We are beta testing for Legion imo...

Dude don't lie. You still have hope and that's what they are banking on. Cause honestly to many, this game died a long time ago.

Don't even bother hoping Dust 514 will last longer than 5-years. In an effort to show CCP how much we wanted this franchise to survive we apparently shot ourselves in the foot. We stabilized the player-base with 2,400 or so active players at any given time (meaning we're no longer hemmoraging players apparently) and not only that... We made it a profitable endeavor for CCP.

Which, both hilariously and ironically, may have sealed the fate of Project Legion as being in Development Hell as they're now back to focusing on Dust 514.

So - paraphrasing here (and of course just speculation) - we basically showed them that we were so loyal and dedicated to this franchise that they're now no-longer working on any long-term survivability and are just focusing on keeping Dust 514 as their cash cow, keeping our interests by fixing it. We are at this point, for lack of a better word, just job security. At least, that's the only conclusion I can personally bring up at this point since they apparently have nothing else to say on the matter.

We've a shelf life now. An expiration date.

Nah, I'm done. For real this time. I might still play but I'm definitely not investing any more money so they can try to wrap their heads around what they want to do. No sense in wasting my time and effort into it if it's going no where. Fun benefit of being terrified of commitment is that you can't honestly expect anyone else to commit to it either and that being said, why should I commit any more time and effort to a company that doesn't know what they want?

If we are their job security wouldn't CCP want to push for the long-term survivability of this game? If they end this game they are losing the opportunity to have myself and others pay their rent or mortgage.

I'll give a quick parallel here: PoS revamp.

EVE players have been complaining about it for years. All that time being told "It's legacy code" and "we are working on it"

That's it. No updates as to what they did, no little insights to the new system. Nothing.

Come this year at Fanfest, they show off dozens of new goodies, a completely redesigned system, and come Saturday will be unveiling the finer details of their whole plan.

Before they were ready they gave EVE players NOTHING to hope for in regards to that feature coming around. Just words of "we're working on it but we won't show you anything"

Second Example: New SoV system.

Again same thing, just words that they were "working on it" and "it will be done when we are happy with it" but other than that no changes until they were ready to release phase one. Then again, nothing news wise on that front. Then again, bam, one dev blog later they open the flood gates on their system when they are confident in it.


TLDR:
CCP of today doesn't tell you crap unless they are ready with the product. Until they you might get confirmation that they are working on it, but they seem committed to no empty promises. However that commitment means they also won't share any features they are working on unless they are actually ready for release in the coming weeks / months.

OMG dude are you zombie bro? You are perfectly fine with spending your cash on this game? This is why the devs won't change. The player base is full of the gullible

The salt is real in this thread.

I think you guys need to all relax and stop putting all your eggs in one basket.

Shocking, people spend money for things they like?

Don't even bother hoping Dust 514 will last longer than 5-years. In an effort to show CCP how much we wanted this franchise to survive we apparently shot ourselves in the foot. We stabilized the player-base with 2,400 or so active players at any given time (meaning we're no longer hemmoraging players apparently) and not only that... We made it a profitable endeavor for CCP.

Which, both hilariously and ironically, may have sealed the fate of Project Legion as being in Development Hell as they're now back to focusing on Dust 514.

So - paraphrasing here (and of course just speculation) - we basically showed them that we were so loyal and dedicated to this franchise that they're now no-longer working on any long-term survivability and are just focusing on keeping Dust 514 as their cash cow, keeping our interests by fixing it. We are at this point, for lack of a better word, just job security. At least, that's the only conclusion I can personally bring up at this point since they apparently have nothing else to say on the matter.

We've a shelf life now. An expiration date.

Good lord this is melodramatic.

Is Dust fun for you to play? If so, keep playing, enjoy it for what it is. If not, don't play.

If you have to hand some grand vision of what the future might hold in order to enjoy day to day gameplay, stop playing.
This isn't like your mom telling you to eat your broccoli so you can get dessert.
If you don't like what you're consuming right now, don't play.
If the game isn't fun for you right now, don't play.


Also, we're CCP job security? So what you're saying is that....if a product appeals to consumers enough that they spend money on it....and people then spend money, thus making the product profitable, which then encourages the company to keep having people work on said product.....in order to make more money.... which assures those people will be able to keep working....to make money.............Wait a second, that's how EVERY COMPANY EVER WORKS.

Good lord this is melodramatic.

Is Dust fun for you to play? If so, keep playing, enjoy it for what it is. If not, don't play.

If you have to hand some grand vision of what the future might hold in order to enjoy day to day gameplay, stop playing.
This isn't like your mom telling you to eat your broccoli so you can get dessert.
If you don't like what you're consuming right now, don't play.
If the game isn't fun for you right now, don't play.


Also, we're CCP job security? So what you're saying is that....if a product appeals to consumers enough that they spend money on it....and people then spend money, thus making the product profitable, which then encourages the company to keep having people work on said product.....in order to make more money.... which assures those people will be able to keep working....to make money.............Wait a second, that's how EVERY COMPANY EVER WORKS.

Oh, cool, so now Pokey is playing the Blind Faith card.

Please don't come at me with this "if it's not fun don't play" BS, Pokey, seriously. Some of us are in it for a little bit more than the casual experience, hate to break your heart. Some of us actually played this game for the longevity, the character progression, and the genuine sense of ownership and belonging in this fictional world that was created. I'm sorry if that slaughters your little isolated view of how games have to be played and I genuinely do apologize if you only play video games for a fifteen minute thrill but for the love of christ don't come in here acting like you're god's gift to gaming with why people should or should not play video games.

Seriously. My level of respect for you dropped like, a dozen levels just now.

Good lord this is melodramatic.

Is Dust fun for you to play? If so, keep playing, enjoy it for what it is. If not, don't play.

If you have to hand some grand vision of what the future might hold in order to enjoy day to day gameplay, stop playing.
This isn't like your mom telling you to eat your broccoli so you can get dessert.
If you don't like what you're consuming right now, don't play.
If the game isn't fun for you right now, don't play.


Also, we're CCP job security? So what you're saying is that....if a product appeals to consumers enough that they spend money on it....and people then spend money, thus making the product profitable, which then encourages the company to keep having people work on said product.....in order to make more money.... which assures those people will be able to keep working....to make money.............Wait a second, that's how EVERY COMPANY EVER WORKS.

Aeon, I've never seen you lose your cool in such a pedantic way, and imply a different persons personal feelings without even a hint of evidence at them.

Youve officially gone into bamm havoc insanity land.

May i suggest you log iut the forums, go get sihtcan hammered, and have a copious amount of sex, then return with a better state of mind.

And if not, then its time for you to leave the community as you plan on cutting back your gameplay regardless at this point.

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My sincerest apologies if this seems melodramatic - my bad for caring about the time, effort, and money that I invested into this little experiment and being concerned as to what all of it was worth. Allow me to sarcastically ask for your forgiveness for needing slightly more reassurance than "eh, maybe" toward something that has been about three years (that's 1/8th or about 12%) of my life. Even longer on Eve Online (started in 2006).

Do you think you can take a moment out of your time to acknowledge that a man is basically begging for your forgiveness that he was being melodramatic over something that's had a significant impact on their actual life and actually inspired some life decisions (going to school for game design)? Do you think you can do that or is that too melodramatic for you as well? Does that infringe on your concept of masculinity and what is or is not acceptable for a person to be concerned about what is, at this point, basically a lifestyle?

Or are is that pedantic as well? Am I not allowed to be frustrated over something that is entirely out of my control over something that I genuinely love simply because it's a video game and that's -too weird- for you..?

Yeah, I implied a person's personal feelings. Generally what happens when that person basically devalues what is cause of concern for another player. You can't just up and walk in, tell someone the political correct equivalent of "quit being a baby" and then expect them not to get a little twinged. But yanno, feel free to keep that up, I'm sure I'll make a big turn around any minute now and legitimately apologize.

EDIT: And please, -PLEASE- say something about how I need to re-evaluate my life for putting such a high priority on a video game. That'll -definitely- make me turn around and suddenly go all rational and apologetic/sympathetic toward what you're trying to say.

Not trying to slight how you feel, or what you think, as I know that all things impact us all differently. What I will say as you seem to be a bit younger than I am is...put full stock into things in your life but always with the knowledge that they will end. Attachment is a control issue, and eventually you just have to let things go. Everything will end, and knowing that is what allows you to really enjoy things.