https://web.ccpgamescdn.com/dust/news.control/65170/1/2.JPG

Why are you doing this to us?! We want to see our chars from the front too!

We are mean mean people who like to flaunt our own dev hax abilities in front of you all. :P

If you wait for 1.5 you will get to find out more about this though! :D

One of the example squad names says > 5 mil SP but I don't see any way to filter potential squad members.

This is also a case where having a standings system would be nice.

Otherwise, looks like a great start.

Our goal with this was to not add filter options directly into the squad adverts as we could probably come up with hundreds of them. Instead we gave as much space as possible for squad names so that players can police themselves and find different ways of working with this. The whole sandbox and offering tools for players to work with thing.

That is not to say we will never add filtering options, possibly in the future if it is required, but not at this time.

You too can play with a noob!!! Awesome, words can't express how happy I am the dev's spent time working on this instead of adding anything new to do in this game.

If this all seems a bit complicated just remember that, like Friday and Saturday nights (phone reception, kit kats, or prisons!), more bars are better.

Our goal with this was to not add filter options directly into the squad adverts as we could probably come up with hundreds of them. Instead we gave as much space as possible for squad names so that players can police themselves and find different ways of working with this. The whole sandbox and offering tools for players to work with thing.

That is not to say we will never add filtering options, possibly in the future if it is required, but not at this time.

that looks like a solid start, but we need more filter options

i am thinking about things like standings, target (FW Faction) and active voice

that looks like a solid start, but we need more filter options

i am thinking about things like standings, target (FW Faction) and active voice

I applaud progress. But this seems to be a somewhat underwhelming feature for established units who have no problem finding Squads....only trouble syncing the collective efforts of those Squads into the same battle...and I am speaking specifically about Faction Warfare.

That needs to be the next step up the Squad Chain. Either full 16-player Squads or the ability to access the Team menu prior to deployment and populate it so all players enter the match together.

Our goal with this was to not add filter options directly into the squad adverts as we could probably come up with hundreds of them. Instead we gave as much space as possible for squad names so that players can police themselves and find different ways of working with this. The whole sandbox and offering tools for players to work with thing.

That is not to say we will never add filtering options, possibly in the future if it is required, but not at this time.

That's two big(ish) special treats so far for 1.5
When do we get to find out the rest? Or even a hint on how many more there are?

There are also a new tutorial system being released for new players which is really the bread and butter of 1.5 since vehicles were pushed back to 1.6.

You too can play with a noob!!! Awesome, words can't express how happy I am the dev's spent time working on this instead of adding anything new to do in this game.

Disruption game play for adhoc groups of players to participate more in the meta game

There are also a new tutorial system being released for new players which is really the bread and butter of 1.5 since vehicles were pushed back to 1.6.

didn't wolfman or another dev say that weapons would be part of 1.5?
as seen: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1280383#post1280383

'PROTOSTOMP / 24HR / +15MIL SP REQUIRED'

I can see it now!

didn't wolfman or another dev say that weapons would be part of 1.5?
as seen: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1280383#post1280383

Very cool. Don't think I'll be using it myself as squadding up is very easy in my corp, but I can see how this will be a significant improvement to the new player experience (which in turn should help new player retention, which will help increase player numbers, which will create more content for me).

we're excited to see more mercenaries squadding up, learning from each other, and experiencing the game as it was intended to be played.

This!

Well rounded squads made up of diverse Races and roles to maximize effectiveness. I'm so tired of zerging FOTM proto squads. While it has gotten better in 1.4, the game could use some improvement in this area. This, of course, lies solely with us, the player base!

So, c'mon fellow Mercs. This game is what we make it. CCP simply gives us the tools. It is up to us to make the experience enjoyable for everyone.

TL;DR Get a sense of responsibility toward the game you love to play!

Do you like squads? Of course you do! So in Uprising 1.5 CCP Nullarbor and Team True Grit are making it easier for you for find a squad and play DUST like it was meant to be. Read on to find out more.

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We are mean mean people who like to flaunt our own dev hax abilities in front of you all. :P

If you wait for 1.5 you will get to find out more about this though! :D

Okay, seriously now.

You're even taunting me in one of the image captions in the blog.

How the heck are you looking at the front of your character??

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS

I guess the little things are nice, but I think everyone is hoping for something better out of this update.

Not really. You can only do so much in a monthly cycle and they spent some time in the beginning of the current one fixing issues from the previous. I'm liking what they have showed us so far, pretty good and important stuff, but as far as bigger changes go I'm expecting one for every two patches.

Not that I wouldn't like to be surprised.

New weapons were pushed back to 1.6. I'm betting that's the closer content that we will have, together with vehicle changes and stuff, depend on your definition of content. If they were adding any other new content in 1.5 (weapons/suits) I believe we would have heard about it by now.

But like I said, I wouldn't mind being surprised. Like, Amarr light frames...

AMARR HAV, AMARR PILOT... PILOTS, AMARR EVERYTHING WOLFMAN!

DO IT AND ALL TEH LAMBS WILL BE YOURS!

lol

Don't even start with Amarr HAVs. I want them so bad.

At least I got time to finish my infantry skill tree until they are released.

New weapons were pushed back to 1.6. I'm betting that's the closer content that we will have, together with vehicle changes and stuff, depend on your definition of content. If they were adding any other new content in 1.5 (weapons/suits) I believe we would have heard about it by now.

But like I said, I wouldn't mind being surprised. Like, Amarr light frames...

New Weapons and Vehicle balances were pushed out of 1.5 tentatively into 1.6 but there is no guarantee that is going to happen or not. 1.6 already had a lot of work thrown into it and the weapons and vehicle changes coming in may have overinflated it. While there is no limits to patch sizes CCP does like keeping the patches smaller as its less to sort though in bug hunting as well as not keeping customers in download limbo.

So unless CCP says otherwise I don't expect features of 1.6 set in stone or guaranteed to be in.

This is cool...but being able to simply join a corp member's battle will be better. That way, if there game has any open spots, you don't have to wait until their game is over in order to join.

Do you like squads? Of course you do! So in Uprising 1.5 CCP Nullarbor and Team True Grit are making it easier for you for find a squad and play DUST like it was meant to be. Read on to find out more.

Per the "bad translator" the correct title of this blog is:

"New option: a header and a bad time 1.5 features."



http://ackuna.com/badtranslator

Will newbros (still in the Battle Academy) be able to access the Squad Finder?

I applaud progress. But this seems to be a somewhat underwhelming feature for established units who have no problem finding Squads....only trouble syncing the collective efforts of those Squads into the same battle...and I am speaking specifically about Faction Warfare.

That needs to be the next step up the Squad Chain. Either full 16-player Squads or the ability to access the Team menu prior to deployment and populate it so all players enter the match together.

Can we get another option, under the Availability, that lets us set if we want autojoin on or not? So if I, as squad leader, put out a Public squad invite saying "5+ mil SP" and a new player clicks it I see an alert that says "Sir Snuffington wants to join your squad" and I can click that, see their stats and hit accept / reject?

I know this will cause some problems of people just rejecting people who don't meet their strict requirements. But rejection will happen regardless. It also saves a step of that new player joining a squad labeled "5+ mil SP" and then being kicked by the squad leader. This helps ensure that the squad leader doesn't have to play whack a mole by kicking people who don't fit the criteria out to make space.

When we next touch squads I would like to see the option in squads along the lines of "applications must be approved" and then the squad leader can accept or reject applications to join the squad.

So... no joining a squad already deployed? As a squad leader or member I'm stuck waiting around in CQ for people to join the thing, which is a majority of the pain.

That being said, I have been using the EVE-side fleet finder every single day since it was introduced. When guys type "x" in Alliance I can smugly ignore them. Now I can do the same with LFS.

Eh, might be over-complicating things if you go with accept/reject applications in the true sense of the word.

I mean, just show name, total SP and an accept/reject option - all you really need.

It would be nice to be able to quickly pull up a player's stats in their show info, rather than adding them to contacts, then loading their stats.

New Weapons and Vehicle balances were pushed out of 1.5 tentatively into 1.6 but there is no guarantee that is going to happen or not. 1.6 already had a lot of work thrown into it and the weapons and vehicle changes coming in may have overinflated it. While there is no limits to patch sizes CCP does like keeping the patches smaller as its less to sort though in bug hunting as well as not keeping customers in download limbo.

So unless CCP says otherwise I don't expect features of 1.6 set in stone or guaranteed to be in.

Yes, possibly this seems like it would be a good idea, however if we do it I can't see it being a very high priority. Will probably have to wait until we redo the leaderboards.

When ? ... i mean the "redo the leaderboards" thing, because it really needs some "redoing".

Not any time in the immediate future, need core gameplay to be better first.

Need content.

Not any time in the immediate future, need core gameplay to be better first.

Not any time in the immediate future, need core gameplay to be better first.

Lack of new content is hard to deal with, but we have some new weapons on the horizon. It should do the trick untill all the core is right, which is more important imo. I can understand and I support the current direction of development.

What good is having good core gameplay if you have nothing where you can see it?

Also: When is the core gameplay good enough? When everything is balanced? Won't happen. Ever. Too many items, too much new stuff coming along with new patches.

Of course we are getting shiny new toys and maps in the forseeable future. But I'm growing tired of capturing points. No matter what weapon I use and no matter on what map I play. I want something new to do.

Lack of new content is hard to deal with, but we have some new weapons on the horizon. It should do the trick untill all the core is right, which is more important imo. I can understand and I support the current direction of development.

Not to mention you cannot balance weapons when half of them as missing from the game.

One of the changes that we couldn't get in and ready is that we would like players to be able to see squads from their own corporation and alliance even if they are full or deployed to a battle. This helps give players an idea as to how active their corporation/alliance is but also would allow you to join a squad while it's deployed and then just wait for them to finish the battle.

I don't think they've been "wasting" their time on core gameply. I think they have been successful fixing most of the core gameplay. Aiming et al. The major new content blocks would be nice at this point (flesh out racial suits, weapons, vehicles) ... i can't wait to see this game in a year when all of that fleshing out is done and they can start work on things like EvE link, economics, PvE, etc.

Mixed message here. Are the weapon and vehicle balances being pushed to 1.7? OR is it just safe to assume that you guys are just a whole patch behind now? I.e 1.5 is now 1.6. 1.6 is now 1.7 etc. etc. etc.

Do you think that a FW revamp would count as content or core? Supposing they count it as Core than I'm happy because I'd rather have an engaging FW system, with specifics rewards, the option to pick your target district and team deploy, just to name a few things they could work upon, than getting even more weapons/suits in the next months.

Maybe they count game-modes as core too, that's why I'm asking and I'd rather have them first too. If you add too many weapons and suits at once be ready to spend some time after implementing doing balance and I believe we could still use some further work before getting there (team deployment for example), but indeed, not much. It's near now.

1.6 is not locked yet is all what I am saying and that a simple push back that late into the previously locked patch can cause a logistical problem on delivery. Also when things get put back on the shelf or stove especially incomplete things as vehicles were not going to have many of the previous roles at first (repair and sensors where the first of two removed and not added back in if you read the dev post early) the developers are likely going to do more work with it.

I'll try help out but here goes of a snapshot of how things are around in the studio

1.3 just launched to the customers, 1.4 is locking and going to QA, 1.5 is being actively worked on, and 1.6 is having overall design meetings on how its going to look. All in about the same week-ish. So you can imagine how pushing back a feature from one patch as large as vehicles 2.0 and weapons (they're considered large) due to the level of technical risks they introduce. Most of the work is not like other games where they simply can copy paste another gun reskin and get away with most of it.

As for the download limbo part I will let CCP talk about that thing when they fix it hopefully.

You've got it backwards. EVE link and economics needs to come first and foremost. Racial suits are candy, EVE link and economics are the game itself.

I don't think they've been "wasting" their time on core gameply. I think they have been successful fixing most of the core gameplay. Aiming et al. The major new content blocks would be nice at this point (flesh out racial suits, weapons, vehicles) ... i can't wait to see this game in a year when all of that fleshing out is done and they can start work on things like EvE link, economics, PvE, etc.

Wasted? No. Of course not. The thing is that I'm not sure if core gameplay should be a priority. Of course it is important. But is it more important than having content?

You can't work on core gameplay or content exclusively, they both need to keep coming. Problem is if all you work on is core gameplay then there's nothing unique about the actual game, you just have generic shooter. There's plenty of FPS games out there with great core gameplay, so why would anyone want to play a game that is still working on core gameplay when it doesn't offer anything that the other games don't?

And here's what I don't get, CCP says they're not intentionally holding back racial dropsuits and vehicles, but we already have heavies and lights and tanks and dropships. How would adding the other races' version break the core gameplay? What's so different about the Amarr and Minmatar vehicles that they have to wait for core gameplay to reach perfection while it's somehow ok for the Gallente and Caldari ones to be there now? Say what you want, but I've heard nothing to convince me that CCP isn't arbitrarily holding off all this content for one grand update in the future for marketing purposes. That's fine, but be honest with it.

The lack of racial variety in a game centered around four races really irks me.
/rant

The current monthly iteration plan with CCP working on core gameplay problems is not only the correct one, it's achieved more to fix the game in 4 point builds over three months than CCP managed in nearly a year of closed and open beta. None could disagree with that I'd hope.

Content is nice and welcome. The kid in the sweet shop part of me is pointing and salivating for it. The seasoned gamer part of me knows that unless there is a way to get those sweets from the shelf to the counter efficiently then pointing is all I'm doing.

Our goal with this was to not add filter options directly into the squad adverts as we could probably come up with hundreds of them. Instead we gave as much space as possible for squad names so that players can police themselves and find different ways of working with this. The whole sandbox and offering tools for players to work with thing.

That is not to say we will never add filtering options, possibly in the future if it is required, but not at this time.

When are we getting standing for the squad finder?