DUST Search - From CCP Rouge

CCP Rouge wrote:

Hi everyone. Me again.

Why PC first? For a few different reasons... It's a scalable platform. We can go high spec for the most demanding players in terms of Gfx, but we can also scale down to low/mid spec to get critical mass. It's also a good platform for the early stage of a project like ours. You can test and balance the game and the economy quite easily with fast turn-arounds. We can set people up in testing environments easily (eg. ISD in EVE). If you've seen the "CCP Presents" presentation on Saturday at Fanfest, there was a talk about CCP refocusing on its core tech competency, which is PC. It allows in the future the creation of a "universe" of products on the same platform. Again, this doesn't mean that we're not going back to console at one point but we need to focus on one thing at a time and deliver an awesome game, then things get easier.

Now I'd like to address (or repeat) something important for me. I know that a lot of you have been really disappointed and wanted to see much more on the future of DUST 514 in its current form and I absolutely understand that feeling. But the reality is that, while it's a great shooter, I repeat that it's not the base that can give us another EVE Online with 10+ years of epic battles where players can have a great experience whether solo, as the head of the deadliest squad or largest corp in the game. Give people the right tools to manage/achieve all that. A much clearer user experience that opens up that huge universe, always discover new stuff to shoot, to loot, to sell... A social experience where corps can advertise/recruit easily, where you see the main chat going crazy with people asking for groups, selling stuff, talking ****. Some of the stuff that makes me feel like I am in an MMO. All of these aren't tweaks, they are features forming a new eco-system for the game, a foundation you can then build on. No doubt that DUST 514 is a large piece of that foundation. We've accomplished so much and I've had a ton of fun every day since beta but it is not there yet. It requires a lot of work of course but also a different approach in how we design and execute on that vision. I can go on and on about how I see this evolve but we'll cover in more depth as we start sharing ideas and designs through dev blogs and such.


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DUST Fiend The Wings of Legion 14180	Posted - 2014.05.08 02:48:00 - [1] - Quote I just wanted to highlight this post from CCP Rouge, since it's kind of buried in the thread that it's in, and I feel like it's good info. So, just in case anyone missed it CCP Rouge wrote: Hi everyone. Me again. Why PC first? For a few different reasons... It's a scalable platform. We can go high spec for the most demanding players in terms of Gfx, but we can also scale down to low/mid spec to get critical mass. It's also a good platform for the early stage of a project like ours. You can test and balance the game and the economy quite easily with fast turn-arounds. We can set people up in testing environments easily (eg. ISD in EVE). If you've seen the "CCP Presents" presentation on Saturday at Fanfest, there was a talk about CCP refocusing on its core tech competency, which is PC. It allows in the future the creation of a "universe" of products on the same platform. Again, this doesn't mean that we're not going back to console at one point but we need to focus on one thing at a time and deliver an awesome game, then things get easier. Now I'd like to address (or repeat) something important for me. I know that a lot of you have been really disappointed and wanted to see much more on the future of DUST 514 in its current form and I absolutely understand that feeling. But the reality is that, while it's a great shooter, I repeat that it's not the base that can give us another EVE Online with 10+ years of epic battles where players can have a great experience whether solo, as the head of the deadliest squad or largest corp in the game. Give people the right tools to manage/achieve all that. A much clearer user experience that opens up that huge universe, always discover new stuff to shoot, to loot, to sell... A social experience where corps can advertise/recruit easily, where you see the main chat going crazy with people asking for groups, selling stuff, talking ****. Some of the stuff that makes me feel like I am in an MMO. All of these aren't tweaks, they are features forming a new eco-system for the game, a foundation you can then build on. No doubt that DUST 514 is a large piece of that foundation. We've accomplished so much and I've had a ton of fun every day since beta but it is not there yet. It requires a lot of work of course but also a different approach in how we design and execute on that vision. I can go on and on about how I see this evolve but we'll cover in more depth as we start sharing ideas and designs through dev blogs and such.
DUST Fiend The Wings of Legion 14184	Posted - 2014.05.08 04:29:00 - [2] - Quote Ah forgot that, definitely good to highlight as well. I just figure more people need to see this, just in case they haven't been following the stickied thread
DUST Fiend The Wings of Legion 14186	Posted - 2014.05.08 05:46:00 - [3] - Quote Updated OP with CCP Androids excellent post on UE3
DUST Fiend The Wings of Legion 14210	Posted - 2014.05.08 15:23:00 - [4] - Quote Arkena Wyrnspire wrote: TIL nobody uses the 'dev posts' button. I pretty much ALWAYS forget about that button lol. I always use the little blue tag button to skip ahead to dev posts, but I never remember that there is a button JUST for dev posts lol. @_@ I figure if I've been here for two years and still forget, plenty of others must miss it too lol. This is good info and it deserves as much exposure as possible.
DUST Fiend The Wings of Legion 14210	Posted - 2014.05.08 15:27:00 - [5] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: I grant this service approval Also dev posts button gets broke easily when logibro spams like I do. You better start posting more or I'm going to pass you in likes Mr Wolf Please keep pressure on CCP for releasing more info like this, particularly the technical bits like what CCP Android divulged above. Also, whenever they get a definitive Green or Red light for Legion, try your best to not let them beat around the bush. We NEED to know that, as soon as possible. But yea, tie them down with duct tape and throw chipmunks at them if they even entertain the idea of giving Legion the Red Light
DUST Fiend The Wings of Legion 14211	Posted - 2014.05.08 15:42:00 - [6] - Quote Tech Ohm Eaven wrote: DUST Fiend wrote: Ah forgot that, definitely good to highlight as well. I just figure more people need to see this, just in case they haven't been following the stickied thread CCP said bla bla bla TRANSLATION: We ran out of PS3 "customers" to offer our "game items" to. Actually they want this game to actually persist in the EVE universe, and offer up what they originally envisioned it to be. They're just being realistic and admitting that what they want to accomplish, cannot be accomplished on a dead console. If they have to trim some low hanging fruit to accomplish that, then so be it.