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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8317
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Posted - 2014.05.04 20:34:00 -
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For the record, before anyone here accuses me of being a PC-Master-Race Elitist, I want you to know that I am indifferent to either the console nor the PC. To me, both of them are just computers with one being more flexible (PC) than the other and one being more specialized (console) than the other. Therefore I am NOT a PC elitist and I also have a Wii, PS3, and an X360. I have played a lot of console games including every known Halo game with the exception of Halo 5. Hell, I even remember the days of the Sega Genesis and Dreamcast as well the NES and N64. As for my gaming rig, it's a 7-year-old desktop that can handle Eve Online, Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, Flight Sim Flight Gear, Half Life 2, Track Nation, and World of Tanks and so far it gave me little in the way of problems other than a failed HDD and a graphics card replacement (which was actually a downgrade in my case).
Now that that's out of the way I also want to point out that this is in no way, shape, or form an attempt to belittle the console users. I already feel your pain as I am a console user a well and I also felt bummed out by the initial announcement by CCP at fanfest. What I am about to say is not meant to be a troll nor a means of starting a heated debate. I'll just be telling it like it is.
The PC (at least currently) is the only platform that is capable of delivering what CCP was hoping to achieve with Dust. I once thought that maybe the PS3 can achieve this as well but then I said "why am I kidding myself?" Maybe MAG was close to achieving it but even then MAG got shut down as it was too costly to handle and I heard rumors that MAG was suffering many problems long before it was shut down (though I can't confirm that rumor). Many had hoped that Dust will pick up where MAG left off.
Well, it seems Dust will pick up where MAG left off, but not on the PS3. MAG's legacy will continue through Dust/Legion on the PC instead. In a way, this is actually a good thing for the MAG legacy and the Dust legacy. Here are some things that the PC offers that you won't get on the PS3 or even the PS4 (maybe the PS5 or PS6, I don't know).
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1. CCP no longer needs to rely on a third party to approve any patches or updates and thus cuts out the middleman and expenses. This makes it easier to deliver more complex patches and updates much sooner and on the fly.
2. A chance to use a much better game engine than UE3 since a PC doesn't have any of the hardware restrictions that a console has. This could mean greater compatibility between Dust/Legion, Valkyrie, and Eve Online. In other words, CCP can use its own proprietary game engine in place of the UE3 engine.
3. Allows greater unification between all three games especially with the possibility of one day unifying accounts across all three games especially. Link: http://themittani.com/news/fanfest-2014-ccp-presents Read the topic "HALLDOR FANNAR AND NEW TECHNOLOGY".
4. Direct access to the Singularity Test server in addition to direct access to the Tranquility Live server without having to rely on regional servers. The danger of bricking the PC after connecting to the test server is noticeably less since it can handle unoptimized code better than a console can because a console is primarily meant to play finished, optimized games like CoD, Metal Gear, etc. And as we all saw back in Closed Beta when Dust was once connected to the Singularity Test server, many PS3 got turned into bricks due to the server's unoptimized and unstable nature. Eve Online players on the other hand suffered little to no bricking of their desktops with the exception of what happened in 2011.
5. This makes it easier for CCP to hunt down and track any hackers and cheaters since the game will be more unified with the server and thus the server will see more of what's going on. If CCP can track RMT bot users in Eve, they should have no problem tracking cheaters in Legion.
6. No need to create a new game every time a next-generation console comes out due to the much longer future proofing ability of the PC.
Again, this is not meant to belittle console users. I am just telling you the benefits that PCs have over consoles at the moment. The PS4 does look promising in terms of almost catching up with the PC, but even that has its limits for a $400 platform. If or when the the console finally does catch up with the PC, then perhaps the entire Eve Universe can finally come back to the console as I would like it to be. But until then, the PC just happens to be the better option.
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a568488/dust-514-sees-no-planned-updates-scraps-survival-mode-and-vita-app.html#
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8334
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:01:00 -
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Bump
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a568488/dust-514-sees-no-planned-updates-scraps-survival-mode-and-vita-app.html#
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Joseph Ridgeson
warravens
Final Resolution.
1610
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:10:00 -
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I don't know if the PS3 was incapable of delivering what DUST was meant to be but I do know that CCP was incapable of making what DUST was supposed to be on the PS3. I can play Last of Us, Call of Duty, Bioshock: Infinite, basically any PS3 game for hours and hours not have my machine care at all. 30 minutes into DUST and it is giving off heat like a radiator and grinding and clicking. For what DUST is, that really should not happen. Even my brief stint with MAG had my black beast running smooth as silk even with having 80 people on the screen all shooting.
Anyway, Legion should have been good news. It would have screwed over console only guys and those that bought a PS3 for Legion and I really do sympathize but the game will advance (yes, it is still a load of crap that you guys are still screwed). But they delivered it in the most ridiculous insulting way possible. I imagined like a couple that is trying desperately to get pregnant but it just has not been working out. One day, a homeless burglar breaks into their home, wakes you up by peeing on your head, and screaming "you're gonna be a daddy!"
CCP: please stop peeing on my head. I don't like it when that happens, even if I am getting a bundle of joy.
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Mary Lilac
Namtar Elite
Gallente Federation
125
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:14:00 -
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1) Judging from their patches, Sony's process could only help the horrible code that they were putting out. Not only that but they weren't required to put out patches every month, that was just bad managment.
2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
3) Also allows for a greater canablism rate between games.
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
6) Eve has been re-made at least 3 times now, and it is undergoing another remaking. You want a game to last a long time? You need to remake it. Especially eve which was also build on incredibly bad code, and CCP spent YEARS re-writing the base code in small sections.
No, the problems with dust were 99% bad code, 1% Ps3 limitations.
You expect to get a better result when you have the same team (actually half of that team) from the same studio (slightly smaller than before) on a smaller budget. That is actually insane.
1-800-345-SONY. PRESS 2 THEN 2. GET YOUR REFUND. RE-POST THIS IN YOUR SIG.
Be polite, they want to refund you!
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Gaurdian Satyr
Glitched Connection
245
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:23:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:1) Judging from their patches, Sony's process could only help the horrible code that they were putting out. Not only that but they weren't required to put out patches every month, that was just bad managment.
2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
3) Also allows for a greater canablism rate between games.
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
6) Eve has been re-made at least 3 times now, and it is undergoing another remaking. You want a game to last a long time? You need to remake it. Especially eve which was also build on incredibly bad code, and CCP spent YEARS re-writing the base code in small sections.
No, the problems with dust were 99% bad code, 1% Ps3 limitations.
You expect to get a better result when you have the same team (actually half of that team) from the same studio (slightly smaller than before) on a smaller budget. That is actually insane.
^this
Everything ive ever had to say
CCP makes me physically ill
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8335
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:24:00 -
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Quote:
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
4. You are right that bad code is bad code. What I'm saying is that a console is just not the right platform to connect with the Test server. I know because I was there when the PS3 was connected to Singularity. It was not pretty and PS3 were bricking at a higher rate back then compared to now. The PC just happens to have more wiggle room which is why PC suffers less than a console. And yes, I do know about the melted graphics cards of 2011 and the boot.ini.
5. You misunderstood what I said. I never said it was going to be harder to hack a PC. Don't put words on my mouth. I said it will be easier to trace hacks via better unification with the server. Hacks will happens eventually. Again, look at CCP's track record when it came to dealing with illegal RMT bot operations in Eve Online.
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a568488/dust-514-sees-no-planned-updates-scraps-survival-mode-and-vita-app.html#
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8335
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:29:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
Regardless, it's better than the UE3 that Dust is using right now.
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a568488/dust-514-sees-no-planned-updates-scraps-survival-mode-and-vita-app.html#
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8335
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:32:00 -
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Regardless, it doesn't matter what you and I think at this point. The PS3 is living on borrowed time and we all knew from the beginning that Dust was going to be on the PC eventually.
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a568488/dust-514-sees-no-planned-updates-scraps-survival-mode-and-vita-app.html#
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Mary Lilac
Namtar Elite
Gallente Federation
132
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:33:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Quote:
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
4. You are right that bad code is bad code. What I'm saying is that a console is just not the right platform to connect with the Test server. I know because I was there when the PS3 was connected to Singularity. It was not pretty and PS3 were bricking at a higher rate back then compared to now. The PC just happens to have more wiggle room which is why PC suffers less than a console. And yes, I do know about the melted graphics cards of 2011 and the boot.ini. 5. You misunderstood what I said. I never said it was going to be harder to hack a PC. Don't put words on my mouth. I said it will be easier to trace hacks via better unification with the server. Hacks will happens eventually. Again, look at CCP's track record when it came to dealing with illegal RMT bot operations in Eve Online.
4. Listen, just because you re-write the same exact thing again doesn't change that it is completely false. Ps3s were bricking because CCP wrote bad code, not because of singularity. The PC has no more wiggle room for horrible code, as is evidence by CCP's bad code frying motherboards left and right with ambulation, or "bricking" PCs with the boot.ini fiasco.
5. I am VERY familiar with CCP's track record with bots. They ban them after those bots are used for 6 months, then within 2 weeks they are all back for another 6 months.
Also I think you have no clue how tranquilty works. There are "gateways" to tranquility (i.e. servers) all over the world. These gateways are to ensure that people that live on the other side of the world from England (where tranquility is Physically located) have the fastest connections possible. These "gateways" are what you see in dust as the select region server option. In the end, the entire game is still being processed in ENGLAND.
Please do not comment on things that you do not understand.
1-800-345-SONY. PRESS 2 THEN 2. GET YOUR REFUND. RE-POST THIS IN YOUR SIG.
Be polite, they want to refund you!
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Fizzer94
L.O.T.I.S.
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
2708
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Posted - 2014.05.05 07:42:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Regardless, it doesn't matter what you and I think at this point. The PS3 is living on borrowed time and we all knew from the beginning that Dust was going to be on the PC eventually.
I had the impression that it would go to PS4 eventually, not PC.
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xKainx Death
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:02:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Regardless, it doesn't matter what you and I think at this point. The PS3 is living on borrowed time and we all knew from the beginning that Dust was going to be on the PC eventually.
Even so what I saw of Legion I have seen the PS3 run games like it, but again CCP has no idea what they are doing when it comes to a FPS game and have no idea on how to code a game. At lease we have Destiny to look forward too. |
John Surratt
Sanmatar Kelkoons
Minmatar Republic
55
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:08:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:
4. Direct access to the Singularity Test server in addition to direct access to the Tranquility Live server without having to rely on regional servers. The danger of bricking the PC after connecting to the test server is noticeably less since it can handle unoptimized code better than a console can because a console is primarily meant to play finished, optimized games like CoD, Metal Gear, etc. And as we all saw back in Closed Beta when Dust was once connected to the Singularity Test server, many PS3 got turned into bricks due to the server's unoptimized and unstable nature. Eve Online players on the other hand suffered little to no bricking of their desktops with the exception of what happened in 2011.
+1 but you probably didn't know about this gem from back in '07
Nothing like wiping your entire OS. . .
http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/about-the-boot.ini-issue/ |
Ulysses Knapse
Knapse and Co. Mercenary Firm
1289
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:09:00 -
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John Surratt wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:
4. Direct access to the Singularity Test server in addition to direct access to the Tranquility Live server without having to rely on regional servers. The danger of bricking the PC after connecting to the test server is noticeably less since it can handle unoptimized code better than a console can because a console is primarily meant to play finished, optimized games like CoD, Metal Gear, etc. And as we all saw back in Closed Beta when Dust was once connected to the Singularity Test server, many PS3 got turned into bricks due to the server's unoptimized and unstable nature. Eve Online players on the other hand suffered little to no bricking of their desktops with the exception of what happened in 2011.
+1 but you probably didn't know about this gem from back in '07 Nothing like wiping your entire OS. . . http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/about-the-boot.ini-issue/
He probably did.
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John Surratt
Sanmatar Kelkoons
Minmatar Republic
55
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:33:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:
4. Listen, just because you re-write the same exact thing again doesn't change that it is completely false. Ps3s were bricking because CCP wrote bad code, not because of singularity. The PC has no more wiggle room for horrible code, as is evidence by CCP's bad code frying motherboards left and right with ambulation, or "bricking" PCs with the boot.ini fiasco.
5. I am VERY familiar with CCP's track record with bots. They ban them after those bots are used for 6 months, then within 2 weeks they are all back for another 6 months.
EDIT: Also, people were fine with DUST 514 moving to a new platform, people are NOT FINE with Dust 514 being shelved. Know the difference. No one expected PS3 Dust 514 forever, they did expect DUST 514 to last though, actually that is exactly what they were promised numerous times by multiple people from CCP.
I thought it was certain graphics cards, ie unsupported ones that was the issue. Some ATI users had issues I thought. I never had a problem and I's had the same crap ATI card since before Incarna.
Actually, they have been doing pretty damn good on the bot front these days. High sec & null used to be full of 'em chock a block. See them rarely now and they tend not to come back.
I am perfectly fine with DUST morphing into Legion. Not fine with they way the handled it at the DUST keynote, u thta is different from the actual product they want to release. Also, I doubt that they will shut off the switch until there is either have a working Legion, or upkeep is prohibitively expensive. If They figure out how to do a migration, then likely the player population would be pretty steady, given people will see that their time is not "wasted" playing the game.
Nothing you say is going to make CCP say "Hey, you know, we'll put this PC Legion thing on the back burner until Sony tells us they are going to stop supporting the PS3." That would be ******** form a business stand point. I am not sure if you just want to wipe out the existence of a EVE based shooter in any form or what. . . |
I-Shayz-I
I-----I
3284
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:35:00 -
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Yeah, Legion on PC was definitely a good step forward.
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Obodiah Garro
Tech Guard
RISE of LEGION
1155
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:38:00 -
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nobody cares about the PC, we care about the game were playing.
Sure the PC has benefits but those are greatly outweighed by CCPs ineptness, am pissed off that with the time money and effort they are going to have to spend on Legion they could use that to improve Dust to how we want it.
Nothing but broken promises and more massive delays for us to play the vision, just a bunch of bullshit man.
Nemo me impune lacessit
CCP - Announcing games at the same time as killing the ones you love
CCP - No Credibility
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DUST Fiend
The Wings of Legion
14034
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:38:00 -
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I-Shayz-I wrote:Yeah, Legion on PC was definitely a good step forward if you want a PS4 version anytime soon
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Thurak1
Psygod9
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
585
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:39:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:1) Judging from their patches, Sony's process could only help the horrible code that they were putting out. Not only that but they weren't required to put out patches every month, that was just bad managment.
2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
3) Also allows for a greater canablism rate between games.
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
6) Eve has been re-made at least 3 times now, and it is undergoing another remaking. You want a game to last a long time? You need to remake it. Especially eve which was also build on incredibly bad code, and CCP spent YEARS re-writing the base code in small sections.
No, the problems with dust were 99% bad code, 1% Ps3 limitations.
You expect to get a better result when you have the same team (actually half of that team) from the same studio (slightly smaller than before) on a smaller budget. That is actually insane.
Number 5 there:
Yea i have to agree if anything it will be much easier to hack anything on PC.
At least on the console sony has locked the console down greatly restricting what the end users can actually do. Yes there are hacked consoles out there and its not hard to look up how to do it ( heck with just a little money nearly all ps3's out there can be downgraded then hacked) however sony has a network of bots that detect hacked consoles and autobans them.
NONE of this is possible on a PC legally. The PC is the players property and there is no EULA. So CCP can ban the player sure but there is nothing that would stop the same player from making accounts over and over and over again and cheating like hell. With the sony network they ban the playstation system itself (not sure exactly how i suspect they get the MAC address of the system ) Even if CCP did this though its very easy to spoof mac addresses on a computer.
What is pathetic is that i know this is already going to be crap if CCP is not constantly vigilant in getting rid of hackers. I play a few steam games that are free to play and despite there being no monetary incentive to cheat people still cheat like crazy. |
Funkmaster Whale
Ancient Exiles.
2146
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Posted - 2014.05.05 08:51:00 -
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Mary Lilac wrote:1) Judging from their patches, Sony's process could only help the horrible code that they were putting out. Not only that but they weren't required to put out patches every month, that was just bad managment.
2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
3) Also allows for a greater canablism rate between games.
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
6) Eve has been re-made at least 3 times now, and it is undergoing another remaking. You want a game to last a long time? You need to remake it. Especially eve which was also build on incredibly bad code, and CCP spent YEARS re-writing the base code in small sections.
No, the problems with dust were 99% bad code, 1% Ps3 limitations.
You expect to get a better result when you have the same team (actually half of that team) from the same studio (slightly smaller than before) on a smaller budget. That is actually insane.
Clearly CCP needs to hire someone like you that understands coding much better than them.
You seem to love dishing out criticism about their "bad code" and such and yet you offer no sort of evidence. All you do is make an empty claim like "Pshhh they just suck at coding" while giving no context as to why. That's a bold statement to make.
I would even be inclined to agree with you if you could explain why or give some examples as to what could be improved, but the way you present yourself and the way you spell things like "garabage" and "canablism" just make you come off as an arrogant prick.
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A'Real Fury
D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N
D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E
840
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Posted - 2014.05.05 09:04:00 -
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@Op This should not in anyway be taken as a criticism of your post.
Just a few quick points.
The disadvantage of building/buying a basic PC is the fact you will need to upgrade it sooner rather than later and decent graphics cards etc are not cheap.
You will need to continuously upgrade your PC which will eventually run into the 1000's of $.
Someone with a better more expensive PC gaming rig can have a significant advantage over you.
The benefit of a console, particularly where FPS's are concerned, is the larger player base who are willing to pay more money for each game or buy (micro transactions) stuff in game. Which is why a lot more gaming developers put their main focus into the console market than the PC market.
You do not have to be crazy to play here but we are willing to train you.
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Hawk-eye Occultus
ARKOMBlNE
164
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Posted - 2014.05.05 09:15:00 -
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The lovely thing about programming for a PS3, is the Cell Microprocessor. Due to the fact that the system has 5 cores for use by games (rest are reserved by OS and stuff), and the fact that each core has a memory limit; it is a requirement to break up the program you want into "blocks" to perform parallel computation.
An analogy of this is:
You have 5 builders making a house. But they cannot see, hear, or communicate with each other in any way, they must talk through you. They can only do one job at a time. You also don't know how long it will take for each of them to complete their jobs.
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Khan Hun
Mikramurka Shock Troop
Minmatar Republic
133
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Posted - 2014.05.05 09:22:00 -
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A'Real Fury wrote:@Op This should not in anyway be taken as a criticism of your post.
Just a few quick points.
The disadvantage of building/buying a basic PC is the fact you will need to upgrade it sooner rather than later and decent graphics cards etc are not cheap.
You will need to continuously upgrade your PC which will eventually run into the 1000's of $.
Someone with a better more expensive PC gaming rig can have a significant advantage over you.
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I'm a PC gamer who bought a PS3 for dust and I have to disagree with you here.
Upgrades depend on what you want t do, I can run BF4, planetside 2, 4 eve clients, war thunder and so on perfectly well on a 2 year old laptop that cost under -ú700. I just cant always do it at max graphics.
Laptops are awful at gaming and far more expensive than the equivalent desktop would be.
If you build smart, stay away from top end and get the best value components at the upper-mid range of the market you get a lot of bang for your buck.
I cant think of any instance where having a better PC gives unfair advantage in a game I've played, its almost always the other way around. If you turn things like shadows, foliage, smoke effects, texture res down to lower settings its often a bit easier to see who your shooting at. |
Monkey MAC
Rough Riders..
2817
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Posted - 2014.05.10 23:12:00 -
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Would you like to qoute your source on those points? 
Also while this is true a few counter pointers.
1) Legion currently is being developed on the same engine, there is little reason why a 'Port' could not be given to PS4 after PC open beta.
2) All of this does not help CCP program, bear in mind they are using the same engine the potential 'power' of a PC can only overcome a finite amount of inefficient code.
Looks like its back to FPS Military Shooter 56
Monkey Mac - Just another pile of discarded ashes on the battlefield!
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Monkey MAC
Rough Riders..
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Khan Hun wrote:A'Real Fury wrote:@Op This should not in anyway be taken as a criticism of your post.
Just a few quick points.
The disadvantage of building/buying a basic PC is the fact you will need to upgrade it sooner rather than later and decent graphics cards etc are not cheap.
You will need to continuously upgrade your PC which will eventually run into the 1000's of $.
Someone with a better more expensive PC gaming rig can have a significant advantage over you.
. I'm a PC gamer who bought a PS3 for dust and I have to disagree with you here. Upgrades depend on what you want t do, I can run BF4, planetside 2, 4 eve clients, war thunder and so on perfectly well on a 2 year old laptop that cost under -ú700. I just cant always do it at max graphics. Laptops are awful at gaming and far more expensive than the equivalent desktop would be. If you build smart, stay away from top end and get the best value components at the upper-mid range of the market you get a lot of bang for your buck. I cant think of any instance where having a better PC gives unfair advantage in a game I've played, its almost always the other way around. If you turn things like shadows, foliage, smoke effects, texture res down to lower settings its often a bit easier to see who your shooting at.
Well how about
-ú150 gaming keyboard
-ú80 gaming mouse
-ú120 full digital surround sound capable, sound card
Not only could I physically press buttons faster, track enemies more effeciently, hear enemies attempting sneak attacks etc, with practice I can match a persons movememt so perfectly, so accurately I can head shot people through walls.
Not only that I can see in detail a character model at much further distamces than other people, I can tell what weapon a person has before he even knows I've tagged him, is that not an advantage to me?
Looks like its back to FPS Military Shooter 56
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Krixus Flux
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
255
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Posted - 2014.05.10 23:19:00 -
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Yes, I vote for PC as well. I know there are so many angry dudes but the fact is they are not listening to reason. It's screwed up the way it was presented, I agree. Yet, I still ses a better future and game in Legion.
The PS3 held Dust back from becoming what it can be. The environments, the updates, the comms, the graphics, the UI, the on the fly upgrades, etc. You can do so much more with PC.
Bro I say this and I'm not even in a PC gamer. I want a PC now to play Legion. Dude, its going to be so awesome. I plan to have some of the finest buds to celebrate the moment I get to play it on PC
Saying what's on people's minds
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Scheneighnay McBob
T.R.I.A.D
Ushra'Khan
5056
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Posted - 2014.05.10 23:42:00 -
[26] - Quote
I'm pretty sure CCP said they're still going to use Unreal for some odd reason.
Observe the amount of f*cks given
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Spademan
The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar
DARKSTAR ARMY
1661
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Posted - 2014.05.10 23:56:00 -
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1) I've never really understood how this is a good thing. Genuinely, I don't understand how not having to go through a process to ensure a patch doesn't break the platform it's playing is anything but bad. (I seem to recall an EVE patch some time ago that would prevent a computers ability to boot up)
2) You have a point, but then again they're using the UE3 again, so that's a non-issue. And the logical engine switch would've been UE4, which would've been fine for console.
3) Wouldn't it still be theoretically possible to have one account for all so long as they had a log in not tied to PSN (Like EA Origin, it's a different login)
4) This does have merit. (though one my suggest making a stable server)
5) I don't believe hackers are an issue on consoles (Or at least much less, so it'd balance out)
6) Porting
Not saying the PC doesn't have benefits, I'm just not sure you really caught them, bar maybe the test server.
I am part shovel, part man, full scout, and a little bit special.
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.05.11 01:13:00 -
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Spademan wrote:1) I've never really understood how this is a good thing. Genuinely, I don't understand how not having to go through a process to ensure a patch doesn't break the platform it's playing is anything but bad. (I seem to recall an EVE patch some time ago that would prevent a computers ability to boot up)
2) You have a point, but then again they're using the UE3 again, so that's a non-issue. And the logical engine switch would've been UE4, which would've been fine for console.
3) Wouldn't it still be theoretically possible to have one account for all so long as they had a log in not tied to PSN (Like EA Origin, it's a different login)
4) This does have merit. (though one my suggest making a stable server)
5) I don't believe hackers are an issue on consoles (Or at least much less, so it'd balance out)
6) Porting
Not saying the PC doesn't have benefits, I'm just not sure you really caught them, bar maybe the test server.
1. You are correct that Sony can ensure quality patches but then again even Sony couldn't stop a bad patch from going through as all of us bear witness to that fact in the previous Dust builds not to mention the delays caused by the Sony QA process for critical bug fixes. Without Sony, this leaves the burden of quality assurance squarely on CCP. But on the plus side, CCP can deploy critical patches much faster without having to deal with the red tape. There is always a trade off.
2. I guess you can forgot about what I said here now that we recently learned UE3 is still being used for Legion.
3. It's possible.
5. I guess you have a point there.
6. Porting is an option if we ever see a PS4 version sometime down the road, but how much company resources does that take to accomplish compared to sticking to the PC? That part I don't know.
The PC's principle benefit over the console is its hardware, no doubt. But as I pointed out before, there might come a time that the consoles will finally match the PC in architecture, power, and flexibility. I have my doubts about the PS4 even with today's advancements in technology, but there is a likelihood now that the next gen console after that might actually finally compete with PCs for once. Who knows?
Let's also not forget that there are new competitors forming such as the Steam Box, Ouya, and others. The Steam Box is of particular interest to me and who knows what Google, Apple, and other tech giants will bring to the market if any of them ever decide to join in on the console market.
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Master Smurf
Nos Nothi
457
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Posted - 2014.05.11 02:03:00 -
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Krixus Flux wrote:Yes, I vote for PC as well. I know there are so many angry dudes but the fact is they are not listening to reason. It's screwed up the way it was presented, I agree. Yet, I still ses a better future and game in Legion.
The PS3 held Dust back from becoming what it can be. The environments, the updates, the comms, the graphics, the UI, the on the fly upgrades, etc. You can do so much more with PC.
Bro I say this and I'm not even in a PC gamer. I want a PC now to play Legion. Dude, its going to be so awesome. I plan to have some of the finest buds to celebrate the moment I get to play it on PC
Oh my - dont be that guy.
The PS3 held back Dust visually.
- Balance, Timely Content, Fixing easily corrected issues - all have very little to do with platform being PS3
Dont rush out and buy a PC to only encounter many of the issues we currently face. Wait and see if the game is good before you jump in.
All you have to do is look back at past Dust videos to see what was supposedly possible here.
"Shine bright like a diamond"
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Ender Storm
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
106
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Posted - 2014.05.11 02:38:00 -
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Thurak1 wrote:Mary Lilac wrote:1) Judging from their patches, Sony's process could only help the horrible code that they were putting out. Not only that but they weren't required to put out patches every month, that was just bad managment.
2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
3) Also allows for a greater canablism rate between games.
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
6) Eve has been re-made at least 3 times now, and it is undergoing another remaking. You want a game to last a long time? You need to remake it. Especially eve which was also build on incredibly bad code, and CCP spent YEARS re-writing the base code in small sections.
No, the problems with dust were 99% bad code, 1% Ps3 limitations.
You expect to get a better result when you have the same team (actually half of that team) from the same studio (slightly smaller than before) on a smaller budget. That is actually insane. Number 5 there: Yea i have to agree if anything it will be much easier to hack anything on PC. At least on the console sony has locked the console down greatly restricting what the end users can actually do. Yes there are hacked consoles out there and its not hard to look up how to do it ( heck with just a little money nearly all ps3's out there can be downgraded then hacked) however sony has a network of bots that detect hacked consoles and autobans them. NONE of this is possible on a PC legally. The PC is the players property and there is no EULA. So CCP can ban the player sure but there is nothing that would stop the same player from making accounts over and over and over again and cheating like hell. With the sony network they ban the playstation system itself (not sure exactly how i suspect they get the MAC address of the system ) Even if CCP did this though its very easy to spoof mac addresses on a computer. What is pathetic is that i know this is already going to be crap if CCP is not constantly vigilant in getting rid of hackers. I play a few steam games that are free to play and despite there being no monetary incentive to cheat people still cheat like crazy.
Well i am not sure about that, many PC shooters demand you to install anti-hack software to be able to even play them, like Punkbuster. Systems searching the servers for suspicious behaviour (aka bots) arent a consoles exclusive lile The Last of Us is :)
I personaly find few hackers, so, personally, I dont think from my experience that its a big problem. It dosent get ot a level where it bothers me, but I really dont play much CoD or BF, the last shooters I player on my PC were Red Orchestra 2 and Redlight Retribution.
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Ender Storm
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
106
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Posted - 2014.05.11 02:39:00 -
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Monkey MAC wrote:Khan Hun wrote:A'Real Fury wrote:@Op This should not in anyway be taken as a criticism of your post.
Just a few quick points.
The disadvantage of building/buying a basic PC is the fact you will need to upgrade it sooner rather than later and decent graphics cards etc are not cheap.
You will need to continuously upgrade your PC which will eventually run into the 1000's of $.
Someone with a better more expensive PC gaming rig can have a significant advantage over you.
. I'm a PC gamer who bought a PS3 for dust and I have to disagree with you here. Upgrades depend on what you want t do, I can run BF4, planetside 2, 4 eve clients, war thunder and so on perfectly well on a 2 year old laptop that cost under -ú700. I just cant always do it at max graphics. Laptops are awful at gaming and far more expensive than the equivalent desktop would be. If you build smart, stay away from top end and get the best value components at the upper-mid range of the market you get a lot of bang for your buck. I cant think of any instance where having a better PC gives unfair advantage in a game I've played, its almost always the other way around. If you turn things like shadows, foliage, smoke effects, texture res down to lower settings its often a bit easier to see who your shooting at. Well how about -ú150 gaming keyboard -ú80 gaming mouse -ú120 full digital surround sound capable, sound card Not only could I physically press buttons faster, track enemies more effeciently, hear enemies attempting sneak attacks etc, with practice I can match a persons movememt so perfectly, so accurately I can head shot people through walls. Not only that I can see in detail a character model at much further distamces than other people, I can tell what weapon a person has before he even knows I've tagged him, is that not an advantage to me?
All my wat.
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Glyd Path
Nec Tributis
16
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Posted - 2014.05.11 03:22:00 -
[32] - Quote
So why bring this up here in Dust514 General forums? Bring it up in a proper place. Surely there is a Legion forum by now or in the sandbox/footwell/crab box or whatever there is here from something that is not Dust.
Nobody at CCP cares because we ain't Legionnaires.
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Mary Lilac
Namtar Elite
Gallente Federation
383
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Posted - 2014.05.11 03:53:00 -
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Ender Storm wrote:Thurak1 wrote:Mary Lilac wrote:1) Judging from their patches, Sony's process could only help the horrible code that they were putting out. Not only that but they weren't required to put out patches every month, that was just bad managment.
2)I believe they said that they are using UE4. Doesn't matter, just like how you shouldn't build a house on a crap foundation, you shouldn't build a game on crap codebase. Guess what the codebase for dust is?
3) Also allows for a greater canablism rate between games.
4) Is just utter garabage. One the one hand you said that consoles are just specialized PCS, now they are magical boxes that don't do so well with bad code, were as PCs do just fine with it. News flash, bad code is bad code. CCP burned quite a few motherboards and deleted quite a few boot.inis before on PC.
5) LOL, you really think it will be harder to hack on a PC?? How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you state something like this. CCP is always 5 steps behind RMT guys, and they only catch the most obvious ones. Just don't use one of the three mining bots avaible on pirate bay and you will be fine.
6) Eve has been re-made at least 3 times now, and it is undergoing another remaking. You want a game to last a long time? You need to remake it. Especially eve which was also build on incredibly bad code, and CCP spent YEARS re-writing the base code in small sections.
No, the problems with dust were 99% bad code, 1% Ps3 limitations.
You expect to get a better result when you have the same team (actually half of that team) from the same studio (slightly smaller than before) on a smaller budget. That is actually insane. Number 5 there: Yea i have to agree if anything it will be much easier to hack anything on PC. At least on the console sony has locked the console down greatly restricting what the end users can actually do. Yes there are hacked consoles out there and its not hard to look up how to do it ( heck with just a little money nearly all ps3's out there can be downgraded then hacked) however sony has a network of bots that detect hacked consoles and autobans them. NONE of this is possible on a PC legally. The PC is the players property and there is no EULA. So CCP can ban the player sure but there is nothing that would stop the same player from making accounts over and over and over again and cheating like hell. With the sony network they ban the playstation system itself (not sure exactly how i suspect they get the MAC address of the system ) Even if CCP did this though its very easy to spoof mac addresses on a computer. What is pathetic is that i know this is already going to be crap if CCP is not constantly vigilant in getting rid of hackers. I play a few steam games that are free to play and despite there being no monetary incentive to cheat people still cheat like crazy. Well i am not sure about that, many PC shooters demand you to install anti-hack software to be able to even play them, like Punkbuster. Systems searching the servers for suspicious behaviour (aka bots) arent a consoles exclusive lile The Last of Us is :) I personaly find few hackers, so, personally, I dont think from my experience that its a big problem. It dosent get ot a level where it bothers me, but I really dont play much CoD or BF, the last shooters I player on my PC were Red Orchestra 2 and Redlight Retribution.
There has never been more tryhards in one place than in new eden. If there is anyway to cheat, the neckbeards will figure it out and do it. Since it will be free to play, and since CCP is apparently lessening the gap (meaning the value of having an aged account) between younger and older players, there is all the incentive in the world to cheat... especially if by cheating in Legion you will be able to play Eve online for free.
1-800-345-SONY. PRESS 2 THEN 2. GET YOUR REFUND. RE-POST THIS IN YOUR SIG.
Be polite, they want to refund you!
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8497
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Posted - 2014.05.11 04:15:00 -
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Glyd Path wrote:So why bring this up here in Dust514 General forums? Bring it up in a proper place. Surely there is a Legion forum by now or in the sandbox/footwell/crab box or whatever there is here from something that is not Dust.
This was before CCP implemented the new legion forum so at the time the practical place to post was in the DUST general discussion.
On Twitter: @HilmarVeigar #greenlightlegion #dust514 players are waiting.
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Gemini Cuspid
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
48
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Posted - 2014.05.11 05:17:00 -
[35] - Quote
Only argument I need: if we all agreed this was a great move by CCP there wouldn't be this much vitrol involved with Legion. All i need to say to prove my point. It also means a game is only as successful as its playerbase supports it and CCP effectively said goodbye to how much of its playerbase just with Legion alone? That's a lot of players it has to contend with and I really really doubt with the way the game titles are looking it will be better for CCP. I think the shooter Destiny is the new thing being trumpeted by everyone and while I don't think I'll get that game, I won't deny that it's appeal to a lot of gamers will really push interest away from Legion and toward Destiny. |
Spademan
The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar
DARKSTAR ARMY
1663
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Posted - 2014.05.11 20:15:00 -
[36] - Quote
Maken Tosch wrote:
1. You are correct that Sony can ensure quality patches but then again even Sony couldn't stop a bad patch from going through as all of us bear witness to that fact in the previous Dust builds not to mention the delays caused by the Sony QA process for critical bug fixes. Without Sony, this leaves the burden of quality assurance squarely on CCP. But on the plus side, CCP can deploy critical patches much faster without having to deal with the red tape. There is always a trade off.
2. I guess you can forgot about what I said here now that we recently learned UE3 is still being used for Legion.
3. It's possible.
5. I guess you have a point there.
6. Porting is an option if we ever see a PS4 version sometime down the road, but how much company resources does that take to accomplish compared to sticking to the PC? That part I don't know.
The PC's principle benefit over the console is its hardware, no doubt. But as I pointed out before, there might come a time that the consoles will finally match the PC in architecture, power, and flexibility. I have my doubts about the PS4 even with today's advancements in technology, but there is a likelihood now that the next gen console after that might actually finally compete with PCs for once. Who knows?
Let's also not forget that there are new competitors forming such as the Steam Box, Ouya, and others. The Steam Box is of particular interest to me and who knows what Google, Apple, and other tech giants will bring to the market if any of them ever decide to join in on the console market.
Quicker patches would be nice, I just hope CCP has good quality control.
On the last section, I just would like to ask, what do you find interesting about the Steambox?
Don't mean much by it, just curiosity is all.
I am part shovel, part man, full scout, and a little bit special.
Official Time Lord of the Scout Community
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Scheherazade VII
SAM-MIK
General Tso's Alliance
485
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Posted - 2014.05.11 20:37:00 -
[37] - Quote
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
RIGHT DECISION, WRONG TIME
No point defending something which should have been done a long time ago!
Permanent Beta Tester || MAG Vet, SVER Scrub For Life
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8499
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Posted - 2014.05.11 20:43:00 -
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Spademan wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:
1. You are correct that Sony can ensure quality patches but then again even Sony couldn't stop a bad patch from going through as all of us bear witness to that fact in the previous Dust builds not to mention the delays caused by the Sony QA process for critical bug fixes. Without Sony, this leaves the burden of quality assurance squarely on CCP. But on the plus side, CCP can deploy critical patches much faster without having to deal with the red tape. There is always a trade off.
2. I guess you can forgot about what I said here now that we recently learned UE3 is still being used for Legion.
3. It's possible.
5. I guess you have a point there.
6. Porting is an option if we ever see a PS4 version sometime down the road, but how much company resources does that take to accomplish compared to sticking to the PC? That part I don't know.
The PC's principle benefit over the console is its hardware, no doubt. But as I pointed out before, there might come a time that the consoles will finally match the PC in architecture, power, and flexibility. I have my doubts about the PS4 even with today's advancements in technology, but there is a likelihood now that the next gen console after that might actually finally compete with PCs for once. Who knows?
Let's also not forget that there are new competitors forming such as the Steam Box, Ouya, and others. The Steam Box is of particular interest to me and who knows what Google, Apple, and other tech giants will bring to the market if any of them ever decide to join in on the console market.
Quicker patches would be nice, I just hope CCP has good quality control. On the last section, I just would like to ask, what do you find interesting about the Steambox? Don't mean much by it, just curiosity is all.
It's new. It's not an Xbox, not a PS, and not a Wii. From what I heard it's also Linux based. Then there are the reports of certain CCP personnel receiving a couple of Steam Boxes for some reason.
http://dustsearch.com/thread/133420/page/all
On Twitter: @HilmarVeigar #greenlightlegion #dust514 players are waiting.
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Velociraptor antirrhopus
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2014.05.11 20:58:00 -
[39] - Quote
sorry OP but I don't feel like reading that text wall
anyway consoles are necessary if you like any of the first-party games or third-party ones that aren't on PC. unfortunately consoles are a major source, if not THE major source of income for Sony and the like, so this probably won't be changing anytime soon.
and the cell phone app games "taking over" just means there'll be more pressure to make handheld consoles, possibly something like a Game Boy with cellular service |
Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8501
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Posted - 2014.05.11 21:09:00 -
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Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:sorry OP but I don't feel like reading that text wall
anyway consoles are necessary if you like any of the first-party games or third-party ones that aren't on PC. unfortunately consoles are a major source, if not THE major source of income for Sony and the like, so this probably won't be changing anytime soon.
and the cell phone app games "taking over" just means there'll be more pressure to make handheld consoles, possibly something like a Game Boy with cellular service
What do you think of the Steam Box, though? Do you think this is what the console players have been looking for in regards to finally matching up the power of the console with the PCs?
On Twitter: @HilmarVeigar #greenlightlegion #dust514 players are waiting.
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Velociraptor antirrhopus
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
10
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Posted - 2014.05.11 22:30:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:sorry OP but I don't feel like reading that text wall
anyway consoles are necessary if you like any of the first-party games or third-party ones that aren't on PC. unfortunately consoles are a major source, if not THE major source of income for Sony and the like, so this probably won't be changing anytime soon.
and the cell phone app games "taking over" just means there'll be more pressure to make handheld consoles, possibly something like a Game Boy with cellular service What do you think of the Steam Box, though? Do you think this is what the console players have been looking for in regards to finally matching up the power of the console with the PCs?
http://www.ign.com/wikis/steam/Steam_Machine
Looks OK. Like I said though, it's the console-exclusive franchises that mostly draw people to them. If Steam can make it appealing then more power to them. But I haven't really tried Steam because it looks on the surface to be a bunch of decent indie games and ports of games that are already on PSN and Xbox live.
I was gonna try Steam to play this game called Rust, but I decided not to. I don't know man, I mean if I had the time to play a ton of games I would but I've found myself lately just sticking to one game until I move onto the next one. |
Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
8505
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Posted - 2014.05.12 00:55:00 -
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Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:sorry OP but I don't feel like reading that text wall
anyway consoles are necessary if you like any of the first-party games or third-party ones that aren't on PC. unfortunately consoles are a major source, if not THE major source of income for Sony and the like, so this probably won't be changing anytime soon.
and the cell phone app games "taking over" just means there'll be more pressure to make handheld consoles, possibly something like a Game Boy with cellular service What do you think of the Steam Box, though? Do you think this is what the console players have been looking for in regards to finally matching up the power of the console with the PCs? http://www.ign.com/wikis/steam/Steam_MachineLooks OK. Like I said though, it's the console-exclusive franchises that mostly draw people to them. If Steam can make it appealing then more power to them. But I haven't really tried Steam because it looks on the surface to be a bunch of decent indie games and ports of games that are already on PSN and Xbox live. I was gonna try Steam to play this game called Rust, but I decided not to. I don't know man, I mean if I had the time to play a ton of games I would but I've found myself lately just sticking to one game until I move onto the next one.
I see. No problem. I have a could of friends that usually stick to one game until they finish it. One of them is actually slowly crossing over from the console side to the PC side mainly because of how the console gaming industry has either put him off or that he doesn't find console games that appealing anymore.
One of the things that are starting to put ME off is the fact that some games seem to force you to have to get a certain console to use it. Gran Turismo for the PS only, Halo for the Xbox only, Legend of Zelda on the Wii only, etc. If I wanted to try all three, I will have to buy all three consoles. Of course the benefit is that I finally get to try literally every game out there since I really do have all three consoles, but it still irks me to have to make this much of an investment to have fun.
I always wonder when will come the day when all I need is just one console and still be able to try all games from other consoles at the same time. I get the feeling I will be living in a retirement home eating jello and playing bingo by the time that happens.
On Twitter: @HilmarVeigar #greenlightlegion #dust514 players are waiting.
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Mary Lilac
Namtar Elite
Gallente Federation
423
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Posted - 2014.05.12 05:38:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:sorry OP but I don't feel like reading that text wall
anyway consoles are necessary if you like any of the first-party games or third-party ones that aren't on PC. unfortunately consoles are a major source, if not THE major source of income for Sony and the like, so this probably won't be changing anytime soon.
and the cell phone app games "taking over" just means there'll be more pressure to make handheld consoles, possibly something like a Game Boy with cellular service What do you think of the Steam Box, though? Do you think this is what the console players have been looking for in regards to finally matching up the power of the console with the PCs?
Honestly if Valve can get the steam box out for a reasonable price, make it reliable and fool-proof, I think they could actually make some pretty decent waves in the console market. Valve has their work cut out for them though.
I am actually incredibly excited for the project, if valve can find some success, maybe they can finally de-couple PC gaming from windows, and I can dump that crappy OS once and for all. A person can dream can't they?
1-800-345-SONY. PRESS 2 THEN 2. GET YOUR REFUND. RE-POST THIS IN YOUR SIG.
Be polite, they want to refund you!
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Ender Storm
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
115
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Posted - 2014.05.12 17:46:00 -
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The key thing is developers developing for the Steam OS - wich is free thus bring down the price of PC's.
About Steam machines though, I am not sure. Of course, they are "packaged" PC's, but I fear they might be just as todays pre-assembled PC's.
Convenience apart, I think SteamOS adoption is the key, as it brings PC gaming out of Microsofts control.
Ant it being Linux bases, well, I dont see why not advanced users could not have other flavours od Linux with more capabilities.
But, all things considered, IF SteamOS takes off (may take some years) and the machines are fair priced and well assembled, I think its got a good future. |
Buster Friently
Rosen Association
2331
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Posted - 2014.05.12 17:50:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:Velociraptor antirrhopus wrote:sorry OP but I don't feel like reading that text wall
anyway consoles are necessary if you like any of the first-party games or third-party ones that aren't on PC. unfortunately consoles are a major source, if not THE major source of income for Sony and the like, so this probably won't be changing anytime soon.
and the cell phone app games "taking over" just means there'll be more pressure to make handheld consoles, possibly something like a Game Boy with cellular service What do you think of the Steam Box, though? Do you think this is what the console players have been looking for in regards to finally matching up the power of the console with the PCs? http://www.ign.com/wikis/steam/Steam_MachineLooks OK. Like I said though, it's the console-exclusive franchises that mostly draw people to them. If Steam can make it appealing then more power to them. But I haven't really tried Steam because it looks on the surface to be a bunch of decent indie games and ports of games that are already on PSN and Xbox live. I was gonna try Steam to play this game called Rust, but I decided not to. I don't know man, I mean if I had the time to play a ton of games I would but I've found myself lately just sticking to one game until I move onto the next one. I see. No problem. I have a could of friends that usually stick to one game until they finish it. One of them is actually slowly crossing over from the console side to the PC side mainly because of how the console gaming industry has either put him off or that he doesn't find console games that appealing anymore. One of the things that are starting to put ME off is the fact that some games seem to force you to have to get a certain console to use it. Gran Turismo for the PS only, Halo for the Xbox only, Legend of Zelda on the Wii only, etc. If I wanted to try all three, I will have to buy all three consoles. Of course the benefit is that I finally get to try literally every game out there since I really do have all three consoles, but it still irks me to have to make this much of an investment to have fun. I always wonder when will come the day when all I need is just one console and still be able to try all games from other consoles at the same time. I get the feeling I will be living in a retirement home eating jello and playing bingo by the time that happens.
First off, even owning all those consoles wouldn't get you all the games. It would only get you all the current console games. There's a massive difference there because you still miss out on the vast number of PC exclusives as well as the games from older console generations that won't work on the newer gen consoles.
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.05.12 17:58:00 -
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@Buster
Well, companies like Nintendo for example have offered Wii users a chance to download arcade games and such like Sonic The Hedgehog (the one from the Sega Genesis era), Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64), etc. on the Wii so I don't have to invest on those weeeeeeeee ooooooold consoles of Yesteryear just to try out a game I feel nostalgic about. Xbox is offering Gold Members monthly offers of Free games like Halo 3, Gears of War, Crackdown, etc. I don't know about Sony.
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Buster Friently
Rosen Association
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Posted - 2014.05.12 18:02:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:@Buster
Well, companies like Nintendo for example have offered Wii users a chance to download arcade games and such like Sonic The Hedgehog (the one from the Sega Genesis era), Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64), etc. on the Wii so I don't have to invest on those weeeeeeeee ooooooold consoles of Yesteryear just to try out a game I feel nostalgic about. Xbox is offering Gold Members monthly offers of Free games like Halo 3, Gears of War, Crackdown, etc. I don't know about Sony.
This only covers a small fraction of the missing titles though.
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.05.12 18:04:00 -
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Buster Friently wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:@Buster
Well, companies like Nintendo for example have offered Wii users a chance to download arcade games and such like Sonic The Hedgehog (the one from the Sega Genesis era), Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (N64), etc. on the Wii so I don't have to invest on those weeeeeeeee ooooooold consoles of Yesteryear just to try out a game I feel nostalgic about. Xbox is offering Gold Members monthly offers of Free games like Halo 3, Gears of War, Crackdown, etc. I don't know about Sony. This only covers a small fraction of the missing titles though.
True. I doubt anyone would be stupid enough to bring back ET from the Atari.
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RayRay James
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John Surratt wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:
4. Direct access to the Singularity Test server in addition to direct access to the Tranquility Live server without having to rely on regional servers. The danger of bricking the PC after connecting to the test server is noticeably less since it can handle unoptimized code better than a console can because a console is primarily meant to play finished, optimized games like CoD, Metal Gear, etc. And as we all saw back in Closed Beta when Dust was once connected to the Singularity Test server, many PS3 got turned into bricks due to the server's unoptimized and unstable nature. Eve Online players on the other hand suffered little to no bricking of their desktops with the exception of what happened in 2011.
+1 for your additude but you probably didn't know about this gem from back in '07 Nothing like wiping your entire OS. . . http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/about-the-boot.ini-issue/Still, benefits out weigh cons in my book.
Hehehe, I remember when that happened.
It only affected a small number of users. Those that happened to be running XP Home Edition, that had downloaded only the most anticipated patch of the year, and rebooted their PC before notice of the bug had gone out.
So, like what, half the EVE players? 
Also, it spawned this hilarious short:
CCP Boot.ini
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