DUST Search - Hotfix Echo - a step too far towards Dust being 'twee'

CEOPyrex CloneA wrote:

Wow this fix made me even want to log into the forums to rage, that's quite an achievement but i have just concluded 10 or so rounds of play of the new patch and i am almost staggered by what CCP have done.

The TLDR version of this is that their core game was taken seriously by many of the renaming few who play still and this seriously 'gun game' element was competitive and aggressive and therefore good.

This patch has made the game step far too close to comparison with the free to play games of Steam which are all pretty much terrible and really horrid cash grabs with game play not lost on those who remember Quake team arena but lacking the quality.

Dust 514 now feels like an aged and 'corny' ironic shooter that sits in the gutter looking up in awe at huge piles of excrement like Destiny and try to cherry pick the odd feature here and there to glue to its frame so that it also will be considered a cool kid.

The Warbarge - a shocking cash grab based on seeing Clash of Clans create 'bases' that the user upgrades and lusts over, soon i expect we will be able to minigame our warbarges in a 2D side scrolling shooter

The Jump Stuff - Are we to believe that mercs in the future wouldn't have anti grav? so why give us a terrible jump mechanic? is it perhaps because you cant change the code of the game to fix roof top campers?

The Tank Changes - First the proto tanks were in, they were removed, now back in - its like an armed hokey - cokey - the changes i am seeing reward further extreme and stupid mechanics over having a good solid rounded fight - its tank or gank.

I usually never post on this forum and am not even sure why i am - i guess i am just so frustrated at the endless queue of strange and unlinked changes that seem to be coming thick and fast from CCP now - if this is linked to a grand vision then i cannot see it - all i see is a rather poorly understood game trying to mirror and copy elements of other genres without any understanding of the holistic view of the product.

I am now at the point where i just want CCP to stop working on it, just stop before we get assassins creed eagle vision or a hide mechanic from Alien Isolation and lets not forget - DUST 514 - HEISTS COMING SOON...... jeez


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Topher Mellen Scott-Mellen Corporation 144	Posted - 2015.03.13 16:44:00 - [1] - Quote CEOPyrex CloneA wrote: Wow this fix made me even want to log into the forums to rage, that's quite an achievement but i have just concluded 10 or so rounds of play of the new patch and i am almost staggered by what CCP have done. The TLDR version of this is that their core game was taken seriously by many of the renaming few who play still and this seriously 'gun game' element was competitive and aggressive and therefore good. This patch has made the game step far too close to comparison with the free to play games of Steam which are all pretty much terrible and really horrid cash grabs with game play not lost on those who remember Quake team arena but lacking the quality. Dust 514 now feels like an aged and 'corny' ironic shooter that sits in the gutter looking up in awe at huge piles of excrement like Destiny and try to cherry pick the odd feature here and there to glue to its frame so that it also will be considered a cool kid. The Warbarge - a shocking cash grab based on seeing Clash of Clans create 'bases' that the user upgrades and lusts over, soon i expect we will be able to minigame our warbarges in a 2D side scrolling shooter The Jump Stuff - Are we to believe that mercs in the future wouldn't have anti grav? so why give us a terrible jump mechanic? is it perhaps because you cant change the code of the game to fix roof top campers? The Tank Changes - First the proto tanks were in, they were removed, now back in - its like an armed hokey - cokey - the changes i am seeing reward further extreme and stupid mechanics over having a good solid rounded fight - its tank or gank. I usually never post on this forum and am not even sure why i am - i guess i am just so frustrated at the endless queue of strange and unlinked changes that seem to be coming thick and fast from CCP now - if this is linked to a grand vision then i cannot see it - all i see is a rather poorly understood game trying to mirror and copy elements of other genres without any understanding of the holistic view of the product. I am now at the point where i just want CCP to stop working on it, just stop before we get assassins creed eagle vision or a hide mechanic from Alien Isolation and lets not forget - DUST 514 - HEISTS COMING SOON...... jeez I just lost so much respect for you. Like seriously. This game is better than it has ever been.