They can have my love when they bring back skirmish 1.0

And on top of that, players are leaving.

I just don't understand.

Not sure how accurate this statement is.

A portion of the community is still upset with CCP about The Rouge Wedding incident. Some players are not seeing the features they want being implemented (PvE). Some, like BAMM, are counting on their rustled jimmies netting them YouTube views. And other players are just impossible to please for whatever reason.

Dust 514 has been improving, it's true. We are getting patches and hotfixes. The game is obviously making CCP a little money or they wouldn't be devoting time and resources towards it. Games that make companies money stick around.

The only way they could make me happier is getting this game off of the PS3. Would rather them move to PC, but I would take the PS4 at this point. The PS3 is a fossil and I hate it.

Hello, all.
I'm usually not on much anymore, but i think that ccp is doing a great job on dust.

Rattati has created a development roadmap that is feasible, and gives us players a reason to stick around. As far s i have seen, CCP rattati has not backed out of anything he has said on the forums thus far, so that gives this merc more than a glimpse of hope for the future of dust. As far as the feature go, ccp is most certainly listening to players' demands and executing them with precision.

So i ask. Why does ccp (dust division) get all the hate it does?

rattati has got his sh!t straight.
Features are being added at a breakneck rate.
Everything is being balanced to achieve greatness.

And on top of that, players are leaving.

I just don't understand.

....No.
So far they do not, because there has been no improvement in this game.
Players in this game have had the same kind of badly designed maps for a year's worth of time. A geographical feature does not work as a map.
A month is not a breackneck rate
NOTHING is balanced, because if this were the case, you would be able to excel with any kind of gear regardless of tier, but you don't. You need level 5 this and that, advanced and proto etc just for basic survival.
Dedicated vehicle users, dedicated AVers, redline campers and scouts have been exploiting unpractical, and unhandicapped disproportionate stats for MONTHS, and haven't gotten any punishment or prevention from them.
Infantry and vehicle skill trees STILL have major and useless SP sinks that sets back players to a point where getting things everyone should be able to get straight up take at least a week, a month, or even years time altogether to get.
There have been bugs that have stood here for months.
The most of which we're getting is tiny tweaks that slowly, but surely make our gameplay more annoying, like this unnecessary tacnet direction indicator removal, and ob spam.
The buff/nerf cycle is STILL being repeated for things, and tiered items STILL don't have any handicaps to prevent them from being abused in any way.
The wide majority of suits and vehicles STILL don't have a practical skill bonus or assigned role, either

If you seriously think progress is being made, you are suffering from delusions.

I'm going to agree to disagree the mechanics of Dust are better since Rattati has stepped in but the core of the game is still complete **** Controls, FPS/Latency performance, hit detection (core problems) are still a thorn in the side of Dust.

Now, before all the fanboys start kneckbearding all over their keyboard hear me out. Dust went from 4.5k concurrent sometimes 6k during Chromosome, some vets believe that to be the golden years of Dust. Controls weren't great but nowhere near as bad as what we have currently, there were never FPS issues, latency sure but it was only on certain players as normal in online games. Did we have balance issues of course but it was getting there and a lot closer then what it is currently imo..

That was till reviews came out bashing the graphic so CCP decided to get a wild hair up their ass and "improve" the graphics. Along this same time line (correct me if im wrong, memory is a little fuzy on exact details) CCP Wolfman decided to tweak or change the control system. Biggest change that I can remember that the community absolutely couldn't stand. Here brought Uprising, which also brought reviewers to step back in for a new peek at the updated graphics and overall improvements. Reviews were harsh only complimenting the slight increase in graphics and the shiny yellow textures added to everything. Reviewers and community felt damn near the same way outside of the few dedicated fanboys that still exist today.

Concurrent users started to drop quick as (core problems started to shine due to Uprising) FPS lag, latency, disconnects, hit detection issues for months the infamous blue shield hit markers, patch after patch of attempts at fixing the uprising disaster. Controls went from no aim assist, full on aim-assist to even anti-aim assist, players were getting stuck like maps were made out of fly paper. More players left not to mention the insult to injury that was the lag fest that planetary conquest soon became and also the tipping point for a lot of veteran players to jump ship. Don't forget as well CCP as a company calling Dust dead in the water because of the PS3 system announcing Legion at Fanfest then having very little transparency on the life of either title..

The reason I give a small, possibly misinterpreted history lesson is because some of the core problems eventually got repaired the ones that didn't people just got used to and accepted and still exist to this day. So for people to say the game is improving are really missing the core reason people left in the first place. We didn't go from 5k concurrent down to barely 3k because of no cash grab lock boxes and lacking ewar meta... We dropped and continue to drop because the core aspect of Dust is under performing competition out there and has since Uprising IMO..

TLDR: People aren't going to give Dust CCP some love till they see progress on the issues that have plagued Dust from the start or scrap the entire thing and give us the game we all love on a next Gen system were it's capable to run at its peak and be the game we all know it was meant to be. Not this triple booster roll of the dice drop system for hard earned cash..

People just like to ***** and complain.

It's a symptom of anonymity and prevalent everywhere on the Internet.

I'd tell them in real life "CCP fix your latency", but alas i'll have to use the scientific method.

observe-look at end of game results and compare to originator region.(IBERICA racing was used as my lab RATbasturd)
duplicate-log onto ASIA and Europe with the following result....blew my life time averages away.

so with the help of the scientific method have proven beyond all doubt that CCP has a latency problem.

Show me a multi-player FPS that doesn't have some issues with latency....

The UT engine simply reverses the advantage that other engines have (for instance in BF where low ping wins).

None are immune because asymetrical latency (and packet loss) between client and server is for all intents and purposes impossible to solve for in netcode -- and that's the challenge.

Show me a multi-player FPS that doesn't have some issues with latency....

The UT engine simply reverses the advantage that other engines have (for instance in BF where low ping wins).

None are immune because asymetrical latency (and packet loss) between client and server is for all intents and purposes impossible to solve for in netcode -- and that's the challenge.

Behold, my fellow Mercenaries: a hater that keeps hating.

That's a sentence simply used by people who don't want to see facts or take into consideration of anything. Basically an excuse to be irresponsible for actions, or oblivious.

CCP shot themselves in the foot by alienating the console players. PC laughed at our demise because many of them think they are superior.

Hello, all.
I'm usually not on much anymore, but i think that ccp is doing a great job on dust.

Rattati has created a development roadmap that is feasible, and gives us players a reason to stick around. As far s i have seen, CCP rattati has not backed out of anything he has said on the forums thus far, so that gives this merc more than a glimpse of hope for the future of dust. As far as the feature go, ccp is most certainly listening to players' demands and executing them with precision.

So i ask. Why does ccp (dust division) get all the hate it does?

rattati has got his sh!t straight.
Features are being added at a breakneck rate.
Everything is being balanced to achieve greatness.

And on top of that, players are leaving.

I just don't understand.

Hello, all.
I'm usually not on much anymore, but i think that ccp is doing a great job on dust.

Rattati has created a development roadmap that is feasible, and gives us players a reason to stick around. As far s i have seen, CCP rattati has not backed out of anything he has said on the forums thus far, so that gives this merc more than a glimpse of hope for the future of dust. As far as the feature go, ccp is most certainly listening to players' demands and executing them with precision.

So i ask. Why does ccp (dust division) get all the hate it does?

rattati has got his sh!t straight.
Features are being added at a breakneck rate.
Everything is being balanced to achieve greatness.

And on top of that, players are leaving.

I just don't understand.

I'd tell them in real life "CCP fix your latency", but alas i'll have to use the scientific method.

observe-look at end of game results and compare to originator region.(IBERICA racing was used as my lab RATbasturd)
duplicate-log onto ASIA and Europe with the following result....blew my life time averages away.

so with the help of the scientific method have proven beyond all doubt that CCP has a latency problem.

I think CCP is demonstrating new commitment to console players via new patches and a roadmap for a new release in the near future.