KB/M support was one reason given, consoles are controllers driven and many don't like the lack of balance. This was even mentioned by Devs that KB/M would be selectable in the matchmaking. Right. No problem, man.

I am one of those proud whales as well, but the reason I'm not spending anymore money right now is not the lack of content - I'm patient enough to wait for it and it slowly has improved... the main reason is now the "merc" packs are just terrible value. Before I could get some active/passive boosters, a few BPO's and aurum included with a smattering of expendable gear all for less than the sum of its parts. Now the packs don't have much aurum, no BPO's, and a whole bunch of expendable weapons/suits that aren't matched to my skill level ... and don't have any value-add.

Space Whales is a long requested feature for EVE Online.

We also need Sand Whales.

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Dust is an excellent example of what happens when the designers vision does not match the players vision.

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While you're quite right about the troubled development of Dust, outside of that it just sounds like you're an Eve player at heart. I appreciate that a lot of Eve players are excited about the idea of the universe expanding and want to be a part of it, but the whole idea of spinning off a new aspect of it is to bring in people who are not already catered for by that original experience.

Dust will always be an FPS, and most people here also understand that the genre casts a wide net: From twitchy mindlessness like COD, to more cerebral team based experiences such as SOCOM and MAG.

I think most people here are very much hoping for the latter.

IKB/M support was one reason given, consoles are controllers driven and many don't like the lack of balance

A Whale introduced me to DUST actually, and he has long sailed out of the EVE Universe.
Everyone I've brought into the game is gone too. I have stated that DUST is losing money hand over fist (hence the removal of BPOs) because even if every active player spent $50/mo, the game would still lose money.


I play because its free and it gives me something to do until Titanfall and Homefront 2 come out (been waiting for 4 years for those two titles). Like a lot of people, I test the game out after each patch, see if anything has improved or changed enough to renew your experience.

But DUST really doesn't have a lot in it. They have a lot of skills and gear to use, but 3 gamemodes (Public, Faction, PC) and 3 gamestypes (Ambush, Skirmish, Domination) isn't going to keep people around.

You can only play the same game time after time. It makes no sense to try new things in this game, because CCP favors certain things over others, so you can only take the frustration for so long. If you set the game down for a couple months, you're left behind. Because the Passive SP still isn't enough for players to catch up. This forces AURUM sales, which is crazy to do in a game that's not even fully functional yet.

Natural attrition along with bad content, bad mechanics, and a bad playerbase is why DUST is considered a flop. It's like the movie Troll 2 (look it up if you want). Their is a reason this game has been bashed by every video game publication that stoops so low to even talk about it. CCP fanbois jump the defense of the game, but people know crap when they see it. IGN has actually removed all DUST 514 information, including the massive database about the game from their website, because they don't want this game to be associated with them because it's that bad.

People aren't stupid. If DUST was good, it wouldn't be on a downward slope of losing players. It would be getting more than 5000 people to play the game daily worldwide. All they have is a bunch of people who like a the free play and a small cult)and I mean CULT) following.

Why are you still here? Are you a cult member?

I approve of this thread.

There is always need for more whales. We're endangered, after all.

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Pretty sure I explained that in my post. But, like a lot of people on this forum, you read something and only pick out the parts you want to and dismiss everything else that won't suit whatever you have to say. I know, I know... reading is such a chore. Letters, words, sentences... that's asking a lot, and then to contemplate and critically think about what you read... that's asking to much

The problem with dust is CCP has put to much EVE mentality into Dust. In a game like Dust we want content and a way to earn items without the ever grueling grind. I should not have to grind millions of SP just to skill into a suit that might be nerfed a month later. I should not have to grind for months to just raise my base stats to just be able to survive for another 1-2 seconds. I should not have to grind for months to max out my stats in CPU/PG and still not be able to place all the gear I need on my suit. If I am running advance I should be able to use all advance items on the suit same as proto. Challenge I dare someone to be able to put all Complex and proto items on a proto assault suit and show a working model. You cant due to lack of CPU/PG and you have to choose were to sacrifice.

Also, if any of the guys leaving want to donate their accounts to a good cause, please contact me here on the forums, or by ingame mail.

Please dude, we KB/M users cant even turn off mouse acceleration, and we have to live with high input lag due to the emulation.

So they have a passive alt on 7mil SP, another alt on 8.6mil SP

So what is there main at?

While you're quite right about the troubled development of Dust, outside of that it just sounds like you're an Eve player at heart.

What counts as a whale? Between my son and myself I think I'm at about $260. I've used up my Elite Pack and it's about time to buy new boosters. I just added money to my SOE account but I haven't pulled the trigger. I may go without until 1.7 drops and then see if I'm disappointed or not. My son has already moved on.

I can quite honestly say your friends have no ******* clue what they're talking about. Mouse input is crippled in Dust so badly anyone complaining about it is hating just to hate.

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The problem is not with 'the grind' per se, it's that the skill paths we're offered as goals to strive for are liquid, and change in value dramatically as new patches tear up the rules of the previous versions. The only thing that's remained a steady constant is the same thing causing most of the game's upset, the ever-present AR tree.

(You can probably lose the second half of your paragraph because it gets a bit I WANT ALL OF THE THINGS ALL THE TIME.)

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I got you beat on this regard.

A while ago, I would have been happy to say that I spent the money, now...