Standing on indar, with 20% TR population. I switch to an infiltrator and hit instant action, expecting to be dropped on the cliffs somewhere since we're basically warpgated. Instead, I get dropped on Mani Biol Lab on Esamir, where we have 55% population, on a fight between a few VS and NC with maybe 1 TR guy total. Great job using instant action as a tool to even out continent population, guys. You nailed that one perfectly.
Really? with all the other problems people are having with GU4 that's the one you are complaining about? Not that fact that tanks are a joke now ? the thousands of people experiencing FPS loss ? the random game freezes ? the advertisements in every loading screen ? the rocks that render black at distance ? the two "hotfixes" that haven't actually fixed anything except a few missing gun attachments ?
All those other issues will get fixed eventually. The Instant Action change was a deliberate game design change, and is unlikely to get reverted since that would involve SOE admitting they got it wrong. IMO it's the worst deliberate change they've made to the game so far.
I don't even like the squad redeployment: before GU04 I could first check where my mates and the squad leader were, THEN decide to deploy. I had a chance to evaluate the situation and decide if the drop pod was a good way to get in the battle. Right now I click on Squad Leader and I'm in the drop pod with no idea where I'm going to land, how many enemies around and so on. Considered when the squad leader is in a vehicle is also very hard to spot in the map, I could even waste the redeployment on squad leader while he's at the Warp Gate. Thumbs down.
Yes you're right, a large amount of bugs that everyone else is already whining about totally makes complaining about intentional game design changes stupid. I'll just go back to crying about my FPS like everybody else and make this thread in a week when everything else is fixed.
I know it's a problem, I'm not trying to be snippy but I'm frustrated. SOE seems so be following me about nerfing everything I buy and breaking all my fps's I need to vent somewhere or i'll end up going ballistic and quitting the game. so what would be a better implementation of instant action? (I didn't use it in GU1-3 so I've got no idea)
Well personally I thought it was fine before when you could choose where to go, but I see the potential problem there. I would say it should deploy you onto the lowest population continent, or at least keep you on the same continent. And it should tell you where you're going. I feel completely helpless when I hit instant action. I have no idea where I'll end up or what will be around me. I can't even try to steer towards somewhere safe because I have no idea where I am or what's going on.
lol. And now it drops me on the vanu side of TI alloys. As a TR infiltrator. Between their sundy and the point. I feel like using instant action now is basically just giving away free exp.
They should just take instant action out IMO... redeployment works perfectly fine. so fine in fact,I use it as my vehicle to get around.
Only good thing about this is no more mass Enclave drops onto facilities (or any other outfits but I like to pick on TE. ). Other than that, it's broke and it needs fixing.
Ah, yes, player choices. There are still some of those left? Don't worry, they'll be patched out soon enough.
