DUST Search - Announcement:Update on Uprising 1.5

Vell0cet wrote:

Chances Ghost wrote:

Vell0cet wrote:

gbh08 wrote:

Like, i look at eve with the sh!t ton of ships and modules, and naturally think ccp's a bit of a boss at this kind of thing, whats making it so difficult?

It's taken EVE 10 years of balancing to get there, and there are still OP weapons, modules and ships. They are working on a game wide ship rebalance and it's going to take a long time to get through them all. It's a slow and difficult process.

the wierd part is they diddnt bring any of that balancing experiance to dust.

they are making mistakes in dust that they learned to fix in eve

I think that's a fair criticism. The lack of a testing environment for players to submit feedback has been one of the most outstanding issues from my perspective. I can't imagine trying to develop a game on the scale of DUST with a limited team and no test server for players to beta test upcoming changes. A lot of the major hiccups might have been caught earlier like the TAC-AR issues at the launch of Uprising, or the shotgun hit detection bug in 1.4. I also think CCP is improving it's approach and getting the community involved earlier in the process (as evidenced by this thread). Yes it can be more painful, and you're going to have to deal with more whining on the forums, but the released content will be much better.


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Thor Odinson42 Molon Labe. RISE of LEGION 1253	Posted - 2013.09.18 14:15:00 - [1] - Quote They need to give these guys some more resources to work with. There is a lot of doom and gloom on these forums so I hate to do it, but I just don't see it. It's so hard to try and schedule a PC battle right now because you just don't know if people are going to log in. The matchmaking deal put the finishing touches on many people who were on the fence. There's A LOT of people who've been in a holding pattern to see what's done with vehicles. With the release of some new games, I'm thinking this is going to be a pretty empty server soon. I hope I'm wrong, but in my opinion we are seeing the end.
Thor Odinson42 Molon Labe. RISE of LEGION 1255	Posted - 2013.09.18 14:25:00 - [2] - Quote Vell0cet wrote: Chances Ghost wrote: Vell0cet wrote: gbh08 wrote: Like, i look at eve with the sh!t ton of ships and modules, and naturally think ccp's a bit of a boss at this kind of thing, whats making it so difficult? It's taken EVE 10 years of balancing to get there, and there are still OP weapons, modules and ships. They are working on a game wide ship rebalance and it's going to take a long time to get through them all. It's a slow and difficult process. the wierd part is they diddnt bring any of that balancing experiance to dust. they are making mistakes in dust that they learned to fix in eve I think that's a fair criticism. The lack of a testing environment for players to submit feedback has been one of the most outstanding issues from my perspective. I can't imagine trying to develop a game on the scale of DUST with a limited team and no test server for players to beta test upcoming changes. A lot of the major hiccups might have been caught earlier like the TAC-AR issues at the launch of Uprising, or the shotgun hit detection bug in 1.4. I also think CCP is improving it's approach and getting the community involved earlier in the process (as evidenced by this thread). Yes it can be more painful, and you're going to have to deal with more whining on the forums, but the released content will be much better. The problem is that you get a week of Dev give a **** like this then they go into a shell. The vehicle thing getting pushed back 3 months from when it was supposed to get released is a pretty big deal. With so many other things not getting any attention it's a clear indication that there are simply not enough resources at their disposal to pull this off.
Thor Odinson42 Molon Labe. RISE of LEGION 1256	Posted - 2013.09.18 15:21:00 - [3] - Quote It's a free game in name only. I know a lot of people that have spent more on this game than any other game they've ever played. I know I easily have. To be quite honest it's one of the main reasons I'm still here. I'd wager I'm not alone in this.