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Awry Barux
Ametat Security
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:14:00 -
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The title says it all. Generally, it is standard for games, especially MMOs, that have an extended beta phase, to see a full reset of player progress when the game is launched for real. Why did Dust not follow this industry convention? |
DUST Fiend
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:17:00 -
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We only got a weeks head start, there wasn't much to reset.
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Buster Friently
Rosen Association
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:17:00 -
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Awry Barux wrote:The title says it all. Generally, it is standard for games, especially MMOs, that have an extended beta phase, to see a full reset of player progress when the game is launched for real. Why did Dust not follow this industry convention?
It was reset after the closed beta.
Also, has Dust launched for real?
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Aisha Ctarl
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:21:00 -
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Buster Friently wrote:Awry Barux wrote:The title says it all. Generally, it is standard for games, especially MMOs, that have an extended beta phase, to see a full reset of player progress when the game is launched for real. Why did Dust not follow this industry convention? It was reset after the closed beta. Also, has Dust launched for real?
This
It was reset after closed beta (pained my soul). There was then Open Beta, and the live date was 5/14/13.
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Aero Yassavi
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
6988
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:21:00 -
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I'd say because January last year Dust was connected to Tranquility for the first time and Tranquility is the real deal with New Eden, what happens happens.
Also I know technically January 2013 - May 13th 2013 was "open beta" and May 14th, 2013 was the launch, but what really changed? Beyond the arbitrary names, nothing. Dust is still getting constantly updated to fix stuff, improve stuff, and add stuff. So for all practical purposes you can consider January 2013 the real "launch" of Dust 514, and there was nothing stopping anyone from joining in back then.
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Chris F2112
Pradox One
Proficiency V.
560
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:24:00 -
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It was an open beta, and people who were playing in the beta didn't want to lose their SP. If I had lost all my SP at the end of open beta I probably would have just left the game. Not entirely sure, but I didn't want to go through that grind again. |
Awry Barux
Ametat Security
Amarr Empire
1293
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:26:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote:I'd say because January last year Dust was connected to Tranquility for the first time and Tranquility is the real deal with New Eden, what happens happens.
Also I know technically January 2013 - May 13th 2013 was "open beta" and May 14th, 2013 was the launch, but what really changed? Beyond the arbitrary names, nothing. Dust is still getting constantly updated to fix stuff, improve stuff, and add stuff. So for all practical purposes you can consider January 2013 the real "launch" of Dust 514, and there was nothing stopping anyone from joining in back then.
I see.
I was just curious, after hearing about the great CCP salvage buy-out and the respec in May. I didn't get a PS3 until June so none of it affected me. |
calisk galern
BurgezzE.T.F
General Tso's Alliance
2005
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:26:00 -
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real money cash shop mostly
everyone was given the option to reset their chars for full aurum refunds, i think some took them up on the offer.
honestly the "Release" of the game was arbitrary even now we're still testing their beta, imo the official "release" of the game masy as well of been when they went open beta |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Dominion of the Supreme Emperor God-King KAGEHOSHI
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:38:00 -
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After the last reset the game entered open beta, and everyone could get in and play, so its not like we had an unfair advantage from SP acquired in open beta because everyone could have also done the same. As for why not, the game had become connected to EVE, and effecting FW, etc, so I guess in a way it sort of already launched.
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Thor Odinson42
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:41:00 -
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it was reset almost a month before open beta actually
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