Discovery 4.91 Patch 12 Balance Changes [12/6/2019]

[Moka]

Yeah I feel like we literally have so much variety in ships and weapons and combinations thereof that a complete rebalance is basically impossible at this point without designing an entirely new game.

I really like this segment because it truly emphasizes that "playing for fun" isn't a thing anymore in discovery. It's just play to win. Doesn't matter how little fun you're having as long as you decimate the opposing side and make sure they have as little fun as the game allows.

That one time in Cortez (I think a day before the last day of the event?) was truly miraculous. Imagine people, on both sides, being good sports and just playing the videogame with empathy for the enemy team in mind. Woah.

I'm not going to lie, I started getting really concerned for the game's future when I realized that opposing sides are worse at being decent to each other than EVE players. Even Goons and TEST, two alliances that have been at war with each other more times than England and France, can manage to spend the 5 minutes required to go "hey we're bored and looking for a fight" "yeah so are we" "cool we'll be there in some cruisers and stuff in a bit, maybe 30-40 guys" "alright we'll bring something similar".

For a community of a game where long term goals beyond "shoot the mans good" are built around diplomacy, cooperation and friendly competition, we seem to on the whole be terrible at actually communicating with one another.

You sir, could not have said it better.

No matter what the Game Masters try, never will everyone be happy.

I appreciate the effort the team does, it's still a thankless job done for the ungrateful.