Thunder VS Fragger

[Florisjuh]

I don’t mind if SD evolves the game by adding content, it keeps the pub play interesting. In that case I do think SD should implement some new settings for limiting spam like their other games have (which were added by the community). Of course I agree with you that whatever they add needs to be balanced and should fit with the current maps, something DB has had issues with in the past.

[geefunkster]

Apart from the conc grenade, you are addressing the abilities I mentioned in passing, not the ones I primarily indicated as problematic. Conc grenades slowing you down, invisible mercs designed for surprise kills and turrets are NOT conducive to a fast paced shooter, regardless of what any other game does or doesn’t have.

DB is DB. Whether or not area denial can be part of whatever genre you want DB to be doesn’t matter, because DB is what it is. Games can be more than one genre, and very few games are perfect epitomes of their genre. More often than not they’re mixtures of different things.

Ultimately it’s not so much a matter of these objects not belonging in DB, it’s a matter of you not liking the type of genre the objects stem from, and wanting DB to change its genre to be more like what you want.
Wanting to remove area denial and whatever else from DB would be like me asking Overwatch or TF2 to add sprinting to their games. Those games already have their own identity, and it’s unrealistic to expect them to change and shun their fans just because the way that they are doesn’t fit with my preferences

It’s not that I think DB “should” change, just that some abilities I feel are counter to the kind of DB I want to play. Of course that’s just my preference, but perhaps more pertinently I feel that fast, aggressive gunplay mixed with the movement/parkour is kind of the unique selling point of DB and is what appealed to many, not just me.

The FPS market is crowded these days. If you want ability spam, Overwatch, low ttk, COD, vehicles n shit, Battlefield, tactical, counterstrike etc.

Again, just in my opinion, SD would have done well to focus more on DB’s strengths and USPs and less on pleasing everyone.