J'Jor Da'Wg
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Posted - 2013.10.01 20:04:00 -
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Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:Nguruthos IX wrote:Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:The vehicle rebalance would be the best time to implement it, yes.
But it's not going to happen. I pretty much guarantee it. Also, it'll probably get pushed back again. Why wont it happen? Why shouldn't it? Because if CCP struggle to code much less important things, they're hardly going to manage to do this in such a comparatively short time. Of course it SHOULD happen, but it won't.
Let's take a look at what was promised in 2011 but we still haven'[t heard about...
[url]http://dust514.com/news/blog/2011/11/the-future-of-war-dust-514s-mobile-command-center-mcc/[/url]
"Commander abilities..." "Dependence on fuel"
So... MCC was revealed as a game feature over two years ago with the basic gameplay mapped out... and we still haven't heard even the breath of a rumor about anything to do with ever making the MCC's more in-depth...
You know what that means? There are no plans. MCC's are vaporware, a left over art asset that has become an archaic dinosaur of game design but has been too deeply integrated into DUST to remove. Commander mode is only a dream far off in the future because quite simply no one at CCP has even touched it outside of the art department.
[url]http://dust514.com/news/blog/2011/11/vehicular-dynamics-and-mayhem-1-1/[/url]
Again, written two years ago.
"Electronic warfare class modules enable players to immobilize unsuspecting targets with stasis webifiers, cripple enemy turrets with tracking disruptors, or enhance guided missile lethality on target-painted hostiles."
EWAR? What EWAR? Even though its an essential part of the EVE experience lets just convieniently forget about everything that was said years ago and was obviously thought out enough to post online.
OH HEY LOOK AT THIS
[url]http://www.dust514.com/news/blog/2012/03/vehicle-dev-b/[/url]
Looks like in March of 2012 they had already thought about the capacitor. Implementation, though. Nahh. Too hard.
The blog talks about EWAR in dropships, capacitor drainers, cloaking, spotting, ECM, etc.
I like this quote.
"...and like EVE Online, the maxim: GÇ£no cap equals deathGÇ¥ is just as true in DUST 514. "
OH WAIT. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Its interesting to me how they promised all this stuff, talked about it, and gave scenarios for how it plays out in game BEFORE THEY EVEN ADDED IT IN. It can't be that hard to really get these game systems working. I could probably think up and balance the entire game myself if given 100% free reign and a few days.
The amount of content promised compared to the amount we have in game is laughable. What has CCP spent all their time doing? Where are these great gameplay systems they promised?
The DUST we have now is literally so far from the vision that when I go back to the original dev posts its like reading dev blogs for an entirely different game.
The lesson to be learned here? Absence of evidence apparently now is evidence of absence. If you cannot see, feel, or touch a component of CCP's game that is promised then for all intents and purposes it does not exist in any way shape or form.
edit: okay, so my links don't work for some reason... wierd. |