Ok yes, you are right and you are wrong.
You are right when you say regulars cry alot about their fights being interrupted by db and helikill.
But you are wrong when you say that new players only chance is db and helikill.
You are also wrong when you say if you start using chainsaw or sniper rifle people will complain.
People have complained about db and helikill for a long long time, and granted that it's easier to db than to fight on foot. Helikill has the advantage of killing instantly, but it's not tard easy, and simple to avoid. DB is harder to avoid and even easier to use. The people who are good at rustlers can take down races single handedly. The people who are good at helikill can kill all the fighters at nam in one shot and the people who driveby with skills can end anyones on foot spree in seconds. Here's the thing, lots of DB does not make the server impossible to play in, maybe annoying, but not impossible, and with a few easy tricks it's simple to kill a standard db'er. Helis are annoying, especially in excess, and the major problem is the abuse of it makes people not want to participate in the deathmatch at all, and stay in their cars. So if there were only 1 or 2 mavericks and the rest of the helis remained untouched the game would change alot. And rustlers, either it's really easy to avoid them or extremely close to impossible. In races, if it's all around SA and a semi decent rustler pilot wants you down, your chances of finishing the race are slim, let alone winning. This is why getting less rustlers on the server wouldn't even be the solution, and getting less helis would be (even the admin ones, lets face it, one out of 10 times have those things been used for transportation).
New players, will always have it hard gryphus, this is what you're always failing to understand. No matter what you do the regulars will know the drill and the new guys have to pay the price and learn. This is what I like about this server, is that everyone learns, and giving 50k for registering, a bonus cash prize for tutorials, adding more properties and making the system not allow you to have the cheap and expensive ones at once, are all good suggestions of balance. But if you're going to complain about Xv1, might as well stay in duels or make a clan, it's how the server has always been (and practically any other DM server).
Long story short:
- I think DB is fine as it is, there's valid arguments to remove it and valid arguments to let it stay, so it's somehow punished.
- I think helikill should stay but the amount of helis should be reduced, since that's the only major inconvenience that the helikill brings: excess.
- I think that the only measure against rustlers that should be taken is the one Dominator suggested, having to pay an extra cash price in order to host a non DM race in a different virtual world and in exchange, adding air races with coronas for planes.
