Imperator_Titan wrote: ↑21 Jun 2018, 07:57
Obviously you haven't played as a xeno if you think that devouring active marines without help as a young runner is possible. It's unironically easier to kill than or drag them all the way back to the hive than it is to devour. If you're running out there alone to fight a young runner, it's literally only your fault.
Devs get a ton of backlash from badly received updates and the community for who they code in general. I'm not gonna let you add to that pile. There's criticism which is fine and then insults like "devs are only focused on making xenos win" which is what you said. Being ex-staff, I'd expect better. If you think that we're not doing anything regarding valid complaints, let me stop you right there however this isn't one of them.
If you intend to continue this conversation further, bring it to discord. I'm not gonna allow you to clog up the forums with this fruitless argument of yours.
See I don’t get it. I hold the same view as many other people on this thread, and I say one thing. I said “devs are dumbing down xenos”, and they are. I could have gone about it in a “nicer” way but that is exactly what has been happening throughout the years. I play xeno, not as often as I used to but I still do play and your assertion that it is easier to kill than to devour is just plain wrong. It takes much more time to slash a host to death, which gives the host more time to call for assistance or get up and shotgun you. With devour that’s removed entirely.
And yes I’m ex-staff, that doesn’t mean I have to agree with everything the dev team is doing. What I would want is for people to tell me what I’m doing wrong and how I can improve. I did not say “Devs are only focused on making xenos win”. I held and still do hold the sentiment that there has been a dumbing down of xenos for quite a while now. It doesn’t require skill to play and win. And if you just assume that me being a bit blunt with developers about my opinion on how things have been going will just emotionally devastate them you are severely underestimating them.
I, like many others, disagree with what was done with devouring. I think it’s reasonable to assume that it’s been dumbed down considering that xenos used to be smart in who they devoured, when they did it and what they had to risk while doing it. It was risk vs reward. Now it’s just reward, there’s no risk at all. I’ve seen this happen to multiple parts of the xeno play, where the risk factor has just been removed and replaced with only reward. Where there’s no risk there’s no challenge, which is why to me it seems like they are just removing the challenge from xenos.
And don’t get on your whole high horse because you’re a moderator and I’m not. You are in no way more moral than me because you are defending the developers. Your post proved that you didn’t even read through my full post. I will restate what I said that you seem to have missed.
I understand developers are working for free, but wouldn’t they want to know if they’re doing something wrong? What’s the point of working on an online multiplayer game if you don’t take into account the criticisms of the players. If they wanted to just have full control without being critiqued they should have made their own projects, or at the very least they shouldn’t be here. This is a game that was made by its community of players. Without the criticism that you so dislike this game would never evolve. I’m not here to circle jerk and just agree with everything the devs do because “they work for free”. There’s a valid reason a lot of the people on the forums gave them backlash, you shouldn’t be silencing that. Backlash is needed so that people KNOW when they do something wrong. And I can reasonably assume that nothing is being done about the valid criticism that was posted here, seeing as the dev said that it was working as intended.
Just to restate my major point here. We shouldn’t have to agree with everything the devs do, we should be able to critique and try to make the game better. Yes some people can come off as rude but when receiving critique people need to remember that no one is saying that them as a person is bad, they’re saying that the work they did was shoddy. I believe, along with others, that what the devs did was shoddy workmanship. I also believe that our criticism isn’t being heard. I still believe that the devs are dumbing down xenos.
Please take the time to read through my entire post before you accuse me of joining a dogpile of hating on the devs
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