Urzas thoughts on ss
The way i see the state of ss, is it has some problems
Class balance drops in general availability of high tier gear grindiness of leveling lack of immediate change when getting a class Drone users cost of death compared to other classes
Class balance is really bad right now there are some classes like seer and speed demon that arnt usually take on runs. Snipers seem to be able to solo much more then any other class.
Gunners have problems in availability in gear to use compared to other classes. Gunners seem limited in damage type compared to most other classes, if an ai is highly resistant to mining or physical gunners have a hard time. Efficient missiles are needed for everything other then mining and physical damage. Gunners skills could use work, the big guns skill especially as it only gives a damage bonus to mining damage, if an ai is resistant to mining damage gunners have a hard time doing any damage.
Getting high tech gear is currently way too rng dependent, if you cant kill ubers or do high df dgs its hard to advance your gear.
After about level 500 or so leveling up becomes a pure grind, most players hate mandatory grinds in mmos now days especially for leveling up. More story driven solo content is needed.
The fact that when you get a class barely changes your playing style really is disappointing. The current recommendation i would give to new players is to ignore class skills entirely until they can put a couple hundred skill points into class skills. When you choose a class skill you should immediately get a bonus that makes sense for the skill, for example berserkers would be immediately able to mf 2 weapons.
Drone users at the endgame have a disproportionate cost of death compared to all other classes, a drone user could easily see a cost of death of 10-15 billion credits. High tech drones need to be changed to be either expensive and durable like slaves are or cheap and disposable like missiles and fighters, the current situation of expensive and disposable turns people away from using drones at the high end. This doesnt affect lower tech drones as much as most of them can be either built cheaply, ai bought, or mass extracted from ruins.
