2015-04-09 20:51

Hi everyone,



Thought I'd try something out here today. I know you guys like information; I know you like to be "in the loop"; and I know many of you are passionate about providing feedback. Here's a chance!



We're looking at the Reputation system. Obviously, it's not functioning quite the way we'd like. We'll be moving the goal posts for the tiers (probably bringing Tier 4's cost down to around where Tier 3 is), among other changes (we've talked about allowing you to pre-select the perks too).



This post ISN'T ABOUT those issues though. Here, I want to solicit feedback on a specific idea - changing the Mechanic's Rep track.



Here are the current tracks:

1- extra grenade / flak jacket

2- extra 40mm / fast repair

3- fast aim / delayed trigger

4- fast reload / fast swap



This isn't ideal; for one thing, you might not be using either grenade launcher OR repair tool, making Tier 2 useless for some players. There are other things we can do to make this more valuable and perhaps more interesting.



Consider these changes to the tracks:

1- extra grenade / extra 40mm grenades

2 - extra magazines / fast repair

3 - delayed trigger / flak jacket

4 - fast aim / fast swap



The big changes are adding extra mags to tier 2 and moving flak jacket to tier 3. What do you think of this idea?



Let's keep the ideas in scope for the best discussion - we're not adding new features here, we're moving the data around. We're not talking about scoring or changing other aspects of the feature. The data we can easily manipulate is the list of existing rep perks. Are there other configurations you think would be better?



Looking forward to seeing if this is productive or if it entirely goes down in flames! :D If this proves valuable, I'll see about sharing more information and soliciting feedback this way.



As a note we're not promising this specific change, and there isn't any ETA on this.



Regards,

dirtydeathdog

DDD Twitter: @dirtydeathdog