DUST Search - How will CCP take care of us as we move from the PS3 to PC?

CCP Logibro wrote:

Heavenly Daughter wrote:

CCP Logibro wrote:

Skihids wrote:

DUST is dead, long live Legion.

That's what it sounds like with every DUST presentation being about Legion. Weren't we promised a new build we could actually play at FF? What happened to that?

CCP is hedging about character transfer, but it's not a question of "can they?". It's a matter of "do they want to?"
As was pointed out EVE still gets new subscriptions with 10 year old characters in the game, so starting with high level players is either not a problem or it will kill the game inside two years regardless as new players gain the same level.

CCP really needs to admit their plans for transfer right now, or folks will have to assume they mean to let all your DUST toons die.

My assumption is that they aren't saying because they know that making the call to make DUST a dead end will turn it into a ghost town overnight.

No, it's actually a matter of can we. There are technical questions and restrictions, policy questions (with Sony) and design questions (how do we convert experience when the progression system is different, items are different and ISK works in different ratios).

When we can answer the questions above, we'll share with you. Trust me when we say we want to let people carry over progress. But we just honestly don't know if we can do so yet.

So you can't won't be able to confirm player form 514 and legion are the same players to allocate a certain amount of SP, even if they supply the same email address.
Ballacks.

SP is technically easier. SP is more a design question, tied into how the progression system changes.


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Skihids Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 3268	Posted - 2014.05.02 15:11:00 - [1] - Quote It's not just the money, it's the hundreds of hours we put in grinding away for SP. Those of us who experienced 5-6 character wipes since closed beta were promised that we would never again have to start from scratch. Since then we invested a huge number of hours to gain SP for progression. Take all that away and there is little incentive to start all over again. it would break the promise (I don't care if you call it a "new game", it's the replacement for DUST), and it would be the last broken promise for me.
Skihids Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 3268	Posted - 2014.05.02 15:15:00 - [2] - Quote DeeJay One wrote: Skihids wrote: It's not just the money, it's the hundreds of hours we put in grinding away for SP. Those of us who experienced 5-6 character wipes since closed beta were promised that we would never again have to start from scratch. That's why it's called Legion. You've been promised no resets in Dust, and as Dust is not being ported over only a new game called Legion is being created then they essentially didn't lie. Project Legion is a code word, a working title. It's the DUST replacement in spirit if not in name. Remember, they count DUST as a release quality game too.
Skihids Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 3269	Posted - 2014.05.02 16:07:00 - [3] - Quote DUST is dead, long live Legion. That's what it sounds like with every DUST presentation being about Legion. Weren't we promised a new build we could actually play at FF? What happened to that? CCP is hedging about character transfer, but it's not a question of "can they?". It's a matter of "do they want to?" As was pointed out EVE still gets new subscriptions with 10 year old characters in the game, so starting with high level players is either not a problem or it will kill the game inside two years regardless as new players gain the same level. CCP really needs to admit their plans for transfer right now, or folks will have to assume they mean to let all your DUST toons die. My assumption is that they aren't saying because they know that making the call to make DUST a dead end will turn it into a ghost town overnight.
Skihids Bullet Cluster Lokun Listamenn 3270	Posted - 2014.05.02 16:34:00 - [4] - Quote CCP Logibro wrote: Heavenly Daughter wrote: CCP Logibro wrote: Skihids wrote: DUST is dead, long live Legion. That's what it sounds like with every DUST presentation being about Legion. Weren't we promised a new build we could actually play at FF? What happened to that? CCP is hedging about character transfer, but it's not a question of "can they?". It's a matter of "do they want to?" As was pointed out EVE still gets new subscriptions with 10 year old characters in the game, so starting with high level players is either not a problem or it will kill the game inside two years regardless as new players gain the same level. CCP really needs to admit their plans for transfer right now, or folks will have to assume they mean to let all your DUST toons die. My assumption is that they aren't saying because they know that making the call to make DUST a dead end will turn it into a ghost town overnight. No, it's actually a matter of can we. There are technical questions and restrictions, policy questions (with Sony) and design questions (how do we convert experience when the progression system is different, items are different and ISK works in different ratios). When we can answer the questions above, we'll share with you. Trust me when we say we want to let people carry over progress. But we just honestly don't know if we can do so yet. So you can't won't be able to confirm player form 514 and legion are the same players to allocate a certain amount of SP, even if they supply the same email address. Ballacks. SP is technically easier. SP is more a design question, tied into how the progression system changes. So you admit you can scale our current SP total to match your ideas for character progression in Legion?