Glass Zeraki
The Phoenix Federation
Caps and Mercs
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Posted - 2014.05.07 00:04:00 -
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Personally, my problem with the announcement of Project Legion is that it crushed my hope of getting PvE, player market, bigger matches, etc. any time soon. Let me explain it:
CCP said they wanted to add those and other things to Dust 514 on PS3. They never said they wouldn't do it, and they never said they would move Dust to a new platform, so I and many others assumed that they would do it and that they were working on it.
That's what kept me playing Dust 514. Sure saving SP is awesome, but the game itself was sh!t. The reason I kept playing is because CCP had at one point talked about the aforementioned things like PvE and a player market being put in Dust. I assumed that they were working on it for Dust and that it would be coming to the PS3 in some form.
For months and months, I and many others I know grit our teeth and played Dust, always checking this forum for any new information, waiting on pins and needles for the announcement to be made. After all, they never said it wasn't going to happen on the PS3.
Then FanFest happened. The day before the Project Legion reveal, I couldn't help but be excited and hopeful that something I wanted would be announced...PvE, jets, player market, improved NPE, etc., even though I tried to keep my expectations low because well f*** it's CCP. As I excitedly read the dev blog about Project Legion, I was slowly crushed by every sentence.
I thought "D***...nothing we wanted is happening anytime soon." I always thought it was just around the corner. It was like a carrot on a string that kept me moving. I learned that those things weren't days, weeks, or even months away. They're years away. On a game that hasn't been officially green lit. On a platform that's more expensive than a console and also a platform I have basically no experience with. So I was wrong. I thought CCP would add those things they said they wanted in the game soon, but they won't. It's going to be a long time before that happens.
That said, I understand completely why they chose the PC and I also agree from a business perspective that it was the best decision in the long run.
My problem is this: CCP's unfulfilled promises. They haven't broken any promises, because they never said when or how things would get done. It's always SOON. I think we as a playerbase need to reject SOON. We need to demand more from CCP. We need to demand SOLID timeframes from them. We need to scare them like we did with our reaction to Project Legion. Whenever CCP announces something new they want to add to EVE or Valkyrie or Dust/Legion, we need to riot untill they give us a date on when it'll be implemented. If they won't, we need to start demanding refunds. No more of this SOON crap. CCP needs to understand that they can't just placate us with flashy videos and talking about 'what could be'.
They need to DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I'm done.
I've decided to support Project Legion. Don't let that go to your head CCP, the reveal was a train wreck.
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