PvP dominion WITHOUT gear stats is anti MT? | Forums

[Pope138]

I do not think leveled gear is OP. I do not think this game is pay to win. BUT I don't see what's wrong with letting skill be the ONLY determining factor in a fight.

So, I'm like, old. Multiplayer games used to have equal starts. These days it's perks, gear, bells, whistles... I could have sworn when the devs first announced this game they said that gear would be cosmetic only and I thought that was very refreshing.

Now I know a lot of people love tweaking gear stats and I'm not suggesting that be taken away. I am, however, asking for a dominion game mode without gear stats that I'm surprised wasn't included at launch. Such a mode being withheld from the game seems deliberate. Almost as though purely cosmetic gear wouldn't motivate as many people to make in-game purchases.
Now hear me out. This isn't an anti-microtransaction rant. Most games these days sell for $60 and I remember buying Donkey Kong Country in 1994 for $55. So yeah, I understand that gamers' unwillingness to pay more than $60 for a game means that profits have to be made by other means and at times I'm even willing to pay for some mt's. But a $60 multiplayer game with a season pass? And we don't even have dedicated servers?
You're a business and your #1 priority is profit--we get it. But meet us half way. The game itself is a brilliant foundation, but the service hasn't been so great. I'd be willing to buy into your microtransactions if I felt like that money was being used to improve/maintain the state of the game, but P2P servers and flawed matchmaking make this a very one-sided relationship between you and the customers you service. You see, when I bought Donkey Kong Country back in 1994 It was a much simpler transaction. I exchanged money for a product. But with this game I exchanged money for a product that requires constant service from you, Ubisoft. I'm ok purchasing steel to fund this service, but let's be real: P2P is your way of outsourcing this service to the very people who need it.

Am I just a rambling, crazy cane-waver, or does anyone else feel the same way?

[Kharneth88]

Get yourself a GS 108 and don't worry about stats.

Once we all have GS 108 you won't need to worry. Gearless Dominion would suck. Dominion is nothing but being ganged up on and being thrown off a cliff. Revenge gear gives you a chance, quite a good chance, at coming out on top when it's 2 or 3 on 1, but when you and your foe are 108 gear score it changes very little about the 1v1.

So, in reality, the issue here isn't that people have gear. It's that you don't. Or that not everyone does. But a Dominion game with 8 108 players is going to be extremely fun.

[MyNameIsMicheal]

Get yourself a GS 108 and don't worry about stats.

Once we all have GS 108 you won't need to worry. Gearless Dominion would suck. Dominion is nothing but being ganged up on and being thrown off a cliff. Revenge gear gives you a chance, quite a good chance, at coming out on top when it's 2 or 3 on 1, but when you and your foe are 108 gear score it changes very little about the 1v1.

So, in reality, the issue here isn't that people have gear. It's that you don't. Or that not everyone does. But a Dominion game with 8 108 players is going to be extremely fun.

I am almost prestige 9, and i haven't noticed any point to go past prestige 3. I am really upset i can't upgrade my gear more and im in my final form.

I suck at this game, like bad. My gear score is the only thing that carries me sometimes most times.

[Kharneth88]

I am almost prestige 9, and i haven't noticed any point to go past prestige 3. I am really upset i can't upgrade my gear more and im in my final form.

I suck at this game, like bad. My gear score is the only thing that carries me sometimes most times.

I won't stop until Reputation 26. Other than getting rep3, there is nothing useful out there until rep26.

[Sheynes]

Get yourself a GS 108 and don't worry about stats.

Once we all have GS 108 you won't need to worry. Gearless Dominion would suck. Dominion is nothing but being ganged up on and being thrown off a cliff. Revenge gear gives you a chance, quite a good chance, at coming out on top when it's 2 or 3 on 1, but when you and your foe are 108 gear score it changes very little about the 1v1.

So, in reality, the issue here isn't that people have gear. It's that you don't. Or that not everyone does. But a Dominion game with 8 108 players is going to be extremely fun.

So true... I can't wait to see that !

[MyNameIsMicheal]

I won't stop until Reputation 26. Other than getting rep3, there is nothing useful out there until rep26.

Please elaborate, what do you get at 26?

[Pope138]

Get yourself a GS 108 and don't worry about stats.

Once we all have GS 108 you won't need to worry. Gearless Dominion would suck. Dominion is nothing but being ganged up on and being thrown off a cliff. Revenge gear gives you a chance, quite a good chance, at coming out on top when it's 2 or 3 on 1, but when you and your foe are 108 gear score it changes very little about the 1v1.

So, in reality, the issue here isn't that people have gear. It's that you don't. Or that not everyone does. But a Dominion game with 8 108 players is going to be extremely fun.

No,no,no...
Maybe I didn't express myself properly in the OP. I don't have a problem with gear score. In all honesty, I'm usually the highest gs in the matches I play and when I'm not, I don't feel disadvantaged.
My problem isn't gear stats, it's the reasoning behind them. It just seems that it's used to drive microtransaction sales and that money should be used to improve the state of the game.