[quote=“tominatorx;c-219372”]First of all, I just gave my opinion on FF in Dirty Bomb in general.
[quote=“bontsa;c-219358”]
FF wouldnt be “dangerous to implement”, its already the way the game is supposed to be played. Its already implemented, its just that there arent a single, even level restricted, pub servers that include this crucial mechanic and thats what bothers those who have even half a brain and know the pros FF brings.[/quote]
The way it’s “meant” to be played is ultimately the design decission of SD. It’s their choice if they want FF to be a thing or not. They probably didn’t put it in because of the high damage abilities. They were probably afraid it would cause too much accidental deaths.[/quote]
Look at how game is actually played in pugs, scrims, cups and tournaments. Not only that SD is known of titles such as W:ET where FF indeed was meant to be and DB has that written all over it; spammy abilities like Fletchers nukes, retarded pancakes and mindless concs must be actually thought through i.e. before throwing them in midst of a skirmish where your medics are having hard time against enemy. FF rewards skill and awareness, where as lack of it promotes spam and zero thinking of your ability usage in terms of how it affects your team. And awareness and skill are something I could imagine SD likes to promote in DB instead of the latter.
Again, awareness. It starts from launching the game already. As I said though, we’re indeed way too far in catering to casual mindless playstyle so default way to go has to be without FF, sadly. As we both acknowledge, some FF on servers should be implemented with fair reminder there is such mechanic in place.
Again, look at how actual games, in cups/tourneys and ranked/pugs/scrims used for practicing for those, are played. Rest is just casual thoughtless funsies. Which is not a bad thing per se, its just sad that its the default and has become most prominent way of playing. I’d prefer thoughtFUL funsies.
[quote=“tominatorx;c-219372”][quote=“bontsa;c-219358”]
This was solely here about running a single stream with FF on at 8v8 server (which also is so far off from game’s original 5v5 format its unreal) for @$!#'n’giggles but looks like as Montiel was afraid, community is too simpleminded.[/quote]
I don’t see the point for your argument then. “Just for $!#'n’giggles” yet you are also calling it a crucial feature… If it’s just for $!#'n’giggles then why even bother? There are more important things to focus on then doing stuff for $!#'n’giggles…[/quote]
I may of have not emphasized it enough then it seems, but I tried pointing out the issue is 8v8, not FF. Those 2 don’t go together solely for the reason of DB itself not being a game ment for having 16 goofers running about the map.
Community streams are for goofing about anyway, which is exact definition of “shites’n’giggles” for me. They are streamed anyways no matter the format so them “taking away focus from important things” is bogus.
