hit detection (and bullet physics)
maps (not just size but balanced layout)
spawn mechanics (vastly superior spawning systems)
player numbers (size of fights AND player pools)
jets! becuase you cant argue against it.

There are tons of tactics at larger scale rather then smaller squad Counter-strike scale..

But then you add in the tank game, the air game, the transport and spawning vehicle tactics.. The constant evolving battlefield..


Tactics from a group of 50 people become game changers.. For thousands of players at once.

Uhm...player to player trading is unique to DUST, if I'm not mistake, which I may be. Also the fact that DUST (a PS3 game) is on the same server (literally the same server. Those 28 thousand people online sure as hell arent DUST 514 players) as a very popular (and profitable) MMO, and that the two games can interact (holy sh*t) is unique to DUST. The ability for DUST mercs to influence (from a PS3) the sovereignties in star systems in EVE Online (a PC game) is unique. And I'm almost 100% confident that Planetary Conquest is unique. The CPM is unique for f*ck's sake.

Lol, man. If you think that this buggy, sh*tty, free-to-play, FPS, MMO has nothing unique about it, then why in the f*ck are you still here? If you cannot look at the wonderful things (and the sh*tty things) that this diamond in the rough has to offer, then you sir need to get some glasses and look again. People give this game a lot of sh*t, but it does a lot of unique things for the kind of game it is.

1. If you think that p2p trading is unique to DUST, than you clearly have no idea of what you're talking about. P2P trading has existed for well over a decade.

2. Sharing the "same server" (I put this in quotations b/c the battle servers (where the actual game is played) aren't the same as the ones used for EVE) may be unique, but it's meaningless as the games have no effect on each other beyond a free Orbital Strike every few minutes.

3. Despite what the trailer led you to believe, DUST 514 players have literally no effect on sov or anything of actual consequence in EVE Online.

4. A group of people who sit down and have discussions with the developers on how to improve the game is not unique at all, and could easily be reproduced with a Feedback Forum.

That is because you are nothing more than a shameless mouthpiece for CCP, and an ardent flag waiver who hasn't said anything of value to this community since you first started pandering for a spot on the first CPM.

If another company made an EvE/Dust analog, but better, and fully connected, you would shrug it off as not being authentic to New Eden, and tell people to invest more money into dust because...... reasons?

Always nice to see you haven't changed IWS.

The way I see Planetside 2 vs Dust 514 is basically like this:

Planetside 2 is designed to be very new user friendly and kind of like a carebear game (A game in which the creators try to hold the hands of new people to make them nearly as good as the veteran player)

Dust 514 is designed to be much more hardcore in the sense that newer players are at a disadvantage when coming in. This can create issues for the newer players but it's how I personally prefer a game to be. Now with this being said even MLT gear in the right hands can be deadly...

Just my thoughts o7

well the tooltips spell it out so reading things helps

one reduces projectile damage

one reduses explosive damage

its not very difficult

the rest do things like faster shield regen, sprint speed, and other radom effects, again reading the tooltips answers all this.

stop making up random reasons to be displeassed, i dont believe for a second that you diddnt even bother to read the tooltips so whats your deal?

you chasing semantics, you argue like youve chosen a side and are stuggling to come up justifications for it. put away the crappy debate games becuase your ligitimatly bad at clocking your intentions.

Here is a logic bomb for you. Both games are underwhelming.

Most folks that have commented here, seem to have missed to point I tried to express.

It is not about which game is better for what ever reason, it is about where your online friends are. Gaming is incredibly boring running solo/lone wolfing. Gaming with buddies, shooting the **** and having FUN, was the point.

MERC'S, let the CPM voice there opinions, they do have some valid points.
CPM, let the Merc's have a say. They do have a right to express themselves, however invalid you feel there arguments may be. Besides they put you there.

Now, can we all just have a beer and perhaps a bacon sandwich ?