04-19-2009, 02:43 PM
Okay, anyone that knows me knows I don't normally make a big deal about getting hit. But does anyone else think that hitting has become stupidly easy?
Grand total losses with 6+ days to play: $148,943,672,247 Over $139 Billion worth of these hits were done offline in At Home status....
This is NOT pointing fingers or bitching at anyone in particular, I want that clear.
Current Top 10
[GUNS] Wyatt_Earp $60,413,306,095
[wtf] Blackish__Metal $52,910,201,455
[Tagh] DYNA____________ $34,251,154,453
[Tagh] TwIsTeD_FaTe $27,479,283,467
[Tagh] DRIFTIN $24,106,162,828
[OAKT] c0h33d $22,533,528,844
[COLOR="Red"] [GUNS] Billy_the_Kid $18,662,218,107
[GUNS] Jose_Chavez $18,454,574,828[/COLOR]
[LONE] o_O_LUDE_O_o $11,797,227,797
[DONE] MY_ACC_SUCK $11,210,087,884
The players listed in black have either made ALL their NW from hitting or the vast majority of it. In fact 4 of them have significantly less NW than they have actually hit me for.
Now, like I said this isn't complaining it's a serious question. You're supposed to be "somewhat" safe, or at least safest, in At Home status. As I said earlier the vast majority of these hits were done in that status. There are 4 times at least where I have been hit 3 times in a row (spam hitting) with no caughts at all in Home status.
I am just of the impression that hitting has become too easy, either the numbers used are too well known, the way of spamming, whatever, I have no idea how it's done but the point remains that it is nearly pointless to spend on the game unless you're a hitter now.
Shane could easily crush me and take a substantial lead with probably a single $25 purchase at this point.
Hitting IS part of the game, I'm not suggesting it shouldn't be, but losing $40billion in 2.5 hours shouldn't be possible either. I don't know what the answer is, perhaps change up the variables to make people search for the right combos again, add a "this player has been attacked too often" type of timer like The Last Yakuza has? I don't know, what I do know is that to "work" your way to the NW I have lost entails countless hours (35+ in the first 3 days racing alone) and more hours working, hitting means coming on when your creds max, entering 2 numbers and spamming the enter key at the right time or however the formula works. In other words substantially less time, effort and in the long run cost.
Thoughts?
Grand total losses with 6+ days to play: $148,943,672,247 Over $139 Billion worth of these hits were done offline in At Home status....
This is NOT pointing fingers or bitching at anyone in particular, I want that clear.
Current Top 10
[GUNS] Wyatt_Earp $60,413,306,095
[wtf] Blackish__Metal $52,910,201,455
[Tagh] DYNA____________ $34,251,154,453
[Tagh] TwIsTeD_FaTe $27,479,283,467
[Tagh] DRIFTIN $24,106,162,828
[OAKT] c0h33d $22,533,528,844
[COLOR="Red"] [GUNS] Billy_the_Kid $18,662,218,107
[GUNS] Jose_Chavez $18,454,574,828[/COLOR]
[LONE] o_O_LUDE_O_o $11,797,227,797
[DONE] MY_ACC_SUCK $11,210,087,884
The players listed in black have either made ALL their NW from hitting or the vast majority of it. In fact 4 of them have significantly less NW than they have actually hit me for.
Now, like I said this isn't complaining it's a serious question. You're supposed to be "somewhat" safe, or at least safest, in At Home status. As I said earlier the vast majority of these hits were done in that status. There are 4 times at least where I have been hit 3 times in a row (spam hitting) with no caughts at all in Home status.
I am just of the impression that hitting has become too easy, either the numbers used are too well known, the way of spamming, whatever, I have no idea how it's done but the point remains that it is nearly pointless to spend on the game unless you're a hitter now.
Shane could easily crush me and take a substantial lead with probably a single $25 purchase at this point.
Hitting IS part of the game, I'm not suggesting it shouldn't be, but losing $40billion in 2.5 hours shouldn't be possible either. I don't know what the answer is, perhaps change up the variables to make people search for the right combos again, add a "this player has been attacked too often" type of timer like The Last Yakuza has? I don't know, what I do know is that to "work" your way to the NW I have lost entails countless hours (35+ in the first 3 days racing alone) and more hours working, hitting means coming on when your creds max, entering 2 numbers and spamming the enter key at the right time or however the formula works. In other words substantially less time, effort and in the long run cost.
Thoughts?
