>>545289156
>Make any noise at all
>Everyone runs at you
>Can't avoid making noise with some bots around
>Skill issue

Here's my question: Why don't I go play [any other PVP game at all]? As time goes further, this game gets closer to a purely PVP With E experience. And it's a shitty PVP experience.

The game has:
>Guns which give you one of the highest first-shot advantage of anything in the genre
>KOS player base who use the cheapest of these guns
>Respawns of new squads until 15 minutes
>Unavoidable noise
>Third person peeking which encourages both sides to wait until the other investigates what shot at them
>Incredibly slow healing

I have watched a genuine 15 minute stare-off between two people no-showing behind walls, each unable to make the first move because of the punishment for making noise and the first-shot advantage.

The game rewards you for bringing a loadout worth $7k and Wkeying everyone who brings anything more expensive than it. In two months I honestly think this shitty cycle is going to lead to a 95% player drop.

>>2071875
Follow-up thought:
Is going Suhan's Praxis specifically for +10% infantry combat worth it as Feiten? I don't think it would cause me to lose access to Silk Turban or Starry Eye but I honestly don't know, haven't interacted too deeply with Suhan.
On run 3 I discovered that getting rid of your tolerance of eastern group religions estate privilege is extremely worth it when you factor in Development of Temples and Religious Culture's impact on skyscraper tags.