Tebu Gan
Dem Durrty Boyz
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Posted - 2013.11.24 16:45:00 -
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jenza aranda wrote:i.e. for me it was the potential of the future connection to eve. the idea that they would be manufacturing our equipment and that each game had some kind of meaning.
I also loved the idea that some day i may be inside the MCC directing the battle and everything else.
What inspired you?
The connection (and ramblings about other games that came before dust):
When I was a younger man, I looked at my consoles, and wondered why there was no connection between the same game on different consoles. I always thought it would be a cool idea to have them interlinked. Where as you can play online with a ps3 and an xbox, against people from both consoles. I was younger then and didn't fully understand why this wasn't possible.
I've known about EvE since 2005, and thought it was a very awesome game idea. Then I played it, and realized I wouldn't be doing anything fun anytime soon. So I stuck with WoW and forgot about EvE. But to me, EvE was still an awesome idea, it just wasn't the sort of game I wanted to play. I want instant gratification from my play time.
WoW gave me that, large open world to explore. Perks and character development. Lots of extra stuff to do, professions, quests, ect. WoW, in it's early stages, was incredible. More so for a person that played the original warcraft games. Not to mention I'm really big into RPGs, or was I should say.
CCP should like this one though. WoW has died to many, because they made it fluffy. They wanted it easily accessible by everyone, so they dumb down mechanics, choices, ect. Anyways, that was mainly the only game I played back then.
Until Call of Duty Modern Warfare came out. Going to say it, awesome game. The weapons were familiar with our time, the gameplay was brisk, and spot on with a shooter. Plenty of customization choices, lots of weapons, perks to specialize in a given role, killstreaks. So in some ways, it felt like that RPG I was used to. Minus one thing I was cool with. Quick kills
Many here hate the fact that any "Scrub" can point the gun and insta murder you. But that was the point of the game, in real life, you don't eat a whole AR clip and live. What kept you alive were your tactics and map knowledge. Nowadays though, I will say the game lost all appeal with me.
But the game made me love shooters like I never did before. Now I had heard of mag and battlefield and all that. Never once wanted to play them. Though as you get older, you get busier, and have less and less free time, or will for that matter, to play. So some quick gratification, like top of the leaderboards, was nice when time was limited.
The Answer:
But when I heard about Dust 514, I said holy **** ****. That's quite possibly the awesomest idea I have ever heard of. The connection that was described, in what I read and from the trailers I watched, was incredible. I immediately thought, this is my game. This is what I have been looking for.
Knowing about EvE a little, the industry, the wars, the complexity, I knew that potential was all there for the worlds greatest MMO FPS. This was early in beta, and my PS3 always had problems connecting with server so I decided to wait until official release.
In the meantime though, I had thought to play EvE to ready myself for the connection. I made a char, fully focused on mining and industry. I wanted to be ready to support my merc with my EvE pilot. The nostalgia of EvE though began to wear off, as I discovered how incredibly boring mining was. But I thought, hey this will be bearable when I can start making things or money for my dust merc. I got 2 accounts, practiced mining and hauling at the same time. Boring. This is why I like to call EvE a scifi simulator, 30 minutes( back then it was, now I'm at 18mins) starring at a space rock as I wait for my hull to fill.
Fortunately, Dust Officially released when I had lost nearly all interest in EvE. Man was I excited as that thing downloaded. Loaded it up for the first time, and everything seemed magical. Spent a good deal of time looking through the skills, but I hardly had a clue as to where to start. So I play a few games, get stomped on. I knew then that I wasn't going to be doing any good until I spent some points.
4 mil misplaced points later, I'm still horrible. Didn't like infantry and wanted to do me some tanking. So I start a new char, and this time am very careful with my points. This though is when I begin asking and looking around for that connection with EvE.
I had already noticed that the market was an NPC market. Also I noticed there was no real way to interact with EvE in a way that you yourself felt. Eventually, I learn the truth. The only connection that I see, is the one to tranquility. Beyond that, there is nothing. No dust side industry, wars, PvE. No way to control, or even see the universe around you. Planets are all the same, dusty. I can't help but say that this was a major let down. But the game was still fun as I was learning to tank.
Then I learn about the imbalances and lack of content. And I actually feel that imbalance in my gunnlogi when stacked against a maddie. 6 months later, we are still here at the start. Game mechanics and balance issues have always been first, which is cool but when you read patch notes that barely fill a quarter of my screen you kinda wonder.
Will that which inspired me to play the game, ever come to light? Because now I'm losing my will and love for the game.
Luckily, I always have civilization 5.
Nuff Said
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