1.8 =1.03
For those of us that went through the MAG 1.03 patch, this new DUST 1.8 should be pretty familiar territory.

MAG community: Hey Zipper, your LMG is hilariously OP, can you tone that thing down a bit?
Zipper, sure, no problem, RANDOM BULLET SPREAD FOR ALL!!!!!
MAG Community: Wtf, we said tweak....the hell did you just do? What happened to the playerbase? Where is everyone?

514 Community: Hey CCP, that RR is waaaaay OP and the new CR could use a minor adjustment.
CCP: Cool, we'll just nerf EVERYTHING.
514 Community: Wtf? You even nerfed the breach assault rifle? You broke that in Chromosome. And you didn't nerf everything. What about shotguns and HMGs and Nova Knives?
CCP: Soooooooooooooooon
514 Community: Wait, what happened to the damage mods?
CCP: Nerfed em.
514 Community: WHY?
CCP: Increase the TTK?
514 Community:..what are you doing CCP?
CCP: We're trying to make it easier for the newer players
D514: Soooo, you're solution to this wholly imbalanced game you've created, ON PURPOSE mind you, is to hit everything with a nerf hammer in a way never seen before and turn what was supposed to be "an immerse experience unlike any other", into "lobby shooter piece of ****"? GG.


The Return of DDR514
Hey there players, can't shoot? Is aiming down sights too bothersome for you? Don't you wish you could just hipfire a bullet hose for the win?

Well boy does CCP have a new game for you! It's called Dance Dust Revolution...here's how you play:
1) Load in your favorite disco track, we recommend the Bee Gee's Stayin Alive.
2) See a red dot
3) just move left to right really fast and hold R1.
$) Whatever you do, don't try to aim, just keep on a strafing, even if you have to reload.
6) Hit detection? What hit detection? That was broken before we released DDR514 and with the increased TTK its virtually worthless.
7) Rinse, repeat, profit!!

Order now and we'll throw in a solid gold butterfly collar DS called the "Travolta"

Got the T-shirt
So now what happens? A few predictions:
1) Lower kill counts overall in games. Due to the SupernerfGäó (patent pending) guys will be able to dodge around corners more often, leading to less deaths, especially at range. On the plus side the game becomes a bit more ISK efficient for the "go negative all the time" crowd.
2) Lowered WP's earned will be a result of the above.
3) Proto stomp will still be proto stomp. Nothing has been done to change that
4) Where's the AV notes? Anything changing there? No? Figures
5) MD and Laser may become useful, I'll wait and see.
6) Prepare for Heavy Spam...oh, you hated this most recent event? Get used to it. Mind you, they won't eb OP, won't be able to hit anything with the new Strafe514 that will be implemented.
7) Say goodbye to all your glass cannon fits, we're back to EHP514. Guy with the most shields wins. Every time.
8) MAGSEC new FotM
9) Sniping now worthless with players dual tanking and damage mods being reduced. You know CCP you didn't do anyone any favors with this damage mod decrease, you really didn't. You just made it so that every goes back to using shield extenders again, which will compound the newer increased TTK with an exponent of 2. GG.
10) Reloading in the middle of 1v1 gunfights will become commonplace again.
11) The majority of the players on any kill board will have more assists than kills.

and last, but not least...
Playerbase will continue to die as this patch is going to **** off all the vets and will do nothing to help the newer players.
We will see an increase in the numbers for a week or two, then it will drop back to it's current levels and may actually dip below that .

Congrats CCP, way to kill your game. I thought I made this VERY clear 10 months ago here: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=73582&find=unread
Yet, you still don't seem to get it.

I'll keep playing this piece of garbage, for free, as some of my clanmates play it and there's nothing else out there that intrigues me. Come on the Division, or...well, any other game at this point...maybe someday, just someday, a game developer will come along that isn't full of oblivious, inept, and complacent personnel....someone with the balls to actually follow through and deliver on their initial promise. CCP, you ain't it.

I wasn't really referring to the mechanic so much as what it was in response to and the effect it will have on the player base. Thanks for playing.

Yeah, whats left of the Bunnies are looking at Destiny pretty hard right now, but we've been so disappointed with the last couple of attempts; Brink, DUST, GTA5O that we're really bitter and are not thrilled with the prospect of moving onto another game, especially since it means buying a new console.

And I wish people would just quit posting this link http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust without actually proving that they've read it.

The numbers are pretty deplorable, and dropping all the time. over a two week period 4000 accounts will either be made or "reborn"....yet lately the best the game can do is a little over 3K online at peak times. People are downloading a free game, playing it, and hating it. The numbers don't lie.

This isn't the PC crowd, this is PSN, there won't be a 10 year wait. MAG is the precursor to this game in a lot of ways, and I keep seeing similarities leading to the same inevitable conclusion; Dead Game is Dead Game.