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keno trader FACTION WARFARE ARMY FACTION WARFARE ALLIANCE 22	Posted - 2014.04.11 09:22:00 - [1] - Quote IF YOU ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS POST (ESPECIALLY IN ANGER), PLEASE READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY. Waiting/Soon (TM)...is what is going to end up costing this game. I'm a naturally patient person. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't mind my GF taking those extra 30 minutes to do whatever. But Dust, oh Dust, has kept me waiting for many months now. I started this game excited, having watched the E3 2011 Trailer ( featuring integrated dropship/tank combat, thinking perhaps that we would, for once, have an intelligent Sci-Fi themed (and I liked EVE's lore, which made this ten times better) BF4 grade shooter. Boy was I wrong. Entering the game was exciting, but what started as enthusiasm quickly dwindled to grinding. As I said, I did mess up a little at the start, simply because it was so boring attempting to use the GEK 38 every round to play a conservative game style to earn the warpoints necessary to grind this/grind that...and so on and so forth. However, with the promise of monthly snapshots, I decided to start a new account and work a new. Sure, it took month+ to grind to an assault proto and get core skills. But then came the disastrous aim assist patch (I'm just going to call it that) that pretty much laid waste to all the work. To all the haters out there who cry "core specialization!" whenever they here about this, let me insert a little line of thought. a) Yes, some patches suck, we have to tough it out as gamers. b) Problem is....some patches *REALLY, REALLY broke the game. c) Why is this a problem? Can't we just tough it out? d) Well, let's see. It took me around 1.5 months to get into just a "suit". The fact that you're taking away that time is, undeniably, very annoying and disheartening. e) Other games don't penalize quite as harshly as this. f) FPS are fundamentally different from MMORPGs. Every FPS has some element of twitch instinct. This already creates a so called "playing field" where some players are already disadvantaged if they have poor reflexes. The fact that patches were elevating certain players to completely new heights meant that half decent players with good teams could protostomp. Caldari Assault you know who yo are. Analogy Time!* -Regarding weapon "balancing". I already hesitate to say balancing because CCP isn't really balancing. In BF4/COD balancing means tweaking weapons ever so slightly with a small philips screw driver (laptop repair)! In Dust 514...CCP effectively balances by grabbing a blowtorch/chainsaw and completely altering the nature of a weapon/module. -REGARDING CORE SKILLS: Core skills = oatmeal. Keeps you full, makes sure you don't die of starvation. Specialist skills = spices, interesting, painful at times. Not sure about you guys, but I do not want to play a game that is like eating oatmeal for 3 meals a day.... Now, I'm sure that oatmeal 3 meals a day is fine for some, and I ended up eating oatmeal for quite a while, but it does get boring, especially considering the ever present competition. So here's my ultimatum, and what to do. KENO TRADER'S SHORT-TERM ROADMAP/ULTIMATUM: -Dust is a great game, great potential, great community (mostly). In additon, CPM/forum staff doing a great job. However, it takes itself too seriously, and treats itself to the luxuries enjoyed by triple A games (i.e. constant rebalancing). What CCP is doing right now is attempting to float an incomplete hull by patching the tiny holes on the side. 1. CCP HAUL BUTT AND RELEASE ALL THE CONTENT YOU INTEND ON RELEASING. Stop tooling with the balancing. Right now balancing is like trying to pick items in a communist-era market. The store is empty, and there's nothing to mix and match. First release all the material you intend on releasing and then balance! 2. ONCE CONTENT IS MORE OR LESS DONE, OFFER TOTAL RESPEC (OR AT LEAST PARTIAL). This way we'll get less complaining about "oh my goodness I didn't skill into FoTM". Problem solved once and for all. 3. GET DUST MARKET UP. IGNORE EVE FOR NOW, AND MAKE SURE DUST SURVIVES, Sorry EVE players, but if y'all attempt to implement EVE style complexity into markets it's either going to take forever for the market to come up or it will be misiplemented and Dust will end up getting destroyed. CCP, ignore eve, work on dust right now please and get the DUST market up. If you guys have thoughts on this feel free to post below.
BL4CKST4R WarRavens League of Infamy 2476	Posted - 2014.04.11 10:39:00 - [2] - Quote Arrg I am angry at your words! For the Federation!
keno trader FACTION WARFARE ARMY FACTION WARFARE ALLIANCE 23	Posted - 2014.04.11 17:19:00 - [3] - Quote BL4CKST4R wrote: Arrg I am angry at your words! Lol?
Principus Shmoof Triariian Sardianii-Triarii Planetary Services Armed-n-Hammered 95	Posted - 2014.04.11 17:55:00 - [4] - Quote As I say, less nerf/buff, more new content PLEASE
keno trader FACTION WARFARE ARMY FACTION WARFARE ALLIANCE 23	Posted - 2014.04.11 17:58:00 - [5] - Quote Principus Shmoof Triariian wrote: As I say, less nerf/buff, more new content PLEASE Preach it.
MINA Longstrike 2Shitz 1Giggle United Brotherhood Alliance 471	Posted - 2014.04.11 18:00:00 - [6] - Quote Principus Shmoof Triariian wrote: As I say, less nerf/buff, more new content PLEASE Just had a major content patch. While I too also crave new content, I'm content to see some tweaking of the current content.
Principus Shmoof Triariian Sardianii-Triarii Planetary Services Armed-n-Hammered 96	Posted - 2014.04.11 18:03:00 - [7] - Quote MINA Longstrike wrote: Principus Shmoof Triariian wrote: As I say, less nerf/buff, more new content PLEASE Just had a major content patch. While I too also crave new content, I'm content to see some tweaking of the current content. Ah yes, new guns and suits, "major content". Don't get me wrong I'm all FOR the addition of more ways to play, but then again, it doesn't change the impact the game has on EVE, no new game modes, maps, expanded PC.. and on. That's what will move this game forward
keno trader FACTION WARFARE ARMY FACTION WARFARE ALLIANCE 23	Posted - 2014.04.11 18:28:00 - [8] - Quote MINA Longstrike wrote: Principus Shmoof Triariian wrote: As I say, less nerf/buff, more new content PLEASE Just had a major content patch. While I too also crave new content, I'm content to see some tweaking of the current content. That's true but let's face it...the major "content" patch is a turtle step compared to what we were told to expect a while ago.


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