DUST Search - Is this game worth a comeback?

Fox Gaden wrote:

DeadlyAztec11 wrote:

Ripley Riley wrote:

Even the "haters" acknowledge that Dust is 1000% better now than at launch.

Personally I thought Dust was better at launch than it was in later iterations. I don't know, it just felt RIGHT. The game felt high paced, twitchy, close quarters, dynamic, and long distance fighting felt natural instead of forced.

DUST was better in Open Beta than it was at launch, and then it just kept getting worse until the hell that was Patch 1.7 (which seemed to go on for ever). Then 1.8 hit and it became bearable again. (Luckily that happened before the GÇ£Red WeddingGÇ¥ Legion announcement or I might have left too.)

If I understand correctly, that is when you left.

Since the GÇ£Red WeddingGÇ¥ Legion announcement they pulled CCP Ratatti out of the Finance department and put him in charge of DUST. He happened to be the most hard-core DUST player in the Shanghai office. He actually understood the game and valued the opinions of his fellow players. He also had some mad spreadsheet and data analysis skills!

Since the proclaimed death of DUST, CCP Ratatti and his sidekick LogiBro (and Frame working away in the back room) have turned out four hot fixes: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and now Delta. Each of these hot fixes has done more to improve the balance and fun of the game than any two full content patches from the pre-Retatti era.

It is widely agreed that as of Hotfix Charlie, DUST was finally as good as it was in the Open Beta, with many arguing that it had surpassed even the Open Beta build. Delta has brought even more improvements.

Of course every time there is a major balance change there are some unexpected consequences, and there were several with Hot Fix Delta. But CCP already followed Hot Fix Delta up with a mini hot fix with minor tweaks within a week of Hot Fix DeltaGÇÖs release. They are also monitoring the situation and will likely make adjustments in Echo, just as they made adjustments to the Burst HMG after it was reworked in Charlie.

Assault Dropship Pilots are a bit TGÇÖed off right now. They were not being proactive in suggesting how to properly balance the Assault Dropship, so Rattati nerfed them into the ground, and suddenly the ADS community is experiencing an tremendous up swell in creativity. With all the diligent testing and vigorous feedback coming from the ADS community now I am sure that a reasonable solution to ADS balance will be forthcoming with Hot Fix Echo, if not before.


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Avinash Decker Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic 136	Posted - 2014.09.30 04:32:00 - [1] - Quote Fox Gaden wrote: DeadlyAztec11 wrote: Ripley Riley wrote: Even the "haters" acknowledge that Dust is 1000% better now than at launch. Personally I thought Dust was better at launch than it was in later iterations. I don't know, it just felt RIGHT. The game felt high paced, twitchy, close quarters, dynamic, and long distance fighting felt natural instead of forced. DUST was better in Open Beta than it was at launch, and then it just kept getting worse until the hell that was Patch 1.7 (which seemed to go on for ever). Then 1.8 hit and it became bearable again. (Luckily that happened before the GÇ£Red WeddingGÇ¥ Legion announcement or I might have left too.) If I understand correctly, that is when you left. Since the GÇ£Red WeddingGÇ¥ Legion announcement they pulled CCP Ratatti out of the Finance department and put him in charge of DUST. He happened to be the most hard-core DUST player in the Shanghai office. He actually understood the game and valued the opinions of his fellow players. He also had some mad spreadsheet and data analysis skills! Since the proclaimed death of DUST, CCP Ratatti and his sidekick LogiBro (and Frame working away in the back room) have turned out four hot fixes: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and now Delta. Each of these hot fixes has done more to improve the balance and fun of the game than any two full content patches from the pre-Retatti era. It is widely agreed that as of Hotfix Charlie, DUST was finally as good as it was in the Open Beta, with many arguing that it had surpassed even the Open Beta build. Delta has brought even more improvements. Of course every time there is a major balance change there are some unexpected consequences, and there were several with Hot Fix Delta. But CCP already followed Hot Fix Delta up with a mini hot fix with minor tweaks within a week of Hot Fix DeltaGÇÖs release. They are also monitoring the situation and will likely make adjustments in Echo, just as they made adjustments to the Burst HMG after it was reworked in Charlie. Assault Dropship Pilots are a bit TGÇÖed off right now. They were not being proactive in suggesting how to properly balance the Assault Dropship, so Rattati nerfed them into the ground, and suddenly the ADS community is experiencing an tremendous up swell in creativity. With all the diligent testing and vigorous feedback coming from the ADS community now I am sure that a reasonable solution to ADS balance will be forthcoming with Hot Fix Echo, if not before. If Ratatti was from the finance department then it clearly shows the state the game was and is - the direction of this game was total fubar from the get-go . Imo OP and others who are looking to come back, it really depends on the reason you want to come back . If you are looking to experience any brand new features then you will not get that anytime soon or never. A lot of the stuff is about the same besides the weapon, vehicle, and dropsuit balance really those are really only things that changed from launch . The changes arguably helped balance the game more, but they are still some broken things that is going to take a longer time to fix and last more than a hotfix.