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Nguruthos IX PEN 15 CLUB 1774	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:41:00 - [1] - Quote I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust?
HandOGod Taints of Tartarus 198	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:42:00 - [2] - Quote Its free
GTA V FTW Kang Lo Directorate Gallente Federation 127	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:45:00 - [3] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? Its not a FPS its a MMO. Wait, its a MMO with some FPS elements. No, no , no, its a MMO, FPS, with some RPG crap in it. Hummm, no that is not it either. It is a jack of all trades yet master at nothing, yeah, yeah thats it. Tell them that.
Awry Barux Shining Flame Amarr Empire 107	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:47:00 - [4] - Quote Dust currently offers: F2P! Risk/reward mechanics, which adds a thrill to a good killing streak, or even just 1 kill of a protobear. Killing a game like CoD doesn't do anything other than inconvenience your enemy, who has an infinite supply of advanced weaponry. I like destroying gear. The fitting and SP systems Passive SP- you can take a break and come back and have new toys to play with Squad order and reward mechanics, encouraging cohesive team play (in theory)
Nguruthos IX PEN 15 CLUB 1774	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:48:00 - [5] - Quote HandOGod wrote: Its free If I take a massive **** in a bucket and place a sign on it "take this, its free!" Nobody would want it. Being free is not a reason to do or like something
Skipper Jones Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 783	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:49:00 - [6] - Quote GTA V FTW wrote: Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? Its not a FPS its a MMO. Wait, its a MMO with some FPS elements. No, no , no, its a MMO, FPS, with some RPG crap in it. Hummm, no that is not it either. It is a jack of all trades yet master at nothing, yeah, yeah thats it. Tell them that. As much as I hate saying this... I agree with you. Truth.
Leadfoot10 Molon Labe. RISE of LEGION 63	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:52:00 - [7] - Quote Dust is the first FPS since BF1942 that has a TTK high enough to be enjoyable to me . It is simply fun to me.
Nguruthos IX PEN 15 CLUB 1774	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:58:00 - [8] - Quote Leadfoot10 wrote: Dust is the first FPS since BF1942 that has a TTK high enough to be enjoyable to me . It is simply fun to me. Ttk?
Awry Barux Shining Flame Amarr Empire 109	Posted - 2013.09.24 18:59:00 - [9] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: Leadfoot10 wrote: Dust is the first FPS since BF1942 that has a TTK high enough to be enjoyable to me . It is simply fun to me. Ttk? Time To Kill (player HP divided by weapon DPS)
Gorra Snell The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 126	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:03:00 - [10] - Quote The MLT <---> PRO economy is the big draw to me, though it took me a while to realize it. In most games where you customize your loadout, there's no reason to use anything but the best gear available to you. I usually run pretty cheap gear, and get the satisfaction of a growing wallet, even if I do relatively poorly in an individual match. That wallet then allows me the occasionally PROto-splurge, where I get to dish out some big numbers for a few rounds. So, I really use a wide range of the game's available gear, not just the bit I've most recently unlocked. The same mechanic also makes HAV-killing so very satifsying..

Nguruthos IX PEN 15 CLUB 1774	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:09:00 - [11] - Quote Awry Barux wrote: Nguruthos IX wrote: Leadfoot10 wrote: Dust is the first FPS since BF1942 that has a TTK high enough to be enjoyable to me . It is simply fun to me. Ttk? Time To Kill (player HP divided by weapon DPS) Ahh yeah. I much prefer that to one shotting everything. True. Hence why murder taxi and fg vs infantry are\were lil silly
Parson Atreides Ahrendee Mercenaries EoN. 710	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:12:00 - [12] - Quote Persistence. For me and a lot of people I talk with, that's huge.
Awry Barux Shining Flame Amarr Empire 110	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:18:00 - [13] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? Also, RE: promises and potential, that's enough to get me to play right there. The promise of further integration with EVE is really exciting to me, as well as the promise of eventually releasing all the vehicles and suits. By the time Dust really hits its stride and turns out to be among the most epic, persistent FPS experiences ever created, I'll be sitting pretty with tens of millions of SP and ready to take full advantage of it. In the mean time, it's still very fun, for all its flaws.
CHICAGOCUBS4EVER TeamPlayers EoN. 1754	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:20:00 - [14] - Quote functionality? map variety? vehicles YaY and bacon.... /thread
General Erick Onslaught Inc RISE of LEGION 128	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:21:00 - [15] - Quote Its potential, build diversity, and bigger brother.
Cosgar ParagonX 5421	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:26:00 - [16] - Quote Pros: -Deep levels character customization on the levels of western RPGs. -Friendly and helpful (in-game) community. -Developers that want player feedback. -High risk, intense combat where every death matters. -Free to Play -Character continues to gain passive SP whether you play or not. -Cross platform connection. Cons: -Imbalanced game mechanics limit character customization. -Toxic (forum) community. -Developers occasionally ignore player feedback. -Imbalanced game mechanics lead to cheap deaths that matter. -Lack of game modes and content makes the game worth the price. -Flawed SP gaining system punishes players for not playing frequently. -Cross platform connection severely limited.
Aikuchi Tomaru Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 805	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:28:00 - [17] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? 1) It's free 2) Regularly and free content updates which offer the same and sometimes more than a completely new 60 bucks CoD or BF 3) The Fitting system 4) The Skill system 5) The Link with Eve Online 6) I can watch how the game evolves
DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 6460	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:32:00 - [18] - Quote You can induce anxiety attacks on command by flying logi dropships.
Iron Wolf Saber Den of Swords 8825	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:35:00 - [19] - Quote 7.) Screwing over someone and setting them back months is possible in Dust 514. DUST Fiend wrote: You can induce anxiety attacks on command by flying logi dropships. LOL.... I save this somewhere.
DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 6460	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:36:00 - [20] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: 7.) Screwing over someone and setting them back months is possible in Dust 514. Through stealing from badly run corps, and that's literally it.

Roy Ventus Foxhound Corporation General Tso's Alliance 505	Posted - 2013.09.24 19:48:00 - [21] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: HandOGod wrote: Its free If I take a massive **** in a bucket and place a sign on it "take this, its free!" Nobody would want it. Being free is not a reason to do or like something A farmer/gardener might want it.
J'Jor Da'Wg KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 921	Posted - 2013.09.24 20:01:00 - [22] - Quote Awry Barux wrote: Dust currently offers: 1. F2P! 2. Risk/reward mechanics, which adds a thrill to a good killing streak, or even just 1 kill of a protobear. Killing a game like CoD doesn't do anything other than inconvenience your enemy, who has an infinite supply of advanced weaponry. I like destroying gear. 3.The fitting and SP systems 4. Passive SP- you can take a break and come back and have new toys to play with 5. Squad order and reward mechanics, encouraging cohesive team play (in theory) So I am gonna just go over your points some, as they are commonly used arguments for DUST. 1. Being free to play is certainly an advantage, IF the game is good enough to merit playing in the first place. This doesn't help an average game become better, it only really would make a good game become great. 2. Honestly, the risk/reward in DUST is minimal. What real benefit do I get from risking extra gear? Nothing, except maybe beyond a small bonus in ISK from getting more WP at the end of a battle. However its not even remotely enough for me to risk expensive gear in a pub match which is meaningless anyways. The safest and most sensible option is to use militia gear constantly, and stockpile ISK... which doesn't really have to many uses anyways. In EVE you have a really wide scale of options for investing ISK in. Whether its in a really expensive ship like a Titan to an alliance owned POS, to the cheapest frigate, to a mining/industry ship, to manipulating the market, to any other of a wide variety of uses, there are hundreds to thousands of ways to play EVE. Now contrast to DUST which really only has the pub match and the PC match. The pub match is meaningless and secure source of constant ISK, while PC is essentially a more high risk version of "grab the ISK". Either way the only way you can invest your money is into more expensive gear, which doesn't net you any huge advantage or gain. Yeah, you could reinvest it back into PC, but the endgame is that proto gear. The reason you kill in CoD is because it is, quite simply, fun. The gamemodes are varied and interesting. The gameplay is tight and satisfying. Now compare that to DUST where you have a boring game mode with iffy game mechanics and sub par gunplay. Yeah, CoD doesn't have any "ramifications" to each particular death, but when its fun to WIN, who cares? If DUST was fun to play and fun to shoot, then the ISK penalty for death might matter to me, but I just don't really care because the game isn't satisfying or interesting to play. 3. I will partially concede this point. DUST does have a intricate fitting and skill system. However both systems are gimped because even though they don't force you to use any particular thing, it is simply more effective to sit within established archetypes. Assaults, always fit for higher HP and your high DPS assault rifle Heavies, always fit for armor repairer and more plates, and make sure to have two complex damage mods Logis and scouts are mostly irrelevant because Logis essentially function as another assault and scouts just plain suck. Same with the skill system, you always skill for the core skills and then the suit and weapon you want, which actually has very little variation. Yeah, you have this whole "deep" skill system and fitting system but when everyone uses the same thing its honestly just a facade to hide the shallowness of the gameplay. Plus the SP system takes a ridiculous amount of time to grind into multiple roles, so if you do ANYTHING but the vanilla assault variety you are pigeonholed into an overly specific role that at this point isn't well supported by the gameplay. 4. Cool, but that is almost demanded by the SP systems inclusion in the first place. With things taking so long to get, if you quit playing for any amount of time and then had to come back with zero progress most people would just say screw it and not come back. Its not really a selling point for the game because in other games you get everything unlocked so fast and its available forever, so from the get go you can entertain and try many different styles of playing. 5. Just plain no. The command system is horrendous compared to MAG's or Battlefield 2's. The reward system is flawed as well, neglecting to reward many actions within the game (especially those that are mainly within a roles specific range of duties). Also, the huge lack of variation in tasks and objectives in game kills that argument because the best way to contribute to your team is to add as much DPS and HP as possible to your teams pool. The more you kill the more you win, unlike a game like MAG where the losing team could have many times more kills than the winning team but the wide variety in actions that could contribute to your team allowed to team with more deaths to win anyways. No TL;DR read the dang thing
HandOGod Taints of Tartarus 199	Posted - 2013.09.24 20:12:00 - [23] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: HandOGod wrote: Its free If I take a massive ** in a bucket and place a sign on it "take this, its free!" Nobody would want it. Being free is not a reason to do or like something That's true. But the differences between Dust and a bucket of ** are rather obvious to most (although some in this forum may beg differ). Your being silly. Stop it.
Luk Manag of Terror TRE GAFFEL 88	Posted - 2013.09.24 20:16:00 - [24] - Quote CCP has a history of long-term dedication to Eve. They're not going to give up on Dust 514 after a few short years of development (like most other publishers/developers).
J'Jor Da'Wg KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 922	Posted - 2013.09.24 20:47:00 - [25] - Quote Luk Manag wrote: CCP has a history of long-term dedication to Eve. They're not going to give up on Dust 514 after a few short years of development (like most other publishers/developers). Unless it totally bricks and begins losing money for CCP rapidly... EVE had long term dedication to EVE because it never put them in the red in the bank...
BursegSardaukar Sardaukar Merc Guild General Tso's Alliance 240	Posted - 2013.09.24 20:51:00 - [26] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: HandOGod wrote: Its free If I take a massive ** in a bucket and place a sign on it "take this, its free!" Nobody would want it. Being free is not a reason to do or like something I think the "free" part is a good way to get them to at least try it, b/c what is the harm, since its free. I believe Dust's interaction with EVE needs to be iterated upon to a massive extend. If CCP keeps ***-footing around, afraid to upset either or both game bases, they'll just keep the game from achieving its full potential. Orbital artillery, random EVE bombardments, EVE players dropping squads into live matches, ship boarding, POCO boarding, PI destruction, station flipping - MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BARDAS DUST University Ivy League 543	Posted - 2013.09.24 20:54:00 - [27] - Quote It's technically free, has good customization of both skills and dropsuit loadouts, and that is it. Everything else is done better by another FPS.
low genius the sound of freedom Renegade Alliance 476	Posted - 2013.09.24 21:07:00 - [28] - Quote meaning.
Shion Typhon Intara Direct Action Caldari State 270	Posted - 2013.09.24 21:27:00 - [29] - Quote HandOGod wrote: Its free That dog poopoo on the side of the road is free as well.
Luk Manag of Terror TRE GAFFEL 89	Posted - 2013.09.24 21:45:00 - [30] - Quote J'Jor Da'Wg wrote: Luk Manag wrote: CCP has a history of long-term dedication to Eve. They're not going to give up on Dust 514 after a few short years of development (like most other publishers/developers). Unless it totally bricks and begins losing money for CCP rapidly... EVE had long term dedication to EVE because it never put them in the red in the bank... I doubt they are in the red, but even if they are, I just don't see them giving up.

Ludvig Enraga KILL-EM-QUICK RISE of LEGION 523	Posted - 2013.09.24 21:55:00 - [31] - Quote Dust is trying to be something other than a lobby shooter (persistent world, economy, reason to fight for tangible things - now it's district or swaying FW). I would say it terribly fails at that attempt (or maybe it's a simple marketing gimmick on part of the CCP - to pretend that Dust will eventually be something bigger). However, it's the only game out there that is moving or promising to move in that direction as far as I know and that wins it some support.
Asirius Medaius Planetary Response Organization Test Friends Please Ignore 475	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:08:00 - [32] - Quote The only problem with Dust 514 compared to most other FPSes is that it doesn't have infinite replayability (in the digital service aspect). With a game disc that you bought for your PS3 or PS4, you can pop it in many years from now and start playing a game to get a nostalgia thrill; With Dust 514, once the servers go down, all your progress is lost and you cannot ever play the game again due to the server being taken down. It sucks knowing that once CCP pulls the plug to the servers, that you can never play the game again (which judging by CCP's procrastination and pushing all of the new content to 1.6 at the least, pulling the plugs on the servers is getting closer and closer, unless CCP keeps them up just for the last dwindling 500 people playing). I don't think this game can even last as long as MAG, however, with Dust 514, you can always dream (about stuff that will never happen [i.e. SoonGäó])
J3f3r20n Gh057 Molon Labe. RISE of LEGION 119	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:24:00 - [33] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? Lag, a lot of lag. Lag everywhere, every corner. Seriously now, the customization is a game changer for me. The fact that i can be the MVP of a match with negative KD/R makes me happy to. //Praise the Uplinks// \o/\o/ \o/\o/ \o/\o/
BRIANNA BEACH Pradox One 46	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:33:00 - [34] - Quote Im drawn to this game mainly because you are given the opportunity to build something Ie a badass toon with a specific role and ability Cod is too mindnumbing......shoot die shoot die This game can be alot more complex especially with actual gain and loss involved This game is obviously a big **** around with the developers but im not moving yet from this
Avallo Kantor Paladin Survey Force Amarr Empire 195	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:34:00 - [35] - Quote Asirius Medaius wrote: The only problem with Dust 514 compared to most other FPSes is that it doesn't have infinite replayability (in the digital service aspect). With a game disc that you bought for your PS3 or PS4, you can pop it in many years from now and start playing a game to get a nostalgia thrill; With Dust 514, once the servers go down, all your progress is lost and you cannot ever play the game again due to the server being taken down. It sucks knowing that once CCP pulls the plug to the servers, that you can never play the game again (which judging by CCP's procrastination and pushing all of the new content to 1.6 at the least, pulling the plugs on the servers is getting closer and closer, unless CCP keeps them up just for the last dwindling 500 people playing). I don't think this game can even last as long as MAG, however, with Dust 514, you can always dream (about stuff that will never happen [i.e. SoonGäó]) I think you underestimate how persistent and stubborn CCP is in these regards. I don't foresee DUST dying any time soon, especially in the sense of CCP simply turning off the servers. There are -many- mmo's out there that are "dead" (where basically no new development occurs) that keep their servers up. Warhammer which only just recently announced server shutdown has been in a "dead" state for years. CCP is still pushing out updates and new content, and even if it's not impossibly fast enough for you, they have a substantial team working on this full time. No company goes from working full on a project to killing servers that quickly.) Also, another thing you forget is that CCP designed a "budget" game. By which I mean, CCP knows what kind of market size it would get (a couple thousand), and built the game with that in mind. The game is still profitable to them, and they aren't going to give up on DUST, just because you have.
Ranger SnakeBlood OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 214	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:49:00 - [36] - Quote Iam here for one reason potential while it is essentially a pipe dream and extremely ambitious its the only game that is trying to reinvent the wheel that is lobby shooter FPS at least the only one on concole, the game is trying to give meaning to the fps genre after all in most fps all you do is run around and shoot as some nameless guy with a gun no ambition no reason you just do it the fps genre has been in this rut for a while and id prefer to see meaning added this game has the potential to add meaning to FPS
Cpl Foster USMC The Minmatar Heavy Association 213	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:54:00 - [37] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: HandOGod wrote: Its free If I take a massive **** in a bucket and place a sign on it "take this, its free!" Nobody would want it. Being free is not a reason to do or like something in South Carolina, someone might take it... free bucket....
Stevezftwz Sanmatar Kelkoons Minmatar Republic 0	Posted - 2013.09.24 22:55:00 - [38] - Quote Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in the new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? If we could answer this, DUST would be way more popular. At this point we are playing the waiting game. But I am confident that DUST will rise and become a good FPS in time.
Icedslayer SVER True Blood Public Disorder. 125	Posted - 2013.09.24 23:15:00 - [39] - Quote Asirius Medaius wrote: The only problem with Dust 514 compared to most other FPSes is that it doesn't have infinite replayability (in the digital service aspect). With a game disc that you bought for your PS3 or PS4, you can pop it in many years from now and start playing a game to get a nostalgia thrill; With Dust 514, once the servers go down, all your progress is lost and you cannot ever play the game again due to the server being taken down. It sucks knowing that once CCP pulls the plug to the servers, that you can never play the game again (which judging by CCP's procrastination and pushing all of the new content to 1.6 at the least, pulling the plugs on the servers is getting closer and closer, unless CCP keeps them up just for the last dwindling 500 people playing). I don't think this game can even last as long as MAG, however, with Dust 514, you can always dream (about stuff that will never happen [i.e. SoonGäó]) Any online based game is prone to this happening doesn't matter if its Disc based or digital, Dust is no exception. With that being said we are tied to Tranquility so the chances of them "shutting down the server" is ridiculous. If the the DCU Online servers go down and you put your disc in (yes they shipped disc out before they went FTP), your disc is basically garbage. The reason why there procrastinating and pushing there tank and weapons stuff to 1.6 is because its not ready. Why push such wide sweeping changes and features if there broken? I don't know how long and when you started playing MAG, but i beta tested that game and played the sh@t out of it and when 1.3 came out it destroyed the player base because Zipper was listening to the wrong part of the player base, they tried survey's on different topics such as should all maps be open to defend by all 3 pmc's and guess what because SVER's maps we're easier to defend and there was such a huge SVER player base they wanted to keep easy mode, which they did until one day (i believe it was a event weekend) Zipper opened all maps to all three PMC's to defend and they never reversed it, there was so much crying on the forums but that was a first of bold action taken by Zipper. Another thing they did was add team deploy which was a feature that i and many others asked for way back in Closed beta days, but we got the answer of "we don't feel having a whole team being able to deploy is a good idea because it will discourage solo players from playing the game" if anything them adding this spiced up the game and made it so we could have clan battles. MAG died not because it was a bad game, but because of the requirements for it. Needing 256 players to play Dom (which was the best mode hands down), 128 for acq (which was hella fun, especially driving that lav in for the win XD) 96 players for escalation (i believe thats the name of the three way mode, which was the most chaotic, fun and intense matches you'll ever play) All of those modes require alot of people to be on all three PMC's, to get into. Not only that MAG was not a easy game, it had no aim assist and death resulted in up to 30 sec wait time followed by a hike to get back to the front lines, so for any new player especially ones that came over from COD, they couldn't handle the no aim assist, no quick back in to the action game play so they left. MAG will always be in my heart, because there was so much they did right, and it was a game that everyone needed to experience. Even CCP should go look at the the command structure for Com's because this current layout just doesn't work for PC matches.
Coleman Gray GunFall Mobilization Covert Intervention 723	Posted - 2013.09.24 23:25:00 - [40] - Quote But thats what Dust does have, it's still "maturing" as it where, you play CoD or Halo or battlefield ect, you KNOW what your gonna get, you know what the the next game will be, but Dust at least is still changing, nothings concrete, hell we may get more massive changes in future.

da GAND High-Damage 244	Posted - 2013.09.25 00:07:00 - [41] - Quote Barely any reasons to not pass by this game and go to other FPS games, but here we go. 1. It's Free 2. Skill point thingy 3. Connected to EVE... well kinda right now can't really do anything to affect EVE or nothing in EVE will affect us which is one of the strongest reasons to play this game And..... well that's it right now, kinda hard to stay dedicated to Dust 514, especially since it looks like it'll be empty pretty soon.
Seymor Krelborn DUST University Ivy League 983	Posted - 2013.09.25 00:10:00 - [42] - Quote I play because of reasons.
Michael Arck Anubis Prime Syndicate 1213	Posted - 2013.09.25 00:58:00 - [43] - Quote The brutality of New Eden. New Eden is brutal in every sense of the word. It's like a fat man being shipped off to Parris Island, it can be a rude awakening for the unprepared. And let's not forget about foolish SP choices. Tools and data go hand in hand. You need to know exactly what you're doing, how you're doing it and you're goals. Yes, other games provide rank ups for any class, but is it that deep? The short answer is no. Whereas other FPS titles have you solely rank up, Dust has several avenues that must be driven down in order to rise from the ashes. From dropsuits, to weapons, to hacking abilities to even cardio, Dust has every lil skill available that drives the gamer to go an extra round just to obtain SP to level up the particular skill of choice. The social aspect cannot be ignored. In fact, for a console game, I think its better realized in Dust than it is in many other games. The meta game also supports this. But to get into that would take another short paragraph of explaining. But let's get back to the social. Dust 514 encourages it in more ways than one. You have corporations and corporation comm channels. User submitted channels that act as proverbial bounty hunter boards. You can hire mercs from the Ringers channel for your bidding. In game mail. Contact list. Local chat that attributes to your birth race. All these things implores the player to get out there and start interacting with the community. Friends are found and rivals are birthed. The lore. Some will say I don't care about the lore but the lore is what drives most players. We have seen players completely submerge themselves into their characters. Choices in war are driven by this as well as we take to factional warfare to support the cause of our selected race. Here, your actions can shift the game or you can be cemented into the lore for all the devastation that you caused. What other game on the console offers that sort of reward? Dust is not your quick shooter either. I was watching a guy play on Twitch TV BLOPS. The game was fast and really displayed no sense of skill. He ran around like a mad man, stopping for a couple of seconds to ADS and then off he went. Firefights lasted two seconds. It was all about who had the drop on who. Not who employed the best tactic and strategy. That's where Dust comes in. Firefights take patience and wisdom to win. You just can't rush a guy (unless you know he's some poor noob) and unload on him. Terrain matters. His dropsuit matters. The weapon he is using matters. Hacked enemy turrets matter. So many factors go on in a mercernary's brain while he assesses the situation for optimal performance. Run onto the middle of the field and watch some guy in a undisclosed location smile as he knows a kill gift has been granted to him. IMO Dust is a more mature take on the FPS genre. It's not "arcadey" nor is it something you just pick up and play for a quick run. Well you can do that but then again, you will run across guys who are dedicated. They will ruin your experience. Dust takes patience and it takes dedication. The game is bigger than just the mercenaries who inhabit its world. Understanding this will greatly improve your experience. Whether you're a factional warfare guy, PC guy, or just the pub match player, Dust has a game that has depth while also being engaging and challenging. Your time in New Eden depends upon how you make it. And with the devs hard at work, working with CPMs and listening to community feedback, the possibility for Dust are endless.
Princeps Marcellus Expert Intervention Caldari State 241	Posted - 2013.09.25 01:13:00 - [44] - Quote Awry Barux wrote: Nguruthos IX wrote: I've actually had a few people tell me they have cod, battle front, and halo if they wanted to play an fps. Why should they play dust? Its largely still a game based on promises and potential. Another question is what is coming in thr new term which will increase the selling points for playing Dust? Also, RE: promises and potential, that's enough to get me to play right there. The promise of further integration with EVE is really exciting to me, as well as the promise of eventually releasing all the vehicles and suits. By the time Dust really hits its stride and turns out to be among the most epic, persistent FPS experiences ever created, I'll be sitting pretty with tens of millions of SP and ready to take full advantage of it. In the mean time, it's still very fun, for all its flaws. This is pretty much how I feel. I also feel that tanking is uniquely EVE-like at the moment. That's a thing which I am very much appreciative of.
Vrain Matari ZionTCD 961	Posted - 2013.09.25 05:10:00 - [45] - Quote I could say a lot of things here, but let's get down to the bare-knuckles and teeth part. What DUST offers is the chance to stand in this man's shoes.


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