I think that there is too much ranged out there atm. A bit boring in NI is that map after map, the team is hiding behind a wall of barricades, almost always on the same spot of the map and shooting everything down what is coming close to the barricades.
Melee factor is almost nil, as long you don't consider slashing as proper melee. No open fight against bots like for instance in native multiplayer.
I have now 3 characters at tier 4, so the excitement of reaching certain milestones of levelling is over. Now I've reached a kind of monotony, where I need to motivate myself, playing over and over the same scenario again to improve my items. Maybe 200h per blue item ?
What I want to say is: Either the game style is brilliant which keeps you playing (atm, no open melee, commando get forced into shielding role to go far with the team, hiding behind cades, 75% of players just shoot the uber bots) or the perspective to see your character developing further and further keeps you playing (tons of hours upcoming playing to reach next improvement).
Please don't get me wrong, this mod has a uniqueness compared to other mods, but on the other hand I think that the satisfaction is reached too quick.
The early game or short term (3-6 months) affection is immense: levelling, levelling, levelling. Normal mode is doable with some melee.
The mid play or long term (6 months+) affection is not so exciting: no levelling, massive time consumption to see your character progressing, boring playstyle on hard / ragnarok with only hiding and shooting.
I'm probably not with an exclusive view on this, so maybe this gives you another idea why maybe a part of players moved away from NI.
And I don't say I would have done it better than you guys, because I actually don't have any ideas for you, how to change or improve the mod further.
Maybe one (not well thought trough) idea:
To avoid everyone only shooting, make the infantry class reasonable stronger. Enable them to go into melee fights versus the bots. Because currently on hard you can max. fight vs bots in wave 1-3.
Melee factor is almost nil, as long you don't consider slashing as proper melee. No open fight against bots like for instance in native multiplayer.
I have now 3 characters at tier 4, so the excitement of reaching certain milestones of levelling is over. Now I've reached a kind of monotony, where I need to motivate myself, playing over and over the same scenario again to improve my items. Maybe 200h per blue item ?
What I want to say is: Either the game style is brilliant which keeps you playing (atm, no open melee, commando get forced into shielding role to go far with the team, hiding behind cades, 75% of players just shoot the uber bots) or the perspective to see your character developing further and further keeps you playing (tons of hours upcoming playing to reach next improvement).
Please don't get me wrong, this mod has a uniqueness compared to other mods, but on the other hand I think that the satisfaction is reached too quick.
The early game or short term (3-6 months) affection is immense: levelling, levelling, levelling. Normal mode is doable with some melee.
The mid play or long term (6 months+) affection is not so exciting: no levelling, massive time consumption to see your character progressing, boring playstyle on hard / ragnarok with only hiding and shooting.
I'm probably not with an exclusive view on this, so maybe this gives you another idea why maybe a part of players moved away from NI.
And I don't say I would have done it better than you guys, because I actually don't have any ideas for you, how to change or improve the mod further.
Maybe one (not well thought trough) idea:
To avoid everyone only shooting, make the infantry class reasonable stronger. Enable them to go into melee fights versus the bots. Because currently on hard you can max. fight vs bots in wave 1-3.
"Swadians are cowards - they just hide and shoot" - King Ragnar