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Jake Bloodworth
Molon Labe.
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2013.12.23 15:21:00 -
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OP makes a poor argument when comparing ccp and valve. Valve has a proven pedigree that spans over a decade when it comes to the fps genre. He is comparing apples and oranges between developers and games here. CS lacks the complexity in systems that Dust has with its equipment, SP, vehicles, corporations, eve link(lol), etc. Add to that the fact that plenty of console games maintain extreme player counts without mouse and keyboard controls.
As for your list of games to compare player base numbers. Each of those games has nothing in common with Dust. They are mmo's, and not shooters. They also each have a critical element that helps maintain their high player base... PVE. They are casual friendly.
In the end, this is just another mouse and keyboard pc overlord complaining because ccp didn't build the game for him. Nothing to see here. |
Jake Bloodworth
Molon Labe.
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2013.12.23 16:13:00 -
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Could it be that Chromosome was new... shiny... Eve players were excited (Well a few of them anyway). Why in the world would you connect the higher numbers of Chromosome with mouse and keyboard? Balance was better across the board. The new to veteran player gap was smaller. Every player wasn't sitting on a pile isk. Only the best players could continuously run Proto gear in pubs. Now everyone can Proto all day if they had a decent amount of salvage pre-uprising. I was very new when uprising hit and I went from 12 million isk to 83 million isk. The balance of the game was destroyed by massive isk influx, multiple SP respecs, and higher SP sinks. Add to that a playerbase (like me) that has become jaded.
Keyboard and mouse factors in there somewhere. But, it is an infinitesimally small thing compared to the balancing, polish, and content issues that plague Dust. |
Jake Bloodworth
Molon Labe.
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2013.12.23 18:23:00 -
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I don't think anyone is really defending Dust as a polished game. Most people around here stay because there is no alternative.. I could go play a better shooter any day on any console/PC. But, I cannot play a shooter with equipment, skill points, vehicles, corporations, MMO side orbitals, etc. Dust is the sum of it's parts right now. It has more parts then every other shooter.
The controls sure suck compared to PC dedicated titles for Kbm. The DS3 controls suck compared to COD.
The graphics suck compared to Killzone.
The customization sucks compared to Eve.
The corporations suck compared to Eve.
The vehicles suck compared to Battlefield
The risk versus reward sucks compared to Eve.
BUT, it has all of this in one package that no other game offers. That's the only reason we are all here. We have no place to go if this is what we want. |
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