What progress?

Open your eyes.

Visionairy? Ideas? Is that why they change everything all the time?

Customer service + your last sentence = .

i think their finnaly finishing up on a majority of their projects

I think things are moving nicely and am looking forward to the future of DUST

I'll sum up ccp's progress in one single word:

Glacial...

CCP is the one of the fastest developers out there!

Somehow this game has been a 3/10 ever since the closed beta, for different reasons in each stage. Weird actually.

Popcorn anybody?

If I am looking objectively I can see the huge leaps and bounds the game has had in many of its aspects, mainly graphic and map design. These areas of dust are lovely.

Also the abundance of content, even if not fully fleshed out just yet.

However there are some aspects were have seen changed in massive ways and I cannot really say I am happy about, but I can appreciate the work that went into the changes to those aspects.

Vehicle balance, while not to my preference, and I preferred the 1.6 models where even underpowered the skilled tankers flourished.

In many ways dust has advanced from what it was in its earlier builds.....however I am looking forwards to future builds which come closer to what we saw in 2009.

Vehicles and scotty regarding fw is the only problem.

I sent in a support ticket a MONTH ago and still no response.

Anywho in a few months its not going to matter much since I plan to be playing Infamous SS, Planetside 2, Destiny, Watch Dogs, Dark Souls, etc and a bit later The Witcher 3, Borderlands 3,

I started this thread in January, and recently resurrected it due to the 1.8 upcoming release [Request] Bring out the real game, the one we wanted when we watched the trailers and believe there are alot of things in this thread that encompass what many in the community are feeling, have a read if you haven't already.

The game has improved in some areas since the original closed beta, and in other ways it has catapulted backwards. In the end, I'd say it was a wash overall in terms of progress, and that the current build is probably the least enjoyable build yet for me personally.

As far as customer service is concerned, I've been burnt by CCP a few too many times with their false promises and bait & switch tactics on their real world currency goods to give them anything other than a big fat F-. The only reason I haven't started playing Eve: Online has been their overall terrible customer service here in Dust 514.

They have a great idea and intent, but **** execution.
It's like those products on infomercials; great idea, right price, made in China with second rate materials and no care for quality.

Agreed. Facing the right direction. Now if they could take two steps forward and one back instead of the opposite. There is nothing more frustrating than see someone themselves in the foot after being told the firearm is loaded.

You are kidding about the customer service right? They sometimes take forever, and generally they refer to their policy on most things, so you are out of anything that could be considered satisfactory in many areas. They don't want people to know any facts, even if directly asked, which means they can play with the numbers any way they want on a lot of stuff; in other words we are at their mercy.

As far as their "visionary work on concepts/ideas" I do like the concept of what they told us in the beginning, but a lot of it is nowhere in sight. Their progress is slow, which is ok by me, as I would rather them get the bugs fixed before they add new stuff - which they don't really do, but I have come to except this. There achievements I would rate a B-, or maybe even as low as a C. The reason for this is that I purchase things, then they change them - be it ISK or AUR. Even though they have given refunds (on some things) when changes are done, I still think that the OP-ness of new things, then the nerfing of them can sometimes be frustrating; but again, I have to except it if I want to play the game, and I do like playing, even though there are many aspects that can be frustrating.

I can agree with what OP said however their customer service is crap their unwillingness to listen to their player base is beyond disgusting. And their over all ability to maintain and keep balanced game play seems at this point absolutely impossible. In short im surprised CCP is still in business and im wondering if this is how they run Eve Online. If so then there are more suckers in the world than i originally thought

That's a shame and bad policy from Sony. There shouldn't be any barrier for a content provider to update their games. Games and gamers will suffer for it. Sony probably doesn't care - if someone gets frustrated with one game, they'll buy another. More money for Sony.

even if thats the case where they would have to pay sony for the hotfix... Just think of all the aurum purchases that have ceased because we dont know where this game will head(me for one stop purchasing boosters) and all the potential revenue from new people starting this game and quitting because of game breaking glitches, bugs, weapons

I have disposable income... Even some 50 dollar PSN cards sitting here... If this was Chromosome? or before the Terrible Aim Assist and Matchmaking patch of 1.4? i would spend those on DUST without a second thought.. looking to support the product.

After the lazy patch of 1.4 with absolute TERRIBLE matchmaking and TERRIBLE AA bandaid that ruined so much of what made DUST enjoyable from the moment to moment..

I just would rather hold onto my dollars as protest... It's sad, I bought boosters full time until 1.4 came around... then the last time i did was the Omega booster October sale... and after 1.5 i lost complete faith and won't put a dollar into the game until they address the Core mechanic issues.

Horrific Frame rate drops and dips. No consistency in Frame rate what so ever.

Horrific matchmaking process.

Horrific Hit detection.

Horrific Server/client updating...

Horrific Collision Mechanics.. Getting stuck on terrain 2 years later... still?... seriously?

Horrific map creation... The maps in DUST are bad. Roads dead end out of no where... Ladders lead to nowhere important.. No multi level playability without a dropship.. No spots for snipers.. No separation of mechanized and infantry based units.. Maps start with a clear side having an advantage over another tactically and in proximity to objectives. Almost no multi role playability considered what so ever in map creation...

Physics that most developers would sneer at...

That's a pretty long list of massive core fundamental things to running a FPS game... And DUST has big issues with them all and not the talent or resources it seems to address it.