If you were on beta, and you didn't petition so hard to nerf beacons that made them pointless to do there, you could have shot anyone who tried this.
We did beacons in a dangerous area, our bots were at risk (hell we were in a dead end doing them, beast could have led you right to us by instinct)
Yes, the way they were done wasn't what the developer wanted. No I don't think that should matter in a sandbox.
Because the developers don't want beacons being done in any way expect one specific manner...and some players use the developers as weapons for meta gaming...we now have beacons worthless anywhere except alpha. So yeah since we cant stop a beacon run in pvp areas, as it would be pointless to run them there, we will do what the developers want. Fight for beacons on alpha,
This isn't the preferred method. I still think beacon pits and plasma bombs should be allowed and that other metrics should be balanced to reflect that.
Mind you there are currently two paths to getting something changed in game that needs changing. One is to cry to the developers. Since that wont work for us we have to do it and show them its broke..and rely on the other side of the game to cry about it, since the developers will listen to them.
This shouldn't be some secret to joke.
All they needed to ever do was to make beacons like teleport beacons. Drop one, do it, then you can drop another. Bam. Beacon pits now a cool and fun way to play, now plasma bombing beacons on beta is boring but efficient again, and nothing changes with alpha.
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