DUST Search - The What, How, and WHY of DUST 514 [CCP and players should really think about this]

8213 wrote:

Things break down into What, How, and Why...

What is DUST 514?
Dust 514 is a FPS game for the PS3. It has a free-to-play option. You gain skills and equipment for your character. The maps are larger than average. The weapons have specific roles. And, there are a number of skills you need to train in order to stand above your contemporaries. The game has an in-game currency called ISK, in which you use to buy your equipment, and skill learning plans. You can access combat vehicles as well.

How is DUST 514 played?
You are awarded ISK in battles, and awarded more for doing well. It's hoped that you earn more ISK than you lose. You also earn Skill points to use towards developing your character's progress. The best results are achieved by working as a team. You can form corporations of teammates, to take on larger battles and contracts. You build your corporation by battling for territory, and maintaining it.

Why do you want to play DUST 514?
CCP has never told us why they are doing what they are doing. They have never gave us the reason why we should play this game, as opposed to the other similar games like it. What is there to believe in? We know the results of playing it, but that still doesn't tell us why we should play it.

For CCP: People buy into what you believe in, not what you do. They want the why, not the what or how. When you're over there on that island, making this game, what are you believing in when you make it? What is the belief and why are you making it? Not the result(i.e.- money, etc), but the belief. Do the people working there all believe in the same thing? Do they all share why they are there? Is that belief being broadcasted to the people you are making the game for?


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Fist Groinpunch Goonfeet Top Men. 45	Posted - 2013.09.11 19:08:00 - [1] - Quote 8213 wrote: Things break down into What, How, and Why... What is DUST 514? Dust 514 is a FPS game for the PS3. It has a free-to-play option. You gain skills and equipment for your character. The maps are larger than average. The weapons have specific roles. And, there are a number of skills you need to train in order to stand above your contemporaries. The game has an in-game currency called ISK, in which you use to buy your equipment, and skill learning plans. You can access combat vehicles as well. How is DUST 514 played? You are awarded ISK in battles, and awarded more for doing well. It's hoped that you earn more ISK than you lose. You also earn Skill points to use towards developing your character's progress. The best results are achieved by working as a team. You can form corporations of teammates, to take on larger battles and contracts. You build your corporation by battling for territory, and maintaining it. Why do you want to play DUST 514? CCP has never told us why they are doing what they are doing. They have never gave us the reason why we should play this game, as opposed to the other similar games like it. What is there to believe in? We know the results of playing it, but that still doesn't tell us why we should play it. For CCP: People buy into what you believe in, not what you do. They want the why, not the what or how. When you're over there on that island, making this game, what are you believing in when you make it? What is the belief and why are you making it? Not the result(i.e.- money, etc), but the belief. Do the people working there all believe in the same thing? Do they all share why they are there? Is that belief being broadcasted to the people you are making the game for? Lol what. Is this a real post? CCP have been promoting this game as the first of its kind FPS that is connected to a MMO of a different genre. As a FPS that has a RPG-like progression system that has a huge impact on how you play. As a free game that is being added to all the time, also for free. OP, just to see for yourself how dumb what you wrote is, apply your ridiculous WHY paragraph to any CoD game and see if your answers can explain that brand's popularity.
Fist Groinpunch Goonfeet Top Men. 45	Posted - 2013.09.11 20:01:00 - [2] - Quote Dude your OP reads like a bad case of corporate speak. There are all these words, but there's no insight or point. And your why for COD is pretty much applicable to any FPS out there. Even people with Downs are able to move a targeting reticle over a target and press a button to open fire. That the whole draw of the FPS genre. It's simple. And good job on glossing over the part of my post where I mentioned CCP talking about how their game is revolutionary in a number of ways. I can totally see why you post what you post.