DUST Search - Why do you still play?

Joseph Ridgeson wrote:

Please understand that I mean this entirely as an honest question rather than a "stop playing this game!" as I am curious. It is the same thing I like the ask in other games that keep an audience for a longer while.

DUST is not a great game. The reason a lot of us played it, at least from what I have heard in coms and read on the forums, is because the potential the game could show. An MMO on the PC and a console on the PS3 that share the same universe and get benefit for each other; pretty interesting. That lofty goal has not been hit yet so we are left with a game that is decent but not great. It has done things quite interesting like dropsuit fittings allowing you to (in theory) create completely different roles for your character but some of the technical issues in the game are pretty apparent like frame rate issues, texture pop in, lag, and server stability. The issues have gotten better from the start but they are still there and possibly wouldn't be there in a different game.

What keeps you coming back to the game, logging on and shooting the guys that are red? DUST is such a small community so I was wondering what brought each of us back to the game or to the forums every time we turned the console off?

Cheers.

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Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Capital Punishment. 3029	Posted - 2015.01.04 21:46:00 - [1] - Quote Please understand that I mean this entirely as an honest question rather than a "stop playing this game!" as I am curious. It is the same thing I like the ask in other games that keep an audience for a longer while. DUST is not a great game. The reason a lot of us played it, at least from what I have heard in coms and read on the forums, is because the potential the game could show. An MMO on the PC and a console on the PS3 that share the same universe and get benefit for each other; pretty interesting. That lofty goal has not been hit yet so we are left with a game that is decent but not great. It has done things quite interesting like dropsuit fittings allowing you to (in theory) create completely different roles for your character but some of the technical issues in the game are pretty apparent like frame rate issues, texture pop in, lag, and server stability. The issues have gotten better from the start but they are still there and possibly wouldn't be there in a different game. What keeps you coming back to the game, logging on and shooting the guys that are red? DUST is such a small community so I was wondering what brought each of us back to the game or to the forums every time we turned the console off? Cheers. "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
Gavr1lo Pr1nc1p Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 3362	Posted - 2015.01.04 21:49:00 - [2] - Quote Its those great, great games, where its really close, and both sides have squads working together to try to win. You have all your friends on coms, and your tearing the enemy up, and dying a lot too, but it doesn't matter. The lag is non-existent, and everyone is in good gear. In the end, it comes down to the wire, and a hotshot play by one or the other side makes the difference, and at the end of the match you and your buddies breathe a sigh of relief when you hear the "Victory" message, and are pumped that you won. Thats why I keep playing. "Minja" and "Masochist" are synonyms. FA's Shotgunning T-Dome Champ I piss Remote Explosives and shit Shotgun shells.
PLAYSTTION Corrosive Synergy 426	Posted - 2015.01.04 21:50:00 - [3] - Quote 1. Its addictive like any other game that requires time and work to upgrade and get better and new stuff. 2. I want to play and get new better guns and suits and occasionally have a fun game. 3. the hope that dust will get better. 4. Dust is just...Dust. I like it better than any other shooter and don't know why. Gassault Calogi - Ranked #763 on the forums `- Open Beta Vet - 33mil sp - - GFC, GJR Approved -`
pumping up Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.01.04 21:53:00 - [4] - Quote Just started properly playing it actually. Also there's hope to getting a headstart for project legion ;D
Nirwanda Vaughns 1174	Posted - 2015.01.04 21:55:00 - [5] - Quote Social aspect really. met a lot of great players on here over the past 2n half years and enjoy coming online just to chat to them and run a few games while drinkign some cold beers. really is the only reaosn i login these days Never argue with an idiot. they bring you down to their level and beat you through experience proud C-II bpo owner
TEBOW BAGGINS GREATNESS ACHIEVED THRU TROLLING 1504	Posted - 2015.01.04 21:56:00 - [6] - Quote last night i made a public squad called Naked Woman (pic) and it was the most entertaining squad i've ever had.. we generally did pretty bad but we laughed the entire 4 hours.. no one was srs at all about the match at all = my holy grail of a squad. someone came in and started raging at us about some droplinks none of us had fitted. we would get someone new asking us about the naked woman.. we had a guy claiming to be a girl and giving out fake facebook page.. some were kinda buying into him being a grrl.. all and all it was 4 hours of hilarity. i went to bed still laughing as i dozed off listening to the nonsensical mic chatter. it's squads like this i come back to dust for.. but OMFG WAR THUNDER ON THE PS4 IS FREAKIN FUN!!! AKA Zirzo Valcyn AFKing since 2012
Leadfoot10 Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 2829	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:05:00 - [7] - Quote I think Dust is a great game that can get even better. I still play Dust because I have fun playing it.
Starlight Burner ROGUE RELICS VP Gaming Alliance 64	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:06:00 - [8] - Quote I don't 'play' the game anymore. I just log in to chat and play with friends. If my friends aren't on, then I log off or sit idle and don't play till they log on. Besides that, I have no reason to continue playing. If Keynote 2014 didn't happen, I wouldn't be a bitter vet today. Thank god for CCP Rattati!! Rogue Relics is my home away from home.
Texas Killionaire Capital Acquisitions LLC Bad Intention 445	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:26:00 - [9] - Quote The community and the gameplay. The try-hards and the lul-tards. lolPC and lolpubs. Forum warriors. Roman, Espeon, Poncho and Mike. The whole of CAP. EVE. Drama. I love all these things. Good job Dust. (AndMuthaFukinNickMunson!!!) 707 "The Mister Rogers of Dust" - nickmunson FOR THE STATE
Greasepalms Ahrendee Mercenaries 716	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:28:00 - [10] - Quote Leadfoot10 wrote: I think Dust is a great game that can get even better. I still play Dust because I have fun playing it.

Yokal Bob Murphys-Law General Tso's Alliance 591	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:35:00 - [11] - Quote Joseph Ridgeson wrote: Please understand that I mean this entirely as an honest question rather than a "stop playing this game!" as I am curious. It is the same thing I like the ask in other games that keep an audience for a longer while. DUST is not a great game. The reason a lot of us played it, at least from what I have heard in coms and read on the forums, is because the potential the game could show. An MMO on the PC and a console on the PS3 that share the same universe and get benefit for each other; pretty interesting. That lofty goal has not been hit yet so we are left with a game that is decent but not great. It has done things quite interesting like dropsuit fittings allowing you to (in theory) create completely different roles for your character but some of the technical issues in the game are pretty apparent like frame rate issues, texture pop in, lag, and server stability. The issues have gotten better from the start but they are still there and possibly wouldn't be there in a different game. What keeps you coming back to the game, logging on and shooting the guys that are red? DUST is such a small community so I was wondering what brought each of us back to the game or to the forums every time we turned the console off? Cheers. honestly i have no idea... maybe CCP drugged us in our sleep If its not anime, its not real
MEDICO RITARDATO Dead Man's Game RUST415 399	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:51:00 - [12] - Quote Gavr1lo Pr1nc1p wrote: The lag is non-existent Ahahahah dies The pen is on the table. TheD1CK is a scrub.
WARxion ForDUST G0DS AM0NG MEN General Tso's Alliance 260	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:52:00 - [13] - Quote I love the EVE universe Best customization in an FPS Challenging with great variety Daily Missions Yes, I'm that desperate...
Foley Jones Huogikku Corporation Heiian Conglomerate 826	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:52:00 - [14] - Quote Well 2 reasons 1. Its just a ok shooter overall..a shooter i can get behind and enjoy 2. Because i play eve and the same time and give myself orbital bombardments >_> EVE online trial
Yokal Bob Murphys-Law General Tso's Alliance 594	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:54:00 - [15] - Quote Leadfoot10 wrote: I think Dust is a great game that can get even better. I still play Dust because I have fun playing it. do you honestly still believe that? CCP is waiting for dust to die so they can cancel it too. iv put too much faith in ccp and everytime they take it away If its not anime, its not real
Henrietta Unknown Kaalmayoti Warzone Control 725	Posted - 2015.01.04 22:59:00 - [16] - Quote I can't. My DS3 finally sputtered and died halfway. Can't sprint without opening up the map or vehicle deployment. It'll take me a month to replace it. Please buff my Magsex. It doesn't hit hard enough...
SteelheadPep SAM-MIK General Tso's Alliance 172	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:00:00 - [17] - Quote As was stated above, a lighthearted sqaud with mics is enjoyable. Teamwork and close matches make it fun but interacting with a bunch of clowns puts the game in perspective.I feel this game loses something if the sqaud doesn't use mics or is filled with people taking it to serious.This clown looks forward to sqauding up with the rest of the circus .
WARxion ForDUST G0DS AM0NG MEN General Tso's Alliance 261	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:00:00 - [18] - Quote Yokal Bob wrote: Leadfoot10 wrote: I think Dust is a great game that can get even better. I still play Dust because I have fun playing it. do you honestly still believe that? CCP is waiting for dust to die so they can cancel it too. iv put too much faith in ccp and everytime they take it away The last 2 months showed that it's worth to believe. 1.9 and 1.10 were great. The 2015 roadmap looks good. BELIEVE THE HYPE. Yes, I'm that desperate...
sir RAVEN WING Kaalmayoti Warzone Control 2342	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:06:00 - [19] - Quote Well I have several reasons. - Love of New Eden. (Hence why I hate the fact that the DUST 514 IGS is almost dead.) - Loyalty to the State. - Social Aspect. - Hope for a better game. - It's fun. -Good FPS. (23% of the time.) - Quafe. - The fact that I can make a name for myself. - I get to scam people without being banned. - I have no idea. Kill Death Ratio is an invalid metric and thus should not be used to determine skill. Stabby Stabber.
Golden Day Holdfast Syndicate Amarr Empire 458	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:08:00 - [20] - Quote The hope of this game becoming better PLUS a bonuse to transfer my char in Legion Shields mmmmm.....

1913 DfLo ScReWeD uP InC Learning Alliance 148	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:15:00 - [21] - Quote Because it's Awesome *Are You ScReWeD uP?* *Recruit BPO's*
Kaze Eyrou Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 1498	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:30:00 - [22] - Quote 1) Because it's still fun for me. 2) Because I have a bunch of squadmates and corpmates that I have connected with which makes for great conversation and relaxation. CB Vet // True Logi Bro // @KazeEyrou Learning Coalition and RTG Mentor
Joel II X Bacon with a bottle of Quafe 5339	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:39:00 - [23] - Quote SP It's the only shooter that isn't dead that I own. I would still be playing Killzone 3 Operations game mode if people actually played like back in the day. Or Resistance. R.I.P. Multiplayer Servers
killian178 Random Gunz RISE of LEGION 68	Posted - 2015.01.04 23:40:00 - [24] - Quote TEBOW BAGGINS wrote: last night i made a public squad called Naked Woman (pic) and it was the most entertaining squad i've ever had.. we generally did pretty bad but we laughed the entire 4 hours.. no one was srs at all about the match at all = my holy grail of a squad. someone came in and started raging at us about some droplinks none of us had fitted. we would get someone new asking us about the naked woman.. we had a guy claiming to be a girl and giving out fake facebook page.. some were kinda buying into him being a grrl.. all and all it was 4 hours of hilarity. i went to bed still laughing as i dozed off listening to the nonsensical mic chatter. it's squads like this i come back to dust for.. but OMFG WAR THUNDER ON THE PS4 IS FREAKIN FUN!!! i had an awesome random grims gunner spawn in named ama who got a bunch of hatemail one match.. i got a few 1rst places with 0/0 kills.. dust got more addictive now that i have a chance of making the scoreboard, sry BW haters.. the forums are somewhat unique, the the trolls are of a higher degree than your normal FPS rager Ama =good guy Every commando k.o, every weapon at adv or above. Don't give a damn bout my kdr, I will kill you.
danthrax martin Immortal Guides Learning Alliance 262	Posted - 2015.01.05 00:16:00 - [25] - Quote 1. Blowing the hell out of vehicles. 2. Trying to see how many times I can kill nickmunson in a match. (His missile tanks burn the prettiest.) 3. My squadmates. Pro Gal 'mando, Assault, Scout, Pro Sentinel ak.0 Suicidal A/V Moron General pain in the @ss
Seigfried Warheit Caught Me With My Pants Down 410	Posted - 2015.01.05 00:20:00 - [26] - Quote I still play cause of TBD. ....Ill probably stop playing when TBD dies in dust ...or dust dies... or my PS3 dies ...or my router dies ...watever comes first. TBD Roster: Stupid Fish, easymode knifer, tryhard fahg, scrubbery scrub, +90+90+90, mlt cannon, OP logi
axINVICTUSxa Namtar Elite Gallente Federation 189	Posted - 2015.01.05 01:22:00 - [27] - Quote Joseph Ridgeson wrote: Please understand that I mean this entirely as an honest question rather than a "stop playing this game!" as I am curious. It is the same thing I like the ask in other games that keep an audience for a longer while. DUST is not a great game. The reason a lot of us played it, at least from what I have heard in coms and read on the forums, is because the potential the game could show. An MMO on the PC and a console on the PS3 that share the same universe and get benefit for each other; pretty interesting. That lofty goal has not been hit yet so we are left with a game that is decent but not great. It has done things quite interesting like dropsuit fittings allowing you to (in theory) create completely different roles for your character but some of the technical issues in the game are pretty apparent like frame rate issues, texture pop in, lag, and server stability. The issues have gotten better from the start but they are still there and possibly wouldn't be there in a different game. What keeps you coming back to the game, logging on and shooting the guys that are red? DUST is such a small community so I was wondering what brought each of us back to the game or to the forums every time we turned the console off? Cheers. Very simple, bunch of dumb butts out there, and trolling dumb butts is fun, especially when you in heavy (commando) suit with big butt, yes? Wherever the Wind (Aero) might take me, may it ever be True, for the way of the Commando is noble and right.
Bradric Banewolf D3ATH CARD RUST415 656	Posted - 2015.01.05 01:59:00 - [28] - Quote Made way too much progress to stop I suppose. Yes the potential for the game to be better is a big part of it. The depth of the modifications and fittings. Social aspect definitely. I try to stay out of bs, but it drags you in when it gets the the opportunity. Trolls will be trolls. Love/hate relationship I suppose. I will stop playing sooner than later for reasons of my own, but I hope many more gamers get a chance to play dust before the doors close. It's a different experience from the norm. "Anybody order chaos?"
bathtubist Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 0	Posted - 2015.01.05 03:08:00 - [29] - Quote I do it for the drive of rage


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