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this is hilarious
Guess it's time to farm some DZ xp while most of the sharks are still asleep. Gotta wait til friends get on to go shark hunting. I wonder how much of a war zone DZ06 is going to be on Tuesday. It's getting hard to stay motivated to grind knowing I'll be able to gear up in there quickly after the patch.
I guess if the DZ is a shit show, I could always farm Lexington.
I guess if the DZ is a shit show, I could always farm Lexington.
wesleyshark
Banned
Good times with GAF
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Great runs in the DZ today, I'm at 120 Rogue kills now.
Nope
I'll do some dz
Pretty much, yeah.
So how about that dark zone then eh?
I see some complaining, but I actually do think it's pretty brilliant, as a soft-core, more focused, mini-DayZ lite, compressed in tighter space. Could certainly be better balanced, I have put down (or spared) dudes that could barely do any damage to me, and conversely been put down by guys severly outgearing me. But with a loot-based progression system it was always going to be difficult to balance pvp (while keeping stats meaningful). I think they still did a fairly solid job. I've also had a fair share of even-handed encounters. What's more, the unbalance is part of the fun. You never really know what's coming.
Well... sometimes you do know, sorta. The meta game of reading situations, looking at players behavior, etc. The baiting, the mis-direction, the "oh did I get in the way of your bullets there? Oups you got some rouge on you let me get that off for you *evil-cackle* ", the rogue-racing meta-game, the "ama just gonna hop out for a bit, back in 90s lol." It's a fairly rich, layered game of its own. The shooting is ok I guess. I like destiny's better but this is serviceable. But it's really the player interactions that do it for me. I actually wish people would go rogue a tad more, that's when the magic happens. I do actually sometimes go rogue for no other reason than to stir up shit, get players riled up and get some life in the server.
At some point I was agreeing with the guys wanting to matchmake DZ players based on propention to go rogue. Not to avoid rogues, but to get more of them instead. I think that'd be a mistake though. Obviously would depend on the details of how they would implement it, but... All rogues all the time would probably become just as boring as no rogues ever. It's the balance between the two that creates the uncertainty and makes things interesting. It's a fairly tenuous balance as well. They've tipped the scales back and forth already. I wish they'd move the needle just a tad more towards roguing (and they may have with guaranteed HE drops), but I'm fairly happy with the current state of things.
Now I'm just looking forward to more crap to do in there. Giving us reasons to go after lvl32 named is a good start, hopefully drops will be cool, and hopefully they don't stop there and throw some more stuff in.
I see some complaining, but I actually do think it's pretty brilliant, as a soft-core, more focused, mini-DayZ lite, compressed in tighter space. Could certainly be better balanced, I have put down (or spared) dudes that could barely do any damage to me, and conversely been put down by guys severly outgearing me. But with a loot-based progression system it was always going to be difficult to balance pvp (while keeping stats meaningful). I think they still did a fairly solid job. I've also had a fair share of even-handed encounters. What's more, the unbalance is part of the fun. You never really know what's coming.
Well... sometimes you do know, sorta. The meta game of reading situations, looking at players behavior, etc. The baiting, the mis-direction, the "oh did I get in the way of your bullets there? Oups you got some rouge on you let me get that off for you *evil-cackle* ", the rogue-racing meta-game, the "ama just gonna hop out for a bit, back in 90s lol." It's a fairly rich, layered game of its own. The shooting is ok I guess. I like destiny's better but this is serviceable. But it's really the player interactions that do it for me. I actually wish people would go rogue a tad more, that's when the magic happens. I do actually sometimes go rogue for no other reason than to stir up shit, get players riled up and get some life in the server.
At some point I was agreeing with the guys wanting to matchmake DZ players based on propention to go rogue. Not to avoid rogues, but to get more of them instead. I think that'd be a mistake though. Obviously would depend on the details of how they would implement it, but... All rogues all the time would probably become just as boring as no rogues ever. It's the balance between the two that creates the uncertainty and makes things interesting. It's a fairly tenuous balance as well. They've tipped the scales back and forth already. I wish they'd move the needle just a tad more towards roguing (and they may have with guaranteed HE drops), but I'm fairly happy with the current state of things.
Now I'm just looking forward to more crap to do in there. Giving us reasons to go after lvl32 named is a good start, hopefully drops will be cool, and hopefully they don't stop there and throw some more stuff in.
Audioboxer
Member
Do any DZ vendors sell armour blueprints at DZ level 30, or do I need to grind up to 50?
At the moment 50, but that might change on Tue as the new DZ vendor gear is reranked to: 15, 25, 40, 50, 75 and 90
Halfway through rank 62
Give me 15 minutes. Need some food in my belly. I'm starving, man.
Ok. Doing lincoln tunnel in the mean time
EL CUCO
Member
I hit 55 last night too. And 2 Rogue kills away from the trophy (no boosting). I had like 8 Rogue kills before last night lol
Robdraggoo
Member
What are the dailies? There noy shiwing up on my map.
Gareth Bale
Member
Where are the dailies?
People were going mental yesterday in chat
People were going mental yesterday in chat
scotton1982
Neo Member
Im up for some DZ runs if anyone is around, PS4: BarnesWallace
160kdps/70hp
160kdps/70hp
Darknyss09
Member
Robdraggoo
Member
Well damn. I needed some Phoenix credits to buy some stuff.
Guess ill go run around the dz
Guess ill go run around the dz
EL CUCO
Member
You can still run regular challenge mode for 30 PC.
Robdraggoo
Member
Not with randoms i wont
It's not a glitch. It's just multiple squads working together.
Not even the intro. Just "connecting" and then "error delta 200126"
Im still in lincoln tunnel
It's just us two so yep.
But looks like Jafku is still in Lincoln.
I just logged back in so I'm ready to go once you're done.
Robdraggoo
Member
Cm? Can.i join you?
EL CUCO
Member
Haha good point
Ah we just finished
Its not a glitch, but does complelty ruin the DZ, just like glitching more than 4 people into an instance ruined CM.
It also removes the risk of going rogue.
Big squads act like they own the place killing all solos (well done, so tough) but as soon as you get them down to 3 they panic, run, can't handle it and have to regroup to hide behind their numbers.
It's fun as a group of 4 going manhunt and having the whole server go against you. It's not fun with a group of 8 picking on everyone, especially when this becomes the norm for LFG boosting to 90.
Massive should force server move squads that have a player leave one and join another group. Or if you have more than 3 friends in your instance move the extras.
ScriptedReality
Member
NiceGood times with GAF
I completed all my CM with randoms. It's not bad at all really.
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
Think those blueprint requirements are being dropped to level 40.
Edit:
- The vendor in the Church Safe House will now sell items in Dark Zone Funds instead of Phoenix Credits
- Ranks requirements for Superior and High-End quality items at the Dark Zone Vendors have been adjusted:
- - Superior (Purple) items: Rank 15 instead of 30
- - High-End (Gold) level 30 (Gear Score 163): Rank 25 instead of 50
- - High-End (Gold) level 31 (Gear Score 182): Rank 40 instead of 50
- Added a new Dark Zone bracket for characters with Gear Score 160+
wesleyshark
Banned
Been running about solo in the dz. Just hit 80. Ganking other solo players or teams of 2. Doing a lot of sneaking... This is tense and fun.
But I still sometimes feel bad...
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Wesley S Shark/video/16449898
But I still sometimes feel bad...
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Wesley S Shark/video/16449898
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