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    The dark zone has changed for the worst

    I agree with the much of what the op says regarding the ganking cowards who merc you from behind while engaged with NPCs; run in groups of eight because they have no skills; simply go into the dz to run sentry with Shotty to just kill other players for thrill. I love the game. 60 days of game play, level 99 dz and 30 ug; but the dz has evolved into crap based on the current gear based non skilled players running around ganking and stealing for giggles. Nearly none them are able to compete one on one. I miss the p v p battles in the street. No battles now, just one to four shot kills. Not fun at all. Nerf the stupid shotgun builds and create some parity so players can have legitimate battles. I have no problem with the difficulty level,of the NPCs. With a good team and good tactics, you can be successful. That is until those non-skilled cowards merc you from behind and them run through the maps. This type of play is driving a lot of my friends away and ruining a really fun game.
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    This is being addressed but it is going to take time. Everyone agrees the DZ is a mess right now. Patch 1.4 they are going to be addressing the core gameplay with this patch. No one knows what is in store with it just yet but we do know it is a few weeks from now.
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    I thought the DZ took its biggest turn for the worse when the idea to conceive such a game mechanic was hatched. I hope there an alternative to it soon. Plenty of map space to leave the DZ as is for whomever actually enjoys it, while using the rest of the map to give those who don't a viable alternative.
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    Watch it snowshoes your fanclub will be along shortly.
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    DZ went to s**t with 1.1 patch and it continued go that way - even worse with every major update. Reason? Gear Sets.

    You want a balanced and fun dz experience? Start by disabling all gear set bonuses on pvp.
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    Originally Posted by Jaegert3ch Go to original post
    DZ went to s**t with 1.1 patch and it continued go that way - even worse with every major update. Reason? Gear Sets.

    You want a balanced and fun dz experience? Start by disabling all gear set bonuses on pvp.
    I couldn't agree more with that. I don't remember who said it first on this forum or wherever but that is still a great idea. The brackets is what hurt the DZ also which is probably during the gear sets, too many people dropping their gear score.
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    Originally Posted by Eagle1911a1 Go to original post
    Watch it snowshoes your fanclub will be along shortly.
    Which ones?

    The ones who hate everything about this game like I do...or the ones that white-knight for Massive and otherwise kiss their ***. It's tough work juggling two fan clubs, bruh.
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    Originally Posted by gt2k Go to original post
    I couldn't agree more with that. I don't remember who said it first on this forum or wherever but that is still a great idea. The brackets is what hurt the DZ also which is probably during the gear sets, too many people dropping their gear score.
    I cherish the times when all we had was high end gear. There were no op geared players then and pvp was fun, like really fun. Then came rhe striker/sentry and all that what followed after.
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    Originally Posted by Jaegert3ch Go to original post
    DZ went to s**t with 1.1 patch and it continued go that way - even worse with every major update. Reason? Gear Sets.

    You want a balanced and fun dz experience? Start by disabling all gear set bonuses on pvp.
    That's pretty much what I remember as well. The slope was already built and we just needed Massive to add the lube with 1.1 in order to really get the screwing going.

    Any sexual connotations in that were unintentional.
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    Originally Posted by Jaegert3ch Go to original post
    I cherish the times when all we had was high end gear. There were no op geared players then and pvp was fun, like really fun. Then came rhe striker/sentry and all that what followed after.
    Back when crafting was useful also. The old days, which is sad because that was a few months ago. I hope they can fix the game to an enjoyable state. It won't be perfect but it should be better than what we have here.
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