe games, includeing exploits that give players who know them an Unfair advantage, as well as the "Little Details". I mean some players actually use the exploits in order to cheat their way to an Economic advantage (which is against the Tou set down by MA. In short, MA should level the playing field and get all the issues removed.. But then there's the problem and it sems from the Players themselves..
Some of the People who do exploit the system, actaully
NEVER report bugs that give them that advantage.. In short, they
LOVE to cheat. and I'm calling out all those guys who do, after all if you decide to NEg rep me, then I can figure out quite simply, who are the cheaters and who aren't.. jsut by folks reping me in this forums.. So if you want to keep your secrets well hidden.. Don't speak up or say anyting negative here.. Okay? But to those who report bugs and level the playing field I have to say, Good and bully for you! After all you want an equal chance as much ats the next player.. So reporting bugs and issues are a must, and in fact in this case, by reporting those bugs to MA (and i mean everyone should do it , in order to make a better game.. That way MA has a good idea on what exploits to put out the way first..
Now once we level the playing field, the next order of Business, is in fact making this game what is it.. an that is in fact
Science Fiction..
Okay I'm sorry to say this, but the whole idea of putting Rings into purchased web shop boxes make this game sound more like a Certain fantasy game rather than what it is.. A
SCIENCE-FICTION Game. That's right , I don't ahve issues with say the laser rifles and the BPLP rifles and the futuristic Melee weapons, but come on, RINGS???! Rings are perhaps best put into Fantasy games, and not the Science Fiction games.. After all there are currently a couple of sci fi games that could actulaly make this game look pale by compaison, and some of them are not even outof Alpha yet..
So ditch the rings MA, after all sure you're making money with the Universal Ammo, and what not, but still the rings should go.. No matter what.. After all This isn't that Fantasy game which I shall not name, but again a sci fi game.. Okay?
Next up?
Give all of the items a real purpose.. and i mean not jsut a few items, I mean all of them.. And in fact make it more logical and thought out.. Let's take an item that is being run into the gorund, and in fact right now it has a dead end market.. and that item is in fact Explosive Projectiles..(yes all you Explosive Crafters, (who I call Explosive Sheep or Explosive Monkies0, I hope you enjoy losing money,and I mdon't mean just a little I mean a lot.. Right now Explosives have very little purpose, except to be used in just rocket launcher.. There's hardly No MU on these things.. All you guys do is produce just TTable items and take th loss, (And as David Harnum said, "There a sucker born every minute), But let's sayMA came up with an idea to use those Explosives.. (Say Like helping develop Guided Missles (To be used in PVP /Space Zones (and yes there will be more about Space in a minute..) In order to make the exploisives more valuable, and to give people a reaoson to craft them.. Otherwise folks, you're jsut handing MA your Ped Card and having them laugh at you.. I mean you want to see an item that now has a purpose/ it's a little something called Vibrant sweat.. and in fact do the math. Welding wire is the New Mindforc, and Mindforce, while it is valuable, still needs sweat to use, so there's a reason for sweat.. In fact at this very moment, there's 90 reasons for people to sweat.. and it's called Craftable items. Also it's kind of funny that MA doesn't know how a conductoror a spring is made.. and in fact that comes from Mining loot, not hunting.. And in fact that's a big thing.. SIt doown and look at a product being produced and then think logically, where did this item come from..(After all An conductor isn't just made out of eye oils, it takes metal and even sand to make even a microchip.. Give some things a purpose..
Next up, Let's just ditch the UL guns, okay? Now I can see a lot of you guys who have UL guns and in fact you're probably going to ding me for this.. But to be hoenst, The L guns have a purpose.. It's called Consumerism...
That's right , people do craft guns.. They also Craft clothes, and they even craft vehicles.. in short, anything you can craft should be able to wear down and decay..(with maybe the excption of clothes..which can be simply repoired andin fact I'll get to this in a moment as this can also be applied to L guns as well.. (and you'll see how in a moment..
But guns that last forever, that never wear out, even a good pair of jeans eventually do wear out, no matter how much sweing you but into them.. So what to do? Buy some new ones.. But then Let's go back to the guns for a moment. Guns do wear out, but unlicke Clothes Gun's don't always have to be TT'ed.. and in fact we could actually turn the repair terminal into a better thing than what it is now..
HEre's an Example: You have your (L) gun, and in fact it finally breaks.. But instead of taking it to the Trade terminal to Tosss it ou take it to the Repair terminal, and it tells you what is broken.. (Say the barrel is worn out, or you need a new Chamber loading spring, . Well how do you get those? Easy.. You craft them.. then repair the gun..
That's right, you take the gun to a gun smith, (Just like in real life) and they have the parts in stock (which they craft.. then (if you want the gunsmith, to put the gun back together for you for a small fee, ) you gould let ythem do it, or , you could do it yourself.. and again we go back to the repair terminal.. You put the gun in and the parts and then hit repair.. (sure you can get skills in Gun smithing, ) and voila, you get your gun back (Not rully repaired as not always are the parts perfect and you can then take that item and go out and hunt until the next time it breaks.. then wash rinse repeat, over and over again. Your gun never really runs out, only the parts. (And if you can get your skills up maybe you can craft better parts using better parts, and thus your chances for making the gun clowser and closer to full TT value would make the effort worth while.. or like I said, take it to a gun smith and let them repair it for a small fee.. That way you have a gun, they get paid for their work and everyone is happy (Unless you get a scammer who takes your gun and thus TT's it.. but hey you don't get that much out of a broken gun now. IN fact it would be better to repair it and then sell it.. After all that's what consumerism is about..
Now onto the brass tacks and this is where MA needs to fix tings.. After all again I have talked to other players and in fact they think currently that Space is the biggest joke out there.. and like I said, Space could be more fun and entertaining, if a few changes could be made..
(Moving say a certain revival point (Howling wolf mine) to the center of the board, and making it a true pirate base, cwould make it easier for players who want to ecome pirates, to go out and hunt their prey.. It also could double as a sort of "Black Market" kind of auction, (and yes this could be seperate form the regular market.. I mean materials that would be looted could be put up there, and people who wanted to be a bad boy (or girl) and who wanted to make their living craftng items and then shipping them to the regular markets could do so, provided they don't get jumped by some of the good folkls.. Also I would make all the Planetary stations, shoot down any vehicle that isn't postive anor at least neutral.. if you are a bad person, then you shouldn't be able to camp around a planetary staiton, you gotta be out there in PVP and you have to literlaly hunt, which is what PVP really is..
Also.. many of the stations onthe board would be neutral, and thus you wouldn't have to worry about being shot down by the staion, but rather anyoen out there in your neck of the woods..(and pirates, you could camp those locaitons or go out hunting..(After all with all the disconnects that this game has, it woudl be more logical to sit at a neutral station, than at a planetary one, if this were to come out..(and yes MA get rid of the whole darn Karma on the ship thing.. after all it's not eh vehicle who's bad, it's the person behind it..(Maybe that's why they removed the social skill points and are in fact maybe working to revamp it so that where would be a "Good Guy/Bad guy thing , where it's the player who would be the one with the good or bad reputation.. After al if you're going to be a villain, might as well be someone who is truly bad.. or at least Misunderstood..
Also.. Let's get space more realistic.. after all Another game is making it as such, and in
this one video I found, you want to see a way this game could be playerd, this video shows how space fighters should work.. After all sure there's microgravity in space (and yes this is right around planets but still in zero G, you should be able to handle your fighter like a pro.. but right now? Maybe MA should take a look at this video and rethink their strategy..
Finally Space weaons.. Sure Warp mines are okay and sure Lasers are fine.. But let's ditch the BLP ,and actually use real sci Fi weapons.. Things like Plasma cannons, and Particle beams.(Hey we have a skill called "Particle Beamer Technology" and I'm wondering why it's not being used. So yeah these would be good, Then there's missiles (and no i don't mean the explsove projectiles, I mean acutal missiles that will track you and hunt you down within a span of time, of ocurse you could do a couple tings here.. which is shoot them down, or, use decoys to foll them (Hmm decoys could be crafted with the main component being the Decoys from the TT, after all if we have missiles in the game being crafted out of Explosives , why not have the same use for decoys..)
But hey, it's jsut a thought. Give warp ships a purpose, give fighters a purpose, All these ships ar eright now are over glorified transports, (which they should be, but Fighters should be short range, not be able to traverse the galaxy..(that's where Warp ships are .. and in fact the mother ships should be increased in order for them to be able to hold a crew compliment of more than jsut 50..(Heck our own vehicles can hold 500 people (or have a list of up to 500, but a mother ship should have a full compliment, crew to repiar (Damage control.. Pirlots and co-ppilots and even weapons.. (Heck that's a good start but they could actually improve on this..)
In short, Space nees a major overhaul, else this bird won't fly..
Finally, the final part is the paleyrs themselves.. Sadly this is going to be a tall order.. to keep a game like this alive.. Frankly MA should go through their records and start eliminatiiong alts.. it's one player one avatar, and yes if families do want to play they all hoave to be certified as the player.. sure the Gold cared Idea is good, but it again could be improved upon.. after all MA you got a lot of work here, but once you get the bugs out first, the reworking of the ideas of products and eventually space, the final part is to advertise.. and to show folks that this cgame could be one of the best Science fiction games out there.. (but sadly because of the issues of the lack fo programmers and Devs, unless some more people are brought on, or if we change the game engine all together, it's only then that MA will succeed.. u t the player it seems ar the "Wild card' in all this.. If they gurmble and gripe about bad loot, then it's a majro turn off, and you remember what I said about bad loot.. The good loot happens when you ahve people paying into this game to help pay for the decay (read as bandwith) in order for th game to grow.. But Grumbling, complaining and whining, is't going to get players to turn onto the game, All those things ar turn offs..(Heck to be comparative it's like you are with your girlfriend and you pick yoru nose.. heck to her, that's a turn off. and yes, anything you say or do in a game can turn a player off in a hurry.. You want a plaeyr to stay, be a mentor, and I mean really teach.. Don't just farm the player, I mean TEACH them how the game works.. That way they will be come intersted and what to hang around..and who knows they might deposit that 2 bucks.. and your returns in hunting and mining actually do get better why? Because youcould actually keep a player in game and let them enjoy it.. Otherwhise this is going to end very badly.. not only for the game devs, but also, the palyers.. (in short, you turn off or turn away a player, you get negative returns.. an in fact because of the way players are, and how some of them act, they actually are making this game downright deplorable.. Keep it up, and well, you know what happens next.. No bucks mean no game.. End of story..
Well that's about where this game is at the moemnt. where it coudl go? Well if all those ideas i thew up there are a precursor to where this game could go, then if all of these things were done, and done correctly, well, the game would improve.. some players (who try to turn people off to this game) say the game isn't improving, but in reality IT is.. (yes some of these players are actually staying around, and are actually helping build this game. those of the people who are negative are helping destroy it..
But in the end, whatever happens, I hope this game turns out for the better. if not, well, it's been nice knowing it, and I had a real blast.. but hey, that's up to the game devs and players to determine the outcome.. As for me, I'll keep tabs on what is going on and who knows maye at the end of each year I could post what was right and wrong for this game.. Afte rall the rules she keep changing, but until we have a better clue, this game is "The status uo..
And that's all I am going to say.. Now ifyou will excuse me, I need that long winter's nap, I've been promising myself..
(Sgt) Benjamin Ben Coyote, IFN Marines
A.k.a "The Blind SNiper" (and) "His_Dog_Spot"/
