Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

They don't need to bribe you to come back.

However they have been giving you 6k SP a day just for connecting.

Hahahahaha... CCP ganked you.

They are collecting your tears right now!

They don't need to bribe you to come back.

However they have been giving you 6k SP a day just for connecting.

I went from buying a Merc Pack a month from around Feb-June (or maybe July) to nothing since because of the state of the game.

You must really want this game to die, if you're so greedy that 100 suits given to a potential new player makes you this upset.

You must really want this game to die, if you're so greedy that 100 suits given to a potential new player makes you this upset.

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?

You must really want this game to die, if you're so greedy that 100 suits given to a potential new player makes you this upset.

Assuming you've been capping, 1.6 million active SP (or 2.4mil with booster) plus bonuses from events. A lot more valuable than those suits.

The only people who lose out are those who've played irregularly over this period, as they get neither suits nor (much) SP. But any scheme applied to thousands of people will see a few fall through the cracks. At least CCP are trying to bring people back into the game.

You do realize that is a fake 6k right?

They give you a 6k 'bonus' for signing in
However they reduced the passive SP per day from 30k to 24k

Still feel that you are getting anything extra from CCP for playing?

Yea, although I understand why they did this, I also feel those of us who've been loyal to DUST should be rewarded for our faithfulness.

#disenchanted

Where are you getting your information, because in the devblog they said that it was on top of everything that you already get.

Also the daily passive bonus has been 24k (with no booster) since last build.

* Puts Face in Palm *

Oh boy this is not a good sign this early into a games release.
Maybe they are looking to drum up more noob #'s in order to test 1.5's new training thing.

Step 1: Make a new PSN account.
Step 2: Create a Dust 514 character
Step 3: Wait 60 days
Step 4: Collect Black Eagle scout suits.

lol......What about rewarding veterans that have been active all this time playing this ****** game and giving feedback that gets ignored...

Step 5: Transfer to... ah, crap.

Patience, grasshoppah. Surely they'll release that soonTM? Maybe in the next 60 days?

You do realize that is a fake 6k right?

They give you a 6k 'bonus' for signing in
However they reduced the passive SP per day from 30k to 24k

Still feel that you are getting anything extra from CCP for playing?

SP is useless to me right now. I have over 20 mil and 4 of that is unallocated. I only have a few things more I want to do with the content we have available.

Sooo... $5 says that I have more SP than those guys that got that email, and another $5 says I'll always have more.

But yea, keep whining about two hundred free copies of a standard suit.

Sooo... $5 says that I have more SP than those guys that got that email, and another $5 says I'll always have more.

But yea, keep whining about two hundred free copies of a standard suit.

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

I'm on over 18mil and I'm still millions away from maxing out a role (HMG/FG heavy). I don't think the situation of having more SP than you need is usual.

I will say that I agree that in the future it would be cool to have more unique rewards for events! however I do need to point out that "Comeback" offers are common and generally considered fair. I am excited that more people may come back to the game and see how far we've come in the last 60 days! I hope some of you feel the same way :)

I will say that I agree that in the future it would be cool to have more unique rewards for events! however I do need to point out that "Comeback" offers are common and generally considered fair. I am excited that more people may come back to the game and see how far we've come in the last 60 days! I hope some of you feel the same way :)

Also you can make untold millions of isk, maybe hundreds of millions in that amount of time too.

But but... I've never had a Quafe suit before... and I've pretty much played every day since open beta started. What about some veteran rewards??

Just to allay people's concerns, we will be offering other ways to receive these dropsuits in the future. Neither of these was ever intended to be a one off and we've given out the Black Eagles Dropsuit specifically multiple times in the past.

If they quit and otherwise were on the fence about never coming back and this nudges them to try 1.5 then yes,
it's new players.

new players + current players = higher player count.

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

however I do need to point out that "Comeback" offers are common)

The business tactic is great. Getting previous players to return is really great. Offering them items that current players can't get is the issue.

They would be wise to work from both ends of the spectrum though by giving some sort of veteran reward for those players whom log on weekly, etc. for a period of time and then increase those rewards the longer that consistency is maintained.

The business tactic is great. Getting previous players to return is really great. Offering them items that current players can't get is the issue.

The business tactic is great. Getting previous players to return is really great. Offering them items that current players can't get is the issue.

This is exactly what I meant.

I have no problem with CCP offering cool stuff to get new players and convince vets to return. I do want a higher player count just like everyone else.

My issue was, at the time of my post, there was no way for a current player to acquire these suits. Its all well and good to try to bring up the player count but there should also be a focus on those players that are currently playing the game to keep them. Some of us may not have defected to GTA or FF but there will be plenty of games coming out (and a couple new systems). What good is getting people to come back if the ones here leave?

This is pretty typical for F2P games. This costs the developers nothing (other than normal overhead) and is used often to try to bring player count back up.

They would be wise to work from both ends of the spectrum though by giving some sort of veteran reward for those players whom log on weekly, etc. for a period of time and then increase those rewards the longer that consistency is maintained.

If you're leaving because you missed out on some suits i'm positive will be available in the future...eh.

Again, you are missing the point.

Part 1 - To attract new players and bring back old players, I like this promotion and think it will be effective for those that had left the game in hopes that it would get better down the road.

Part 2 - I personally feel that the event rewards (other than SP) that CCP has given out since Uprising have been a joke. People use maybe 20% of it and they could easily buy them on the market. Back in Beta, I made sure to try to get into Events so that I could get the suits like the Black Eagle. Now, I could care less about the events.

Prior to Mintchips post, what was there that would have led me to believe that vanity suits would be offered as a reward for events in the future?

Already have this in place with sp rewards for those that are dedicated. and the sp is worth more than some gimmick suits that will never win you a competitive match.
Also, they implemented that reward for dedication before this. props to them.

But but... I've never had a Quafe suit before... and I've pretty much played every day since open beta started. What about some veteran rewards??

Actually, if I put my business hat on, they want to see if the current state of the game can keep people who have been away a while (missing a few updates) playing.

Basically, it looks like a "let's see how far we've come" question.

Don't you have your Skinweave set?

Yes, I thought this would be brought up. It is a nice reward and as you stated much more useful than short term burnable bling. However, with that said what I was trying to express is that in my opinion if you want to grow and maintain a user base than it is important to work all ends of the customer base. The daily bonus is one way to do this but you can further enchance this by setting certain longer term timeline goals. The proverbial carrot and all that just a longer term one than the daily bonus.

Yeah, up to 1 & 1/5th ambush matches worth of SP a day is extremely useful.... to new people. To the rest it's just a drop in the ocean when it can take more than a month to bump one skill up one level. I'd rather have the free suits.

Quafe's are for closed beta veterans and even then these quafes are Quafe Assaults, not scouts.

Jimmy gets three cookies and I only get two?

Get over it.

lolwut

If I have a ALT that I have not used in 60 days do I get it still?

I get like 150isk per ambush. I play a ambush every 20mins I can get like 3 per hour. so. 5 hours a day is 15 rounds of 150k. I get about 2,250,000 isk a day and that is 5 weeks. So its 78,750,000 isk in just 35 days pretty much double that for 60 days. Then there is the SP. You get 1,440,000 SP on passive alone! Not to mention the potential of getting another 15k SP a day from just doing Ambush. I get around 2k per game being lazy and 4k if Im good. DO the math. For those who play the game for 60 days you get 3,700,000 SP and around 160,000,000 ISK! I feel like that is about even. Hahaha

I am kinda scared to log into my alts now. What if I am at 59 days and dont get it?

You assume i missed the point. I agreed with the point in a previous post. Regardless of which you yourself point out the sp reward and try to dismiss it (1) somewhat when it reality that's the key to this along with your admission which should have deflated your gripe in underline 2.

Originally i was simply dismissing you for insinuating people that have been here all along might leave because of CCP trying this out, as if they are taking away something from them that they had.

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

Don't do it

Best advice ever. Have some bacon.... wrapped in a taco.

Best advice ever. Have some bacon.... wrapped in a taco.

Just bacon is fine

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

I will say that I agree that in the future it would be cool to have more unique rewards for events! however I do need to point out that "Comeback" offers are common and generally considered fair. I am excited that more people may come back to the game and see how far we've come in the last 60 days! I hope some of you feel the same way :)

Just to allay people's concerns, we will be offering other ways to receive these dropsuits in the future. Neither of these was ever intended to be a one off and we've given out the Black Eagles Dropsuit specifically multiple times in the past.

The business tactic is great. Getting previous players to return is really great. Offering them items that current players can't get is the issue.

U think all the isk, sp, and experience u gained vs them over 60 days wont translate into you destroying all their bonus suits and them quitting dust again the next day?

Sad

You do realize that is a fake 6k right?

They give you a 6k 'bonus' for signing in
However they reduced the passive SP per day from 30k to 24k

Still feel that you are getting anything extra from CCP for playing?

it was always 24. 1000 per hour.

U think all the isk, sp, and experience u gained vs them over 60 days wont translate into you destroying all their bonus suits and them quitting dust again the next day?

Sad

Irony alert. The people you are trying to get to return, are the people who already have these suits.

the quafe assault suits are never before seen. who cares about the black eagle scout i have like 60.

QTF

the quafe assault suits are never before seen. who cares about the black eagle scout i have like 60.

... yes

But honestly, this just encourages me not to log in. I checked out 1.4 and the aimbot. Haven't played since. I suppose I'll not even bother checking the next few patches then to get free stuff.

Fu I only have 1 black eagle

Maybe they should just Fedex us boxes of cocoa puffs and coffee if we play a lot?

Ill send you my cocoa puffs if I get your coffee.

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

Quafe's are for closed beta veterans and even then these quafes are Quafe Assaults, not scouts.

100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits

Bah, whiny vets are busy trying to destroy the game by ignoring the needs of normal people instead of those who are gods gift to FPS play.

Quafe Assault?

Bye, back in 60 days.

Just to allay people's concerns, we will be offering other ways to receive these dropsuits in the future. Neither of these was ever intended to be a one off and we've given out the Black Eagles Dropsuit specifically multiple times in the past.

ha ha ha CCP be trollin

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

This is exactly what I meant.

I have no problem with CCP offering cool stuff to get new players and convince vets to return. I do want a higher player count just like everyone else.

My issue was, at the time of my post, there was no way for a current player to acquire these suits. Its all well and good to try to bring up the player count but there should also be a focus on those players that are currently playing the game to keep them. Some of us may not have defected to GTA or FF but there will be plenty of games coming out (and a couple new systems). What good is getting people to come back if the ones here leave?

Instead they're trying to bribe us to not play for 60 days

100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

No dude - you forget one key part of your equation.

How much time did you spend for your rewards?

Now, how much time did the in-actives spend for theirs.....?

Uh, huh.... not that damn even.

Just to allay people's concerns, we will be offering other ways to receive these dropsuits in the future. Neither of these was ever intended to be a one off and we've given out the Black Eagles Dropsuit specifically multiple times in the past.

You are right.

I would take the extra isk and sp thank you by a long shot.

I swear. Some ppl get butt hurt for no reason.

Same here

lolwut

Yeah, I know.



That's cool, for the time investment if it's worth it to you then it's worth it to you. Just a matter of individual priorities.



Well, not exactly no reason. The reason would be CCP offering items not available in game only to folks that have already given up on this game. These items require no skill pre-reqs to use and are better than standard suits (speaking about the BE suit). For those that stockpile these will likely be worth a pretty penny when the player trading opens up as an added bonus. Say each suit is conservatively worth 500k ISK... that's what, $100M for doing squat for 2 months? I'm guessing each suit will be worth over a Mil....

But, if you think that's no reason, meh.... I'm actually not really that surprised....

**** move, CCP.

Especially after going through some BS tedious tasks, for lesser rewards, in the past few events - only to not get the rewards because the stats aren't properly tracked and reported (with another one on the way...) and because I don't need to record every single game I play "it didn't happen".

Meanwhile, these QQers get ******* rewarded for not tolerating 1.0 - 1.4?

Angered.
Disappointed.
But, not surprised.

(Now that I think about it - that $80 I have in PSN most likely won't be spent on Boosters here as originally intended. I'll take my money where it is seemingly appreciated, not obviously undermined and depreciated.)

Plus that was sarcasm when I said you are right....

I will say that I agree that in the future it would be cool to have more unique rewards for events! however I do need to point out that "Comeback" offers are common and generally considered fair. I am excited that more people may come back to the game and see how far we've come in the last 60 days! I hope some of you feel the same way :)

Still waiting on an Assassinate Scotty event.

Nah - it wasn't. You know I'm right on dude. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

Nope. Who cares? its important to make the player base larger and more rich with diversity. Vet players will have huge amount of SP and isk over new players. This is simply a way to get players that tried it and didnt like it to return. If it brings more ppl to the game. I say im all game for it. If your against DUST growing then maybe you shouldnt be playing it.

I don't think anyone would turn down vet rewards but as we are vets (some of us) it would probably be better if we settled this with a game of vets vs devs? Come on Devs, put your best foot forward and take us on! I enjoyed the last match I had against you guys, how about more, with really decent salvage and a top notch payout for the winning side with nothing for the losers. Time to get that arena going!

Thought you all would like to know about this little nugget that went out to people who dropped DUST

https://dust514.com/events/welcome-back-to-dust-514/

So, if I didnt play this game for 60 days, I get:
100 x Black Eagle Scout Suits (my personal fav fit)
100 x Quafe Assault Suits

If I did play this game in the past 60 days, I get:
?


How about offering these things to people who slog through your poorly thought out events as well. You know, the same people who have stuck with this game through the constant issues and ham fisted coding since 1.0?

Honestly, you need to be a special kind of stupid to not want to bring people back to the game! My god!

That said, perhaps the QQ would subside if you got a similar bonus for logging in and fighting for the same number of consecutive days? Hmm, CCP?

as long as the quafe scout suit remains exclusive to closed beta testers I'm good. I love that suit and it's even better cause I can wear it.



I'd totally be up for a game of devs vs vets, sounds like a blast!