Kevall Longstride
DUST University
Ivy League
2013
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Posted - 2014.11.15 21:33:00 -
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We're working on it.
The problem with solving the current NPE's failings is that the NPE itself isn't just one thing. It's an amalgam of several aspects of the game and while fixing one such aspect will help, its just one step in a longer process.
The first problem had the balancing in the game and after a series of hotfixes and the first patch in six months, we find ourselves in a much better situation. Oh, there's still a couple of problems in regard to balancing, there always will be. But even the most cynical of the player base must surely admit that compared to any point since launch in May 2013, the game plays better than it has.
Delta was our first salvo in getting the initial skills more obvious, racial starter fits to demonstrate the differences in the races offensisive and defensive philosophies, leading up to the creation of the Apex suits. The allowing of LP to purchase those suits was also part of the process and meant as such. LP allows players to get gear that they're not skilled enough for year without having to pay for it. The LP versions of weapons, suits and modules are all based on the Aur variants, simply renamed and reskinned. We're not done in this regard either, the CPM and CCP are constantly discussing further changes.
There are also other aspects that can help tremendously. The current UI in the game isn't the most helpful. It's lacking several systems that other games would take for granted. Corps are essentially clans or guilds, a cornerstone of MMO game design for nearly the last two decades. So why make the creation and running of an important part of the games social structure such a pain in the @rse?
Fun fact that's open knowledge. Did you know that literally up to two months before the launch of the Closed Beta, there was no corp UI or structure in the game? It was even considered that Dust didn't need corporations? Thank goodness the previous management regime ain't around any more.
The point is that we're working on several things that will help, nearly all of which have been brought up on these forums. Some will make it in, others won't. But there is literally no suggestion that isn't read by CCP and Rattati in particular. He lives here to be honest.
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