S'why we keep telling you guys to be patient ^_-

Maybe if the same guys complaining about low playerbase didnt protostomp so much in pubmatches, new players would stay longer.

And what are these "prominent issues?" Maybe we're playing a different game, but from the last few months the game I've been playing has been more than acceptable gameplay wise.

EDIT: At least good enough to look at expanding the scope of the game. There are always going to be "issues" that exists, at some point you have to stop and say "Our game is good enough right now to at least shift a fraction of our focus to expansion."

Okay, it's natural to be frustrated at the players who pub stomp. BUT! Don't blame the players. Blame the people who created the infrastructure to allow people to do so.

It's CCPs inexperience and lack of foresight (lack of the ability to see the obvious) that allowed 20-30 mil SP PC vets to play on the same field as 1200wp lolAcademy graduates.

The game CCP envisioned, will be made by others... there are two competitors who will make very cool games that have shittons more immersion than eve ever will have.

One of those is crowdfunded, and has collected 23 million dollars already. This project has more immersion running around a virtual hangar than Dust514 has in their "finished" game.

Progress is something that needs to be made and not only talked about.

This game might not be dead, but it's not delivering any of the promised content to keep players interested...

Exactly, just empty promises. I dont even know why they take away "beta" brand. Game is still like beta, it defo not a full release. No flow in gameplay - like in trailers, No proxy, No quality servers, Low quality graphics,Terible mechanicks, Horible bugs, No proper MOVE optimilisation etc. etc.
Just broken promises.

Taken from the first page of the Eve Online: The Second Decade hard-cover book.

Barnett:
"CCP talk of expansion packs and add-ons but if they can't even introduce many features that were promised from release do we think we will ever see such a thing as a first-person option in the future, despite the fact the developers once said in a CSM that this was on the agenda?"

Elan Dochin:
"The game'll be dead in six months. Mark my words."


Ten years later we're hearing the same exact things from the Dust 514 guys.

Been referencing this from the start. People need to keep in mind that EVE didn't start out even remotely comparable to what it is today.

Different division of the studio or not, this is still the company that took an obscure, hard to play MMO and made it into the "World's largest game universe".

They took a game no one ever heard of up to the point where everyone speculates about new MMOs being "EVE killers" the same way they used to about "WoW killers".

Now ask me again why I'm not saying this game is doomed.

Been referencing this from the start. People need to keep in mind that EVE didn't start out even remotely comparable to what it is today.

Different division of the studio or not, this is still the company that took an obscure, hard to play MMO and made it into the "World's largest game universe".

They took a game no one ever heard of up to the point where everyone speculates about new MMOs being "EVE killers" the same way they used to about "WoW killers".

Now ask me again why I'm not saying this game is doomed.

Taken from the first page of the Eve Online: The Second Decade hard-cover book.

Barnett:
"CCP talk of expansion packs and add-ons but if they can't even introduce many features that were promised from release do we think we will ever see such a thing as a first-person option in the future, despite the fact the developers once said in a CSM that this was on the agenda?"

Elan Dochin:
"The game'll be dead in six months. Mark my words."


Ten years later we're hearing the same exact things from the Dust 514 guys.

You have to take into consideration that this is 2013 and Dust isn't a niche game like EVE was back then. There's trillions of shooters out there. This kind of quality we're seeing? Can't sustain that. Gotta step up the game.

Attract players
One of the most unique qualities of Dust is it's connection to a whole other game.
Where an average 50,000 players await, advertise.
Improve what the players were attracted too
I don't know if it would be possible but voice connectivity would be cool with EVE.
Strengthen their battle involvement. Currently in FW when you call down a OB you might get a special one if a friend is in the sky.
In Dust and EVE they don't really know or realize they have friends- or rather 'useful' friends on the ground. Bring back the warbarge and have it show whos out there. Names, their ship, their race, what kind of OBs do they have? But also make sure that the pilots know us too. Let them know that we can support them. And also possibly destroy them. Introduce those giant LaZor beams of D3ATH that can affect players in EVE. Give requests to strike a ship in EVE.
Define and point out what they were attracted to
Currently most of the playerbase probably doesn't realize the difference between Public Matches and Factional Warfare.
Make sure players know that FW has an actual affect in both systems. Also make FW stand out. That you should play FW not just for role play or other people. Possibly make a notable difference in the reward system.
Polish
Maybe add a couple feature here and there that have to do with connectivity but make sure the player knows they exist.
Add
One feature that would be awesome is for mercs to be able to join in game battles of EVE. You don't have give us windows to look out side. Just start out with a titan with clone packs on board or a boarding party. Don't take this seriously at all just yet.

Connectivity should be one of the things that defines dust the most. As a game that connects to players that aren't just doing the same thing you do. Something that is obviously connected, has impact on 2 types of players and 1 universe of characters, and gives you even emotions such as anger that most games don't dare aim for, yet give you sense of freedom of being an actual person in a fantasy world, and addiction which is how I feel about dust and I'm sure many more will if connectivity becomes the goal.

Dust and EVE are just titles. We all play in New Eden.

Dust 514 is already pretty niche.

Not atm. Right now it's a 16v16 lobby shooter.

Yeah it's connected to EVE but big deal. How does that affect anyone? We get to see super special orbitals in PC!

The concept of the game is niche, the execution is a sub par lobby shooter. Maybe in a couple years DUST might stand out...in a good way.

Well its up to CCP to keep working towards it then, they owe us that much.

Well its up to CCP to keep working towards it then, they owe us that much.

I don't know if it would be possible but voice connectivity would be cool with EVE.