Nerd Rage: Perks
I’ve been playing the Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta a lot and I’ve come to realize something lately. “Perks” are the most backwards ass logic I’ve ever seen. It spreads the field even further between players like me and the amped up twelve year olds who love to call me “faggot” after they “pwn” me. Follow me here.
Every other activity, with the exception of maybe baseball (no salary cap having bastards), I can imagine tries its best to level the playing field to increase competition. Golf and bowling have handicaps. The NFL rewards success by giving lower draft picks. NASCAR mandates that all cars be the same. Boxing has weight classes. Level competition makes activities more enjoyable for participants and more exciting for spectators. Everyone wins. I’m frustrated to say that this concept has escaped game developers.
Games like Uncharted 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare say “Oh, you are kicking ass at this game and winning by 20-30 kills everytime. Here are some things to make you even more powerful.” While the rest of us are beating our brains in trying just to break even on our kill/death count. After a while that loses its fun.
Look, I have no problem with being beaten. If someone is better than me then that person deserves to win. But I want to be beaten because my adversary is better not because he has “Last Stand” on. I want to play and have everyone be completely equal and may the best man win.Call of Duty games have it kind of right with “hardcore” mode. But Uncharted 2 FORCES you to use perks. So if you are an average player and level up slow then you are going to be fucked. You might be better and have the drop on someone but that person has “Down the Irons” on and will be able to shoot you 2 times to your 1.
Let’s do the right thing developers and take perks out of games so it’s totally fair for everyone. Or if you must have them then reverse your logic and take attributes from better players so everyone has a chance. Do something because right now your system sucks hard enough to bring a bowling ball through a crazy straw.
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In CoD4, there is a mode where there are no perks. Old school stuff. Just guns and grenades. No last stands, juggernauts, or martyrdom. If developers put modes like this into games, it wouldn’t be much of a pain.
“The NFL rewards success by giving lower draft picks.” Um actually the more successful you are in the NFL the higher your draft pick is.
As for perks they actually make you play the game better and more efficient. If you know someone has “last stand” or “Down the Irons” on then you just need to be more effective of killing them.
Step your game up son.
i guess i should have said the nfl gives worse draft picks for success. When i say lower i mean worse. The worst team gets 1st draft pick.
I agree.
And The whole point is that worse players shouldn’t be expected to fight better players strategically and in a more complicated fashion when they’re WORSE.