Are there any plans to revamp the Loadout card system?

(Mortimoose) #1

This is one of the higher up reasons on my list for disliking this game.

  1. Total number of loadouts limited to 9
  2. Shoehorns players towards the most competitive loadout. Reddit already has info on which is best for each merc
  3. RNG even affects cosmetics
  4. £4 a case for a random silver or above card is ridiculous
  5. Removes character progression
  6. RNG favors some, punishes majority

I release DB isn’t COD or TF2, but still. Is this system really best? I won’t even touch your elite cases 'cause I know it’s highly likely I’ll get a silver merc I don’t even use. Even if I got a Cobalt Kira, it’s just a reskin of the same armor and weapons as bronze.

You know what I like? Obsidian cards. I don’t want to take those away from the early beta testers, they’ve earned them. I want to be able to get cosmetics that do pretty much the same thing, though. Unique costumes for my favorite mercs. That’d get me to throw my wallet at you.

I need to go to sleep so this post is unfinished, see you tomorrow.

(Nail) #2

if every one got Obsidians, they’d no longer be unique

(Ghosthree3) #3

Everything you mentioned is either not an issue or is part of the F2P system. If you want to trade paying $60 up front like the good old days for the game and drop the case system I’m with you. But otherwise no, RNG is here to stay. Also RNG is meant to favour the house.

(elegantRoyalty) #4

[quote=“Mortimoose;14167”]This is one of the higher up reasons on my list for disliking this game.

  1. Total number of loadouts limited to 9
  2. Shoehorns players towards the most competitive loadout. Reddit already has info on which is best for each merc
  3. RNG even affects cosmetics
  4. £4 a case for a random silver or above card is ridiculous
  5. Removes character progression
  6. RNG favors some, punishes majority

I release DB isn’t COD or TF2, but still. Is this system really best? I won’t even touch your elite cases 'cause I know it’s highly likely I’ll get a silver merc I don’t even use. Even if I got a Cobalt Kira, it’s just a reskin of the same armor and weapons as bronze.

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  1. I do believe more load outs are somewhere in the dim distant future, cant find where but im sure i read or heard on a stream they are thinking about adding others.
  2. people do this anyway and it would be worse if you could pick individually. at least this way by pairing great augs with bad ones they can get more balanced best options. and dont just believe everything because its written on reddit. best on paper doesnt always equal best for you.
  3. clearly :wink:
  4. not necessarily, cobalts are as valuable as they are rare. things that are purely about status and offer zero utility (often called veblen or giffen goods) actually increase in desirability with the price. but personaly i agree they seemed to have gone whaling and chasing the long tail, that 0.5% that will blow hundreds or thousands and no one else will touch it.
  5. well thats a good thing to as many people as it is a bad thing.
  6. of course. but again thats the point , make people chase makes it feel like an achievement when you get it.

is it the best for us? no i dont think so, is it the best for the game? maybe truth is mainstream wont pay for the game , going after the whales/long tale does seem to work for a lot of f2p games. though im sure the system could be improved some.
at the end of the day i can make 17.5k and buy the loadout i want for free so im happy enough

(XavienX) #5

Just to make you feel better, I got a Obsidian Arty.