by Phayse » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:20 pm
A little bit of feedback. I'm sill not sure about the balancing. I tried my hand at droning today, on a freshly rolled character. It's painful. It takes twice as long to level as it does with any other class, even when I dumped everything into droning skills.
It just takes so long to get the crosshair to close. I can see it being a godsend later in the high end op-wars when facing droners, as I can imagine it being a complete pain in the arse to drone.
There are some things that haven't changed. Props are still knackered. bin lids flying in the air, well know clipping spots are still there. Dialogue is still poor. Cutsceene cameras are still poorly placed.
The armour box in the RPOS is a bit, well, lousy, but I'll be modding my HUD over the weekend. I like teh idea of more types of armour to mix and match, but the same winning combinations are still there, so that's really a case of more choices, but no point in taking them.
Medpacks are woeful, I despise having a PPU buttplug at the best of times, but it's looking like I'm going to have to have one if I want to do any high level hunting later in the game. Something I never had to deal with when tanks had Psi.
SOme more positives. Tanks. Pistols. Tastes of win. A little pointless, but at least it's a little more viable now.
Overall, It's the same old game that I left. It's not pretty. Tactics are the same for every mob. Very stagnant once you've gotten through the limited content. Terrain. Still samey, still a hell of a lot of empty zones that niether look nice nor have a purpose.
To be honest, as good as it is, neocron is still lacking. The game is fantastic to play, but there's just not enough to do. Still not a high enough population. I've been around other games, EVE, WoW, RF. They had a lot to offer, plenty of content to keep you interested while levelling, some variation in mobs, where tactics were sometimes needed to kill. Changing scenery, wow especially, the areas were interesting, there was plenty to keep me occupied (in fact I still retain my sub) if i got sick of one area, i could go to another and still enjoy.
I still hold a torch for NC, but even now it's seeming, moreso than before, that it's one of those games that could have been great. It's a shame. I've gone for the trial. I've got 7 days left on it, and I've almost capped my PE. I've got a droner spy, and a tank. They've got 7 days to convince me to sub, but at the moment, it's not looking very likely.
Current Runners : Vexxor - Pistol Spy
