I remember you pretty well, Aztec, from your posting. AV balance is better than ever, sidearms have been refreshed, assaults got a nice rework, and development under Rattati is better than it was at any time prior. I for one would really appreciate reading your take on the AV changes. Reinstall and come blow some stuff up.

I think people that struggle the most with DUST are folks who can only do one or two things well (and forum splurging doesn't count). You either need to run with a squad, or be prepared to run multiple counters as needed. If you can't do that, you will DIAF. On a possibly unrelated note, the number of Spanish speaking players is UP, and the number of Americans with 420 in their name is DOWN. Our Tryhardasaurus Rex population has been thinned as well. This means better fights, plain and simple.

Hope to see you on the battlefield again sometime, Aztec. We'll save a Wyrkomi with your name on it. ;-)

I feel like a I know you...

We never squaded together, but I contributed to some of your AV threads back in Chromosome on another character. I'm just a random scrub, to be completely honest. We shared a similar passion for AV once upon a time, which is why I posted here. Since those days I've learned how to run tanks and ADS myself; enough to know AV today > yesterday. The quality of posting here is meh with some diamonds in the rough; I recall you to be a quality poster.

Regardless of what you choose to do, best regards. o7

Are you VENOM187 the friendly neighborhood racist?

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.

Fair enough.

BO2 and Fifa should keep me entertained. Advanced Warfare is just around the corner anyways.

The game is becoming less crappy, but most of the complaints are of the variety we've all become accustomed to that are like rote response:

"I just ran full speed at a heavy firing my rifle and he turned and blew me away! It's so unfair! HMG is OP!" (from ten meters away)

"I shouldn't have to adjust my fit! I should be able to do everything with my (insert thing here)."

"It burns when I pee! HAVs are to blame and need a nerf!"

All in all every weapon has a function and seems to do it well. Some of the tweaks are being adjusted but... slowly but surely things are starting to fall into a pattern.

Oh and Minmatar and caldari dropsuits got buffed by a change to the projectile damage profile.

No. Racism is not friendly or funny.

DonGÇÖt tell me that you are so optimistic that you think that stuff, or at least equivalent, wonGÇÖt happen in every other multi player PVP game? It is not like the stuff Sequal Rise mentioned doesnGÇÖt have counters in DUST.

Darn. I've been chasing him down for two and a half years


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Oh well :D

Well, I liked when Dust Launched because I felt everything was more team oriented, and more in line with actual skill with aiming rather than letting your armor and weapon stats do the talk.

My biggest annoyance with this game is that while it reduced the twitch shooting aspect almost entirely: it did not make the game more strategic. Instead the tactic everyone relies on is the ability to overwhelm people through putting the most vehicles and players on a single point.

And when fights are determined by who's got more numbers almost every time, the game isn't that fun.

In COD I can set myself up in appropriate positions to be able to tactically pick off a squad of people by using my environment and specific weapons in tandem. In Dust it's more about numbers rather than actual knowledge or forethought. That's a big negative for a "tactical" shooter.

Well, I liked when Dust Launched because I felt everything was more team oriented, and more in line with actual skill with aiming rather than letting your armor and weapon stats do the talk.

My biggest annoyance with this game is that while it reduced the twitch shooting aspect almost entirely: it did not make the game more strategic. Instead the tactic everyone relies on is the ability to overwhelm people through putting the most vehicles and players on a single point.

And when fights are determined by who's got more numbers almost every time, the game isn't that fun.

In COD I can set myself up in appropriate positions to be able to tactically pick off a squad of people by using my environment and specific weapons in tandem. In Dust it's more about numbers rather than actual knowledge or forethought. That's a big negative for a "tactical" shooter.

Well, I liked when Dust Launched because I felt everything was more team oriented, and more in line with actual skill with aiming rather than letting your armor and weapon stats do the talk.

My biggest annoyance with this game is that while it reduced the twitch shooting aspect almost entirely: it did not make the game more strategic. Instead the tactic everyone relies on is the ability to overwhelm people through putting the most vehicles and players on a single point.

And when fights are determined by who's got more numbers almost every time, the game isn't that fun.

In COD I can set myself up in appropriate positions to be able to tactically pick off a squad of people by using my environment and specific weapons in tandem. In Dust it's more about numbers rather than actual knowledge or forethought. That's a big negative for a "tactical" shooter.

Well I have all my SP and ISK in Minmatar gear:

Proto Minmatar Assault

Proto Combat Rifle

Proto SMG

Any of this get screwed with?

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.

Hahahaha I unloaded an advanced swarm launcher clip into a HAV last night and barely broke shields. The pilot sped off, circled the map once, then came back with full shields and continued like nothing happened.

HAVs are still beastly, it just takes two - three mercs to wreck them instead of five or six like back in 1.0.

It sounds like CoD is a better fit for your playstyle. I personally love the fact that we have a game where fits matter, where who wins a 1v1 is based on SP, fits, weapons, environment, ewar, and gun game. It makes fights infinitely more interesting than everyone being almost the same. I'm sure there are excellent games out there where gun game is the only factor in who wins. I don't think of that as being a tactical shooter, and I'm very glad DUST is different. I hope it never devolves into that.

Pls come back, we miss you :((

I assure you stranger that your concers have been taking into account.

I assure you stranger that your concers have been taking into account.

Pros:
It was kinda fun logging into my main DeadlyAztec11 for a change.
I miss my fact of the day thread.
people don't constantly pester me with fanmail or make me hungry by bringing up tacos. Just how did I become the mascot for tacos??

Cons:
It is such a pain to have to login to so many alt's. I try to keep my daily alt login count to a minimum of 10. It used to be more but the forums were starting to consume my life. So if I bring aztec back... I'd have to drop someone.. Maybe I can replace this one with aztec...
Patrick misses me.

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You talk about tacos for literally every post for months. It's like me asking why people relate me and anime together. o.0