You really wanna do this?
Okay then.
Actually it is.. you can not sit there and say there is nothing wrong with this system when only a tiny fraction will use it. That is ridiculous.
This is one of the most anticipated games this year and the sales will easily be in the millions. Out of the millions of people to play this game maybe about 10% or less of them are going to be seriously involved in the competitive scene and I'm being way too fucking generous with that estimate. That 90% or so remaining will get a shitload of value out of this system and this is by no means a "tiny fraction."
The gear is dropped in ranked, the gear is dropped for people practising for ranked or competitive play. No new moves, no stats. So as I said at the start in the OP it is just a costume wardrobe thing. Which (as I said in the OP) is not bad in itself, cool clothing is awesome.. BUT think of all the effort and stuff in those moves and all the stat things they developed that are never going ot be used.
The gear is dropped in more than just ranked, it's dropped in player matches and plenty of other modes besides including single player modes, i.e. multiverse which they've shown off recently. This has been mentioned quite regularly if you'd been paying attention to the streams and everything else they've said about the game. This shit is going to get used by these millions of casuals like we've all said a billion times in this thread so get off this bullshit you're riding.
What a colossal waste of time and effort by NRS to make all this stuff and have hardly anyone use it. Especially when the base idea of it was actually pretty cool.
instead they have taken one of the worst ideas in modern gaming.. gear grinding for stats that makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker, and put it into a fighting game.. they KNOW it is a terrible idea because of the feedback, which is why it is not DISABLED for ranked.
It isn't a waste of time at all, like we've said people ARE going to use this shit. Hell even the competitive players can throw it on for casual games just for shits and giggles as we've already seen back in the beta. Once again the idea that of "makes strong players stronger and weak players weaker" is bullshit because of the way the matchmaking works in player matches, you will be matched with someone of equal gear. Again gear is disabled for ranked matches, because y'know, IT'S FUCKING RANKED, everything is meant to be on a level playing field. This has been said on stream before and the fact that you deny this just shows how little you actually know or understand about the game.
You have nearly a full thread hounding me for my opinions on this, but I would bet that NO ONE in this thread is going to be using gear for more than cosmetics.. hypocrites.
That alone should tell you something, the majority of what you've posted has been stupid and basically negative for the sake of negativity. I cannot believe you have been so dense in this thread. I shouldn't have wasted my time replying to such stupid posts but really you should just stop.
Look it's really fucking simple, if you want to play with gear, play with gear, if you don't then don't. Even easier, if you don't like the game then don't play it and don't go shitting on it just because other people like it.
