We're trying to work out what events we can feasibly run. Which of the previous events that we've run have you most enjoyed?

We're trying to work out what events we can feasibly run. Which of the previous events that we've run have you most enjoyed?

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

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.

Once verified, yes

whoa, whoa, what?!? Really? wow!, that's awesome!! This alone would get me to start recommending my friends to play again. Everyone I played with has already stopped, and I didn't really feel like doing anything except solo playing, but the possibility of new suits and new weapons is enough to go full throttle on Dust again. Thank you Rattati.

Also, I really want to say a very heart-felt thank you for promising to be more transparent. I feel like I speak for a lot of players when I say the biggest issue with Legion wasn't that it was coming out, rather it was in the manner that CCP revealed Legion. I have friends that are still upset with CCP (well, I suppose I am too, but it's starting to fade).

Just on a side note:
How possible is it to include item trading between players? Is it much different than isk trading and can it be done via server updates?

And if new suits and weapons can be added, can new modules be added as well?

finally, I know that you're looking for ways to monotize Dust 514. reintroducing BPO's is no longer an option but what about BPO color schemes? They're not the actual suits. But what if you could do a one-time purchase to make all your Caldari Assault suits cyan, with grey highlights, for example? Hence an extra module that would be just a color scheme.

I probably won't get a response to this, but if you at least read this, then thank you very much. I feel a little more positive about the future of Dust (its still dead, but at least its funeral seems a lot farther away).

We're trying to work out what events we can feasibly run. Which of the previous events that we've run have you most enjoyed?

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.

Caldari Prime.

Caldari Prime is super awesome. But I don't think players know quite how much resource it took to pull that off. As an example, I believe the custom skyboxes (the prettiness above your head!) takes several weeks of work to create.

Honestly, the Events system isn't where we want it to be right now. The process isn't automated at all at the moment and we're working on creating the tools to allow us to make custom events that hand out rewards in real-time. It sucks that you guys have to wait for the rewards to get handed out, but that's just the limitation of the system right now. Have a hug. <3

Hi everyone,

As I mentioned in my last post, our goal moving forward is to be as transparent as possible and work in collaboration with you all. To make that happen, I'd like to introduce you to a member of the team that will be your primary point of contact for DUST 514. You may already know him as heGÇÖs been playing the game since day 1 and has been pretty active on forums.

Here is his personal intro and views on the next steps for DUST.

To elaborate as to what Saberwing is saying, I asked this question at Fanfest at the community panel.

Caldari Prime was an event that took place in (March? I think). Planning for that event? Started in November. It took resources from both Dust 514 and Eve Online development teams and there was a lot of planning attached to it because of how crazy of an event it was. EDIT: Bear in mind, they had to run special coding to set everyone to 'Suspect' in Eve for the giant free-for-all, had to have people role-playing some of the more important characters, provide in-game NPCs/players for storyline purposes... Dust side they had to create the battles, skybox, falling debris, etc. All for that one event.

To quote CCP Eterne, the minor little lore events were awesome but started to get really gamey in that "Mordu's Legion wants you to do this, Mordu's Legion wants you to do that" which can understandably get a little annoying if it's done too much.

Despite that, I still feel as though we should have -some- lore descriptions toward -some- of the events. Maybe every three months or so, so that we actually feel like we're having an impact but it's not so frequent that it's just boring.

The best events, of course, are the ones that don't require assets that will likely never be used again (like Caldari Prime's skybox and falling debris). It's much easier for the community team to jot up some description of events that are happening and just let it progress like a normal game.

Extra Credits (youtube channel) put it best with a scenario:

"You are a community manager. You have the opportunity to run an in-game event, you don't get to add any new assets to the game or any special coding done, but you are given two junior community managers to help you with the event. The event lasts a day, and starts in two weeks. What do you do?"

If you can answer that question, I'd say it's pretty likely that Saberwing/Logibro and the gang will consider it

no the translation says "were busy with legion, get fukked. but please feel free to continue to play dust and spend money on it"

Caldari Prime is super awesome. But I don't think players know quite how much resource it took to pull that off. As an example, I believe the custom skyboxes (the prettiness above your head!) takes several weeks of work to create.

Honestly, the Events system isn't where we want it to be right now. The process isn't automated at all at the moment and we're working on creating the tools to allow us to make custom events that hand out rewards in real-time. It sucks that you guys have to wait for the rewards to get handed out, but that's just the limitation of the system right now. Have a hug. <3

Event's yes,

Is the backdrop/mood/skybox/thingiemejig from the caldari event still there? Or would that have to be uploaded again? thus making it a client update = not going to happen.
Because as it stands, the EVE/DUST link will not be worked on anymore so why not use it simply as a background, i think a lot of the remaining players would like it very much.

Also, a PLC event would be hilarious, just give people some free PLC's and have a plasma lobbing feast.

Maybe a headshot event? extra wp for headshots? In the case of nova knives that would be jugular slid bonus points.

Combined with the week of Melee Mayhem.

Caldari Prime is super awesome. But I don't think players know quite how much resource it took to pull that off. As an example, I believe the custom skyboxes (the prettiness above your head!) takes several weeks of work to create.

Honestly, the Events system isn't where we want it to be right now. The process isn't automated at all at the moment and we're working on creating the tools to allow us to make custom events that hand out rewards in real-time. It sucks that you guys have to wait for the rewards to get handed out, but that's just the limitation of the system right now. Have a hug. <3

We are far along with Planetary Conquest improvements, we consider it one of the immediate concerns

Cool, thanks for the answer. How does a Industrial Engineering degree contribute to your position as game developer? Or is it mainly the Applied Statistics part? Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for a opening, I'm just curios and a little fascinated by Industrial Engineering and wondering how this is applying to the games industries.