DUST Search - Announcement:Introducing CCP Rattati

Ludvig Enraga wrote:

CCP Rattati wrote:

Tallen Ellecon wrote:

I like what I see, transparency is the key. A lot of questionable decisions by CCP have been done with internal data. We can only feedback what is given to us. All ideas, bad, good, crazy, whatever we have plenty of people who want nothing more than to look at it, assess it, discuss it, crunch numbers, discuss some more, and finally give constructive feedback.

We throw out ideas, you throw them back, this is how you create a good relationship.

o7 Rattati

Simple plan is, identify issues (heavy forum complaints, or data trends "why is noone using x and y"), prioritize, send to forums for feedback, number crunching and told you so's, design, execute and measure

Thank you! Took 2 years for CCP to finally have the epiphany that it takes statistics to crunch big data. Now I am sure there is more to it than meets the eye and it has not been done effectively so far for some reason. But all the same it's a very good sign that the Dev's are finally talking about methodical balancing based on math (e.g. answering questions such as "Am I 5 times more likely to score a kill if I spawn with AR than with PLC?" and then finding fixes for these situations). I hope this is what you are talking about here, Rattati, and if so, it's great to have you on board.

"As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


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CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1004	Posted - 2014.05.16 08:14:00 - [1] - Quote Dear players, My name is Snorri +ürnason, a.k.a. CCP Rattati. From today, I will be working closely with CCP Rouge to ensure the continued development and support of DUST 514, and will try to serve as your main point of contact for all matters DUST. In case youGÇÿre interested, my Dev Spotlight can be found here. I want to begin by establishing the two main themes that will guide our development and improvement of the DUST 514 experience. Transparency GÇóDUST 514 is my favorite shooter on the PS3 and we can and will make it even better. GÇóPersistance is the key factor, more so in DUST 514 than any other fps. There is plenty of fun to be had by squadding up with friends, skilling into various roles or specializing in a single role, and ultimately killing, winning and reaping the rewards in ISK and SP, even if Project Legion is developed on PC. GÇóPlease do not biomass your characters, it breaks my heart. GÇóAs CCP Rouge said at Fanfest, we will do everything we can to take care of our players. If Project Legion is green lit, we intend to migrate your character over if you wish and our goal is to preserve as much of your emotional, financial and time investment as possible. GÇóI want you to understand that right now you have a choice of maximizing your SP by using boosters, or saving your AUR/boosters, whatever makes the most sense to you as a player. GÇôkeep playing using boosters and increase your SP GÇôkeep playing and donGÇÿt spend your AUR on boosters GÇóOur new processes will ensure that we are fixing and improving the right things in DUST 514 at the right time GÇóI want to work with the community. I admit that I donGÇÿt know everything and I expect you to understand that we are doing our best. The individuals on the dev team, including me, will not have experienced every single thing you have. On the flipside, we have the design vision and plenty of data. There must be a mutual respect, and criticism is welcomed, if it is based on facts and put forth in a constructive way. Collaboration and Data GÇóCCP Rouge and I are strong believers in crowdsourcing. I have said many times in the past that gamers are the ultimate optimization engine, a huge neural network of smart people from all over the world and from virtually all professions. The time it takes the playerbase to find the debatably GÇ£best fitGÇ£ is measured in hours and days, not weeks. Ultimately, we, the dev team will make the final decision but I consider the community at large, through forums and CRM reps, to be the first pillar, the CPM the second and developers the third. GÇóI also believe in learning from the example of others, most notably our EVE devs, including CCP Rise and CCP Fozzie. You can see them here presenting their EVE balancing philosophy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbS8HRHJ4nY). GÇóWe will establish a few precedures and processes that will encourage a functioning feedback loop and verification with data. Next Steps GÇóA clarification on GÇ£server side changesGÇ£ versus GÇ£client updatesGÇ£. Most of the attributes of items can be changed in our backend system, called CATMA. GÇóAdding new weapons and dropsuits with existing functionality, changing weapon damage, dropsuit hp and slots, pg and cpu values, and most of the values needed for balancing items and roles can be changed during server downtime. GÇóThings like terrain, texture, models, animations, functionality, UI and more, cannot be changed server side and need a client update. These changes are unlikely, but theoretically possible. GÇóIn the short to mid term we will exclusively be focusing on server side changes GÇóWe will sort all feedback and ideas into the two categories based on technical evaluation, because it is not always obvious which one it is, and let you know GÇóWe will aim for the first iteration pass as soon as possible. The DUST 514 team already has a sizable list of things we want to improve on. GÇóWe will also be launching an GÇ£All the Small ThingsGÇ£ thread in General Discussions to crowdsource ideas in the next few days and gather for the next pass, again, with focus on small and quick server side updates we can get out the door as soon as possible. GÇóAs part of the process, we will sticky specific topics under Features and Ideas and harvest feedback from those threads. Finally, to those who want to continue our DUST 514 journey together I welcome and invite you to have your say. To the others, I truly wish all the best, and hope to see you again in the future. Sincerely, CCP Rattati "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1021	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:32:00 - [2] - Quote HowDidThatTaste wrote: I too love this game however, I'm not sure what we have learned here. Skill progression is not really important if legion is not green lit? No new maps or content. How long will dust be supported on ps3? Will we wake one morning to more announcements like fan fest? Any info on changes to planetary conquest? Passive isk being removed/ clone packs being larger? We need some concrete info/time frames sound effect We are far along with Planetary Conquest improvements, we consider it one of the immediate concerns "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1021	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:34:00 - [3] - Quote meri jin wrote: Hey CCP Rattati, may I ask how old are you and how long did it take you to finish Industrial Engineering with a focus on Applied Statistics? 35,years old, 3 years for B.S. Industrial Engineering, M.S. thesis on Bayesian Statistics took 2 more years for a total of 5. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1021	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:36:00 - [4] - Quote Tallen Ellecon wrote: I like what I see, transparency is the key. A lot of questionable decisions by CCP have been done with internal data. We can only feedback what is given to us. All ideas, bad, good, crazy, whatever we have plenty of people who want nothing more than to look at it, assess it, discuss it, crunch numbers, discuss some more, and finally give constructive feedback. We throw out ideas, you throw them back, this is how you create a good relationship. o7 Rattati Simple plan is, identify issues (heavy forum complaints, or data trends "why is noone using x and y"), prioritize, send to forums for feedback, number crunching and told you so's, design, execute and measure "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1025	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:40:00 - [5] - Quote WARxion ForDUST wrote: Quote: Adding new weapons and dropsuits with existing functionality, changing weapon damage, dropsuit hp and slots, pg and cpu values, and most of the values needed for balancing items and roles can be changed during server downtime. Welcome CCP Rattati! So, an updated FW store with the 1.8 suits are possible without a client update and we should except such a thing? It's possible, whether it is deemed a priority I will leave to community and CPM to figure out. I would myself like to create new officers weapons that benefit a larger crowd ,but thats just my opinion. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1025	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:42:00 - [6] - Quote KEROSIINI-TERO wrote: So, is Rattati a Dev now? Because he used to specifiy clearly that was not. Everybody likes him on forums as he shares gamer's point of view. Maybe that's why he's the public figure for this 'stage' of Dust. ...Crowd Control? I (trans)/(de) scended, haven't made up my mind "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1025	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:43:00 - [7] - Quote Cat Merc wrote: Gallente suits? Armor? Plasma Rifle? Dual PLC Galmando? Did CCP bring him here to appease me? I was here first "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1030	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:53:00 - [8] - Quote m twiggz wrote: Welcome, pal. Your post is much like all other CCP Dev posts. Vague, dodging critical questions and up selling Dust 514 Aurum sales. Granted it's only an introduction thread, yet it's still very disappointing. All of this "soon" nonsense needs to go. Critical questions; 1.) Will we get new maps, ever? (not new sockets) 2.) Will we ever see a player market? Ya know, the thing MANY players have been waiting for for months. 3.) Is the overhaul to PC cancelled? 4.) Why continue developing Dust only server side? When the game needs more client side updates if anything. Is this due to; A.) Lack of talent on the development team? B.) Lack of care on CCPs part? C.) Satisfying your agreement with Sony by giving minimal updates so you do not have to pay back refunds? D.) All of the above. I'll check back from time to time to see if you bothered to answer any of these questions. I know the life of a CCP Dev must be very difficult, so I'll expect your answers Soon(tm). 1) No new maps on horizon, theoretically possible 2) No 3) No 4) Server side fixes are low hanging fruit, I also believe hardly used content that becomes viable counts as "semi-new" content. See the balancing video I posted in the Dev Spotlight for insight. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1030	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:56:00 - [9] - Quote ResistanceGTA wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: WARxion ForDUST wrote: Quote: Adding new weapons and dropsuits with existing functionality, changing weapon damage, dropsuit hp and slots, pg and cpu values, and most of the values needed for balancing items and roles can be changed during server downtime. Welcome CCP Rattati! So, an updated FW store with the 1.8 suits are possible without a client update and we should except such a thing? It's possible, whether it is deemed a priority I will leave to community and CPM to figure out. I would myself like to create new officers weapons that benefit a larger crowd ,but thats just my opinion. Yes. That is something we have been asking for on and off for awhile. I do hope LP store changes are on that list eventually, at the very least, prices. The inconsistent pricing (aka absurd waste of LP on modules) is annoying and is the reason I only buy Proto suits. Just get me the 'All the Small Things' post and I'll be good. Some very simple things that have annoyed me for a long time still exist. Also, I hope we have been working on the remaining 1.8 problems, because, they still exist. Saberwing, you may have not have actually spoken too highly on an announcement for the first time in your career here, congrats. It's already up in Feedback sub-forum as well as a sticky on Turrets. There are a few high level stickies inbound, Rifle Balancing, Infantry Armor (or we seem to only want EHP), and a few more "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1033	Posted - 2014.05.16 13:59:00 - [10] - Quote Adipem Nothi wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: See the balancing video I posted in the Dev Spotlight for insight. Did not see. Looked again. Still did not see. * 4 URLs Point to Forums (2x), a YouTube Trailer for Eve and a Wikipedia entry. The youtube trailer is a Fanfest 2014 Balancing Session with CCP Rise and CCP Fozzie, I highly recommend it for anyone "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"



CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1033	Posted - 2014.05.16 14:01:00 - [11] - Quote sumhaigai wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: GÇóAdding new weapons and dropsuits with existing functionality, changing weapon damage, dropsuit hp and slots, pg and cpu values, and most of the values needed for balancing items and roles can be changed during server downtime. so would you be able to fix the basic heavy cpu and pg next downtime? Once verified, yes "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1048	Posted - 2014.05.16 15:12:00 - [12] - Quote Appia Nappia wrote: Appia Nappia wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: GÇóAdding new weapons and dropsuits with existing functionality, changing weapon damage, dropsuit hp and slots, pg and cpu values, and most of the values needed for balancing items and roles can be changed during server downtime. Ah, so confirming that the lack of LP items is added as easily as a new AUR variant. THanks. Now we know marketing is the reason you won't let us have LP variants of the missing items to continue: So, where are the MLT variants of all weapons? Where are the Prototype Scrambler Pistols that have been in the SDE since we got access to it? More MLT weapons are on our list, LP items are also, officer weapons too. I reckon we will ask the community to have a say in the prioritization. It sounds as easy as copy and paste, but it isn't . I wish it were. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1052	Posted - 2014.05.16 15:24:00 - [13] - Quote The dark cloud wrote: I take this as confirmation that we will never see those things: -new dropsuits -new guns -new vehicles -new turrets -new maps Rattati basically confirmed what we allready know and that we only see bug fixes and balancing for the game. What i would like to know if those ideas are possible without a client update: -using infantry guns from passanger seats (dropship/LAV) -HMG as a optional turret for LAV's,HAV's and Dropships (espacially LAV's would benefit from a HMG turret) -Shield repair tools (no new modell just inverted function from existing reptools) These ideas are based on allready existing weapons or equipment so adding stuff via sony shouldnt be required. I added these three to our evaluation list, however, the HMG as a turrret was already there (and also swarm launcher), imagine a DS hunting LAV ;) "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1052	Posted - 2014.05.16 15:28:00 - [14] - Quote Everyone, please head over to Feedback forums, we have a lot of new stickied feedback requests that may interest you. "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1122	Posted - 2014.05.16 23:39:00 - [15] - Quote Cat Merc wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: Cat Merc wrote: Gallente suits? Armor? Plasma Rifle? Dual PLC Galmando? Did CCP bring him here to appease me? I was here first Lies, I was here since the beginning too :3 Not on this character, but I had a few previous characters before I settled with Cat Merc with the open beta. pre-Alpha, you can't win this one :) "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"


CCP Rattati C C P C C P Alliance 1138	Posted - 2014.05.17 12:35:00 - [16] - Quote Ludvig Enraga wrote: CCP Rattati wrote: Tallen Ellecon wrote: I like what I see, transparency is the key. A lot of questionable decisions by CCP have been done with internal data. We can only feedback what is given to us. All ideas, bad, good, crazy, whatever we have plenty of people who want nothing more than to look at it, assess it, discuss it, crunch numbers, discuss some more, and finally give constructive feedback. We throw out ideas, you throw them back, this is how you create a good relationship. o7 Rattati Simple plan is, identify issues (heavy forum complaints, or data trends "why is noone using x and y"), prioritize, send to forums for feedback, number crunching and told you so's, design, execute and measure Thank you! Took 2 years for CCP to finally have the epiphany that it takes statistics to crunch big data. Now I am sure there is more to it than meets the eye and it has not been done effectively so far for some reason. But all the same it's a very good sign that the Dev's are finally talking about methodical balancing based on math (e.g. answering questions such as "Am I 5 times more likely to score a kill if I spawn with AR than with PLC?" and then finding fixes for these situations). I hope this is what you are talking about here, Rattati, and if so, it's great to have you on board. It is exactly what I am talking about "As well as stupid, Rattati is incredibly slow and accident-prone, and cannot even swim"