First off, thank you IWS for being honest with the community.

My humble opinion about this is; Much ado about nothing. Taking the mumbo jumbo out of the post and it says "we are all playing an inferior version of a good game because of ...."

Now the Rat needs to finish the sentence. Or he can just ignore it. Does not matter because all along we all knew it. We have swallowed the blue pill.

P.S. IWS; what is your motivation to release all this info. Did you and Rattati had a falloff? I kinda like soap operas.

This game was not targeted towards them..otherwise, it would have been on PC from the START

You tell us that basically nothing substantial can be added, I agree with you, and that makes me unfair

Ok

i interpreted you post as stating that theres no reason to play the game and that there's no reason for new players to try the game out. i found it offensive, yes.

I am going to assume that you are correct. It does make some sense to me. The notion that something like Last of Us was able to happen with it's graphics and textures compared to DUST always confused me. But if it is a matter of "you can only load so much at a time", I can see why we are here. I have to wonder if the game could have been set up to not have to load every damn bit of information, though.

So here is the question: why hasn't CCP made public plans to move DUST on? Whether or not those plans are in motion, why hasn't CCP said "we want to progress DUST to a different platform given the technical limitations." CCP wants to blame the PS3 for a lot of things that have and have not happened yet they continue to use the same system for their game.

If CCP is lying and using the PS3 as a scapegoat, then they are causing damage to themselves because the logical question is "Well, if it is hindering you, move to something that doesn't!" Like a guy telling his girlfriend "I would totally marry you if I had the money" but continues to burn his money in an oil drum, it looks untrustworthy.

If CCP isn't lying, they are causing damage because they are hindering themselves. If the ball and chain is too much, why not ditch the ball and chain? Looks lazy and unconcerned.

I know Legion was a misstep but would anyone be that worried if Rouge announced it like "We are transferring everything. It may take a little while but every step you have made will not be wiped away!", the hubbub would have been next to nothing. All the Legion posts are about fear; that it is a different product, that we were asked "buy boosters, aurum, APEX suits" and we will be asked "do it again!", that all our effort and care in this game was misplaced.

I just confuses. If we really are at the limit, we have to break the limiter. Or does CCP not want the investment?

i interpreted you post as stating that theres no reason to play the game and that there's no reason for new players to try the game out. i found it offensive, yes.

That is your conclusion if you choose to live with it. I am in no position to correct you either at this time so it's a very unfair position to assert here to which results in nothing positively worked on. I rather continue productive conversations.

Either way the practices dust are using now is a practice all games go through; save one star citizen.

Generally between features, quality, performance vs hardware, budget, and time.

Dust 514 is in a very aware state they too need to be doing this now; unlike the past development teams efforts which had over-focus on features; didn't mind the budget and scoffed at time; at the cost of performance; quality and enjoyable features.

CCP Rattati and to an greater extent CCP Rouge with continued positive support in steering this ship around; may look like a shanty boat now but who knows what it may be in the coming months.

Things are not perfect; they will never will be; changes will however will be constant and continue as we allow for it.

Shortest possible effing answer?

Money

Slightly longer?

It is not so much the amount but rather how best to 'invest' it. CCP is after all a business they don't willing spend money chasing dreams they make chasing dreams a livelyhood instead.

GÇ£It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so ******* what."

~ Stephen Fry

People we hit the limits of the ps3. We hit it long time ago.

Your such a ******* coward IWS.

Go work somewhere where insurance refuses you on the job alone because it has been consistently rated in the top 10 most dangerous places to work.

Or maybe the reason why I don't break NDA is because people like yourself are so prone to butt hurt becuase plans change from day to day and telling them things even in a day of advance is potential for alot of butthurt.

your'e sounding a bit butthurt now, just sayin'


what line of work are you talking about , not many that insurance completely refuses that I know of..you just get stuck with some high ass costs. Are you James Bond?

Spending money on a game that will never be released (Legion) versus a game that is already released and making money (Dust).

Whether they are getting paid from the Dust budget or the R&D budget, those employees are costing CCP money. Dust is the only thing making a return on that ongoing investment. If Hilmar wants to keep them employed he needs to pull them off of that vaporware project to get to work on that port.

People in an existing console community want to play Dust as it was meant to be played on a stable system with a full feature set. Almost no one is actually hyped in the PC community for Legion. Market is over saturated and the game simply doesn't stand out enough to gain any traction in the short period of time they need it to.

CCP did say this... last years fanfest and everyone went crazy and started quitting the game.

Let me refine this answer.

It cannot be copy pasted over.

Not arguing your expertise but just to check what in your perception is the impact performance of the moods?

hack how meany times have you loged in( the reader) to a battle and watching the ground load as you where walking on it (you know when its 5 ft off the ground or looks like a box be for turning into a rood)

To everyone wanting a PS4 'port' of Dust, why are you so limited in your expectations that you would be happy with a simple port?

I want Legion for PS4 not Dust 514. I want CCP to learn from their mistakes and give us a better game, a fresh start. I want a more expansive, more feature rich, better balanced experience than Dust 514 in it's current form can offer.

I would even advocate everyone starting again with 500,000SP like a new character (your loyalty rank from Dust 514 could give you benefits maybe).

Like I said a PS4 version needs to be a fresh start, a better game completely rebuilt from the ground up. I'd rather see Dust 514 stay on the PS3 than be simply 'ported over to PS4'.

toxic is just bad...

BUT! by lowering player visibility, that gives leeway for optimization.

And, are you able to share how somethings work? Especially with things being modified at runtime, etc.

Or im asking the wrong person?

Mood impact has been found to be minimal.

Come to think of it, this is great experience for the Dust devs.

Trying to design a game in the tiny little box they've forced themselves into will make them really good at trimming fat and being efficient, which will hopefully lead to whatever next platform they choose having shitloads of cool stuff thanks to that experience.

Bad as in blind :( flying a DS in that mood is crazy.

Nvm my question, it doesnt matter anymore (not sarcasm)