DUST Search - What matchmaking has done to this game...

Vell0cet wrote:

Cross Atu wrote:

Joel II X wrote:

I had a friend try this game out some time ago, back when not even mu was a thing. He liked it and said it was a fairly decent shooter with fun guns. He especially liked the Ion Pistol (FREEDOOOOOOM). However, he couldn't play more than three matches after Academy because of the ROFLSTOMP.

I asked him to try it again recently what with the new matchmaking and all that, and he said "holy ****! The matches are actually balanced! This game isn't bad anymore"

I shed a tier.. Mind you, he still hasn't unlocked anything, so he has the original 4 stater fits only. I told him to only worry about cores first.

EDIT: Yay! Player retention!

Nice, good to hear about even more cases of this. And thumbs up on the core skills, I'd love to see that advice make its way into the game client so more new bros could benefit from it.

Cross, is there any chance you could poke CCP to see if the new Matchmaking has improved new player retention? It may still be too early to draw firm conclusions, and I'm sure they'd want to express the differences in the form of % change instead of hard numbers (for business reasons), but this would be really great to know. Maybe a blog or forum post.


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Cross Atu OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 4493	Posted - 2015.04.23 17:27:00 - [1] - Quote Joel II X wrote: I had a friend try this game out some time ago, back when not even mu was a thing. He liked it and said it was a fairly decent shooter with fun guns. He especially liked the Ion Pistol (FREEDOOOOOOM). However, he couldn't play more than three matches after Academy because of the ROFLSTOMP. I asked him to try it again recently what with the new matchmaking and all that, and he said "holy ****! The matches are actually balanced! This game isn't bad anymore" I shed a tier.. Mind you, he still hasn't unlocked anything, so he has the original 4 stater fits only. I told him to only worry about cores first. EDIT: Yay! Player retention! Nice, good to hear about even more cases of this. And thumbs up on the core skills, I'd love to see that advice make its way into the game client so more new bros could benefit from it. CPM 1 mail me your feedback and remember to have fun!
Cross Atu OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 4512	Posted - 2015.04.24 02:00:00 - [2] - Quote Vell0cet wrote: Cross Atu wrote: Joel II X wrote: I had a friend try this game out some time ago, back when not even mu was a thing. He liked it and said it was a fairly decent shooter with fun guns. He especially liked the Ion Pistol (FREEDOOOOOOM). However, he couldn't play more than three matches after Academy because of the ROFLSTOMP. I asked him to try it again recently what with the new matchmaking and all that, and he said "holy ****! The matches are actually balanced! This game isn't bad anymore" I shed a tier.. Mind you, he still hasn't unlocked anything, so he has the original 4 stater fits only. I told him to only worry about cores first. EDIT: Yay! Player retention! Nice, good to hear about even more cases of this. And thumbs up on the core skills, I'd love to see that advice make its way into the game client so more new bros could benefit from it. Cross, is there any chance you could poke CCP to see if the new Matchmaking has improved new player retention? It may still be too early to draw firm conclusions, and I'm sure they'd want to express the differences in the form of % change instead of hard numbers (for business reasons), but this would be really great to know. Maybe a blog or forum post. That does seem like a solid blog topic. I can bring it up o7 CPM 1 mail me your feedback and remember to have fun!