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Wishtafas Ragnarsson Y.A.M.A.H 205	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:25:00 - [1] - Quote Hello Dust community. I am a 1.5 year vet who has been the CEO of the same corporation for my entire career. I have run with the same group of friends the entire time, and this is me finally breaking my silence on CCP's efforts as a development team and the direction they are taking this game. I have observed the CCP development team and their changes to this game from afar for awhile now, and this is a review of their performance using logic and common sense. I have little knowledge of the technical aspects of game development, but I'm also not an idiot. I will be presenting problems with this game and solutions to these problems. I am not a butthurt tryhard or attention ***** looking to be petted, so if you comment something calling me anything related to this, you're an ignorant childish little kid. I am exercising my freedom of speech. Keep the "get good scrub" comments in your immature little brains. We're all adults even though most of you don't act like it. CCP claims to be for the community. In some ways, they do a good job at this, but for the most part they have a very narrow view on what qualifies as a community as a whole. When CCP listens to the "community", what they are really listening to are the 5% of whiners that get on the forums to complain about something that doesn't need to be messed with. Most of the time they're butthurts that got killed one too many times in their last battle by someone with a good gun game, and felt the need to raise hell on the forums because it's the weapons fault. "IT'S TOO OP! FIX IT NOW CCP!" That seems to happen a lot in today's society. Blame the guns not the operator. Hmm. As we've seen for two years, the CCP development team continuously give in to these whiners simply to shut them up. But it's never good enough is it? There will always be something else for the whiners to complain about. And as previously stated, CCP still continues to give in to this. Another problem with the continuous "nerffixes" as I've heard them called, is that it is an absolutely huge slap in the face to the vets (like myself) who have poured THOUSANDS of hours into grinding the SP needed to spec into these things that CCP later nerf down the road. And has it helped CCP? Not really. I remember the days back in this game's prime when I could take a Scout G1 and an advanced shottie and go 21-1. This made me feel so great and made me want to continue to play the game because I wanted to continue to feel that same satisfaction. As I play this game now, I never feel like my efforts are rewarded. Why do we have to spec into prototype things (that gives us an almost unnoticable competitive edge to begin with) when we know that CCP will just nerf them down the road. A couple months ago I spent money to buy the aurum needed to do a respec because I needed a change to keep things fresh and interesting. I went the Amarr Assault route and specced into everything Amarr including my once favorite weapon in the game, Scrambler Rifles. After a month of feeling like I was actually getting rewarded for my money and effort, CCP nerfed the Scrambler Rifles, and I simply stopped playing the game. Not because I was a crybaby, but because I did not want to give my time to a development company that failed to recognize my effort enough to let me play like a vet and use proto gear that was actually better than advanced. Has it helped the game any? No. It hasn't. Tanks have been nerfed, LAV's, turrets, you name it. And it HAS NOT made the game any better. CCP is all about "balance", yet this is one of the most unbalanced games you will ever play. CCP still has yet to realize that continuously nerfing things that whiners complain about have yet to make the game any better. It also discourages new players who feel like they can not gain an edge when the spec into better gear. I've been there. The solution is NOT to keep nerfing things, but rather buff them instead. Like a few of you on here, I recently played the Star Wars Battlefront Beta. What I noticed about Battlefront is that everything was OP. And EA said that that's how they wanted to game to be because it allows anyone to turn the tide of battle in an instant. Even in my very first Battlefront battle I felt OP even with the basic weapons. It gave me a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that made me want to keep playing it. Unlike Dust, even why I repeatedly died, I still felt like I could become OP in a moments notice. However, one problem I found with Battlefront was the Walker Assault mode. The Imperial forces were absurdly better than the Rebels. As an Imperial I had access to walkers, TIE fighters, AT-AT's, Darth Vader and other things that the Rebels didn't. The only thing the Rebels had were snowspeeders and Luke Skywalker. It got me to thinking about how that relates to Dust. Rather than nerf the Imperial forces, buff the Rebels. Make the weapons more powerful and make the the Imperial vehicles easier to kill. Diversify the Rebel's options to make the matches more competitive. Believe me when I say that in the 4 days the Star Wars Batlefront Beta was live, the Imperials won every single battle. The same thing needs to happen in Dust. Using my example of Scrambler Rifles, rather than nerf them, CCP SHOULD'VE buffed the other weapons and made them more appealing to spec into. Buff the suits armor, shields, and PG/CPU output to counteract the weapon buffs. THAT is balance. That is what CCP should be doing. I enjoyed the days when I was a noob and everything still felt effective. It made me want to play more. Now, as CCP makes continues to make my SP grinding useless, I feel the urge to walk away. But why don't I just quit Dust? I don't quit Dust because for the past few months I have been hanging on to the little sliver of hope that CCP will change the way the develop this game and things will start to improve. But they haven't. - Wishtafas Ragnarsson CEO of Y.A.M.A.H CEO of Y.A.M.A.H Operator - Puff the Magic Dragon, Uncle Gazpacho Hicken and Unicorns
XxBlazikenxX Mikramurka Shock Troop Minmatar Republic 3	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:29:00 - [2] - Quote Wish!!!!!!! Amarr Loyalist Amarr Commando Forever Ancient Exiles. Member
Radiant Pancake3 KILL-EM-QUICK 2	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:33:00 - [3] - Quote Bye see you in two weeks. Learned the ways of N4g from Alcina's mom Deemed the most Kinkiest Corp Mate. Min Loyalist.
XxBlazikenxX Mikramurka Shock Troop Minmatar Republic 3	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:34:00 - [4] - Quote Just hang on there Wish, I know CCP won't let us down. Amarr Loyalist Amarr Commando Forever Ancient Exiles. Member
Wishtafas Ragnarsson Y.A.M.A.H 209	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:39:00 - [5] - Quote Another issue is the player trading. Why CCP did not give us this most basic feature when the game was first released is beyond me. We were all so excited when we finally got it, but were all once again let down to see that we can't even trade the things WE WANTED TO TRADE IN THE FIRST PLACE. If CCP were as community oriented as they claim to be they would see that what the REAL Dust community wants are corp battles, more maps, more gamemodes, a pilot dropsuit finally, and more interaction with the downtime room. This really is a good game. The lore is great, the fitting diversity is there, and so is the gameplay besides so many fatal errors and lag. It's just simply developed poorly. Instead of making the game better, they simply deploy nerffixes to shut the whiners up. I know of way too many mercs who have quit this game because the things they've worked so hard to spec into are now almost completely ineffective. Hey Blaze and Pancake o7 CEO of Y.A.M.A.H Operator - Puff the Magic Dragon, Uncle Gazpacho Hicken and Unicorns
Arkena Wyrnspire Fatal Absolution 28	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:41:00 - [6] - Quote Might I suggest you split this up into more paragraphs? It's rather challenging to read at present. Arkena Wyrnspire aka "British Khorne" - Cross Atu Kaze, you are best logi. Best. Logi.
XxBlazikenxX Mikramurka Shock Troop Minmatar Republic 3	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:41:00 - [7] - Quote Arkena Wyrnspire wrote: Might I suggest you split this up into more paragraphs? It's rather challenging to read at present. You would have a challenge reading it. Amarr Loyalist Amarr Commando Forever Ancient Exiles. Member
maybe deadcatz Serris Inc 1	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:43:00 - [8] - Quote 1.5 years? That's the same as me. Except 1.5 isn't vet status. 2 and above is vet status. Everything gets nerfed. Everything gets buffed. Its a endless cycle. (Gò«=^° -ë °^=)Gò«Gö¦GöüGöüGö¦ ( Gò»=^°Gûí°^=)Gò» Gö+GöüGöüGö+ Gù»n+Éo( =-ë=)y~~..nyaa Ha! You can't kill me,I'm already dead!
Vicious Minotaur 3	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:45:00 - [9] - Quote The lack of paragraphs is making my eye bleed worse than Megyn Kelly's. Minotaur Master Race Forcibly penetrating humans since ca 84 BCE. ( -í° -£-û -í°)
byte modal 295	Posted - 2015.11.02 20:56:00 - [10] - Quote So... forum post are OPWHINEs and buff everything. Forgive me if I've misread, but that's about all I got from the monolith of text. To be clear, I love to read (and write) long and extended thoughts, so I'm not mocking the amount, just the amount to say the same thing again. Just to play devil's advocate, if you're taller than me and I stand on my tippy-toes or your stoop down, either option will reduce the relative height difference between us. Buff or nerf can lead to the same result. Also, proto gives an almost unnoticeable edge? You start by saying don't come and call you names, then call those posters ignorant childish little kids because of ...freedom of speech? lol? Let them exercise their right to. You may have points that some may find valid. Fair. But logic, this is not. Just sayin Good luck with it, and I hope you find peace. kitten bacon taco (nom)

Mex-0 Corrosive Synergy 923	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:00:00 - [11] - Quote I think that they found it easier to nerf one thing instead of buffing everything. Minmatar at heart
Sned TheDead Failures inc. 1	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:00:00 - [12] - Quote heeeehhhhh......................................................................................................................... my actual thoughts right now? Here we go. where's my popcorn. MUSIC! Sned T. Dead
Mikel Arias Challengers 506 231	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:02:00 - [13] - Quote I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are...
Radiant Pancake3 KILL-EM-QUICK 2	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:10:00 - [14] - Quote maybe deadcatz wrote: 1.5 years? That's the same as me. Except 1.5 isn't vet status. 2 and above is vet status. Everything gets nerfed. Everything gets buffed. Its a endless cycle. Hmmm this. Learned the ways of N4g from Alcina's mom Deemed the most Kinkiest Corp Mate. Min Loyalist.
Radiant Pancake3 KILL-EM-QUICK 2	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:11:00 - [15] - Quote Mikel Arias wrote: I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are... Vet anyone who has been here from the beginning or has been here for a very long time. 2 years seems like vet status. Learned the ways of N4g from Alcina's mom Deemed the most Kinkiest Corp Mate. Min Loyalist.
Jamie Survivors 1	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:22:00 - [16] - Quote Sned TheDead wrote: heeeehhhhh......................................................................................................................... my actual thoughts right now? Here we go. where's my popcorn. Pass that ***** bag or bowl here tis may get some attent- shawn! Toss's popcorn up and down into my Mouth! I didn't say stop ***** carry on! Director of Y.A.M.A.H Watch your back, I'm the footsteps you hear before getting whacked!
Travis Stanush Y.A.M.A.H 566	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:40:00 - [17] - Quote Radiant Pancake3 wrote: Mikel Arias wrote: I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are... Vet anyone who has been here from the beginning or has been here for a very long time. 2 years seems like vet status. I'm willing to accept 1.7 noobs as vets now. otherwise there wouldn't be enough vets to pubstomp the newberries into submission. No I will not show you where they touched me!!!
Jamie Survivors 1	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:41:00 - [18] - Quote Guys, gals and children to become men and women let's get ready........... To not talk about bet syatus! Alright anywho I've got a bit more time in dust then Wish! Guess you can call anyone pass one year anything if you reference to pro sports first year is rookie after that is 2nd year pro! Sliding off this mountain on this vet propaganda crap! Does it really matter who and what your status is? No This is not what this is about! This thread is about if this game was balanced our community would have something to work with! And as community I speak for everyone who plays, had played, or will play! Lots of "noobs" get on then leave because of the lopsided battles there is now! A "vet" can't sit here and say this game is enjoyable if he/she is consistently on a team that is redlining the others! Not only to be specific on that but most the time it's 5 players on a team! How is that right, fair/ balanced to the 11 other teammates that didn't get anything in that battle! To me that's not a team win! Especially on the stat sheet after battle the bottom 5 players register no kills/ deaths or even WP! Is that what we call balance? FYI- me and my squad has been on team where it has redlined other team and has backed off in several battles to create more of a competition to assist the other team also! Carry on!, Jamie Survivors Director of Y.A.M.A.H Watch your back, I'm the footsteps you hear before getting whacked!
james selim brownstein NECROM0NGERS 86	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:49:00 - [19] - Quote You're trying to talk to a company, that doesn't talk back. n++Gòª¦¦¦¦-ç¦+¦+¦+¦+ WAITING FOR DEPLOYMENTGòñGöÇGöÇGöÇ Gò¡Gê¬Gò«n+ên+¦n++n+¦n+ë KEEP CALM, & HOPE CCP FIXES THE GAME :)
Sned TheDead Failures inc. 1	Posted - 2015.11.02 21:50:00 - [20] - Quote Travis Stanush wrote: Radiant Pancake3 wrote: Mikel Arias wrote: I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are... Vet anyone who has been here from the beginning or has been here for a very long time. 2 years seems like vet status. I'm willing to accept 1.7 noobs as vets now. otherwise there wouldn't be enough vets to pubstomp the newberries into submission. oohhhhh, does that mean I am? I think it dooeeessss :P MUSIC! Sned T. Dead

Travis Stanush Y.A.M.A.H 569	Posted - 2015.11.02 22:00:00 - [21] - Quote Sned TheDead wrote: Travis Stanush wrote: Radiant Pancake3 wrote: Mikel Arias wrote: I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are... Vet anyone who has been here from the beginning or has been here for a very long time. 2 years seems like vet status. I'm willing to accept 1.7 noobs as vets now. otherwise there wouldn't be enough vets to pubstomp the newberries into submission. oohhhhh, does that mean I am? I think it dooeeessss :P I'll allow it but only if you make the noobs cry No I will not show you where they touched me!!!
PLAYSTTION Corrosive Synergy RUST415 2	Posted - 2015.11.02 22:08:00 - [22] - Quote XxBlazikenxX wrote: Just hang on there Wish, I know CCP won't let us down. Its too late for that. End your hope but play the game while it lasts. Galassault Galogi Galsent Galmando Galscout `Open Beta Vet - 51 mil sp Director of Corrosive Synergy`
XxBlazikenxX Mikramurka Shock Troop Minmatar Republic 3	Posted - 2015.11.02 22:08:00 - [23] - Quote PLAYSTTION wrote: XxBlazikenxX wrote: Just hang on there Wish, I know CCP won't let us down. Its too late for that. End your hope but play the game while it lasts. Hmmm, then I wonder why CCP would hire a new brand manager for Dust 514... Amarr Loyalist Amarr Commando Forever Ancient Exiles. Member
D0N JUAN J0HNS0N Epic Bank n Trust 0	Posted - 2015.11.02 22:19:00 - [24] - Quote XxBlazikenxX wrote: PLAYSTTION wrote: XxBlazikenxX wrote: Just hang on there Wish, I know CCP won't let us down. Its too late for that. End your hope but play the game while it lasts. Hmmm, then I wonder why CCP would hire a new brand manager for Dust 514... Man has a point....^
Summa Militum Abstract Requiem 1	Posted - 2015.11.02 22:45:00 - [25] - Quote Mikel Arias wrote: I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are... A veteran is someone who has a lot of experience in something. A person can gain in 6 months the same amount of experience as another person who started playing 3 years ago.
Shinobi MumyoSakanagare ZaShigurui Four Horseman Tactical Agency 2	Posted - 2015.11.02 22:56:00 - [26] - Quote Critical review but yet nothing about the poor performance of the game .?. nothing about glitches , invisible walls , ghost firing rail turrets .. small & large , blank firing forge guns , having to stop and start while firing rail rifles because of the **** poor hit detection and not to forget to mention the hit detection issues as well as getting stuck to walls , ledges and wall glitches among many performance issues . Black screen , screen freezes , booting from matches , internal errors and hard freezes . I can't understand how you could forget about these things @OP , if your giving a review as well as the lack of matchmaking . I have problems with your statements and how you say that your not butt hurt but your whole summery sounds like someone who is . How can you give a review and miss some of the most obvious and glaring issues of the game ? Oh well , have fun with that . Teamwork is really important - said the Tyrannosarus Rex from Kung Fury .
Daemonn Adima Y.A.M.A.H 536	Posted - 2015.11.02 23:49:00 - [27] - Quote Summa Militum wrote: Mikel Arias wrote: I really dont mean to mock anyone here, but can a guy with just 1.5 year in the game call himself a vet? I tought that to be considered a vet you had to be here since the beggining. I mean, like this my friends form my corp and my self would be vets and well... I wouldnt say we are... A veteran is someone who has a lot of experience in something. A person can gain in 6 months the same amount of experience as another person who started playing 3 years ago. I haven't played many other games where the "vets" care so heavily to define themselves and let others know. Topkek.
Vrain Matari Mikramurka Shock Troop Minmatar Republic 3	Posted - 2015.11.02 23:58:00 - [28] - Quote Rattati runs all the nerf/buff whining through his stats filters, so i don't worry too much about our nerf/buff cycles anymore. We can certainly see that the oscillations are damping down and we have reached a point where all the rifles are viable. As for the ScR and aScR, they are still viable on non-Amarr Assault suits. Anecdotally, running my under-tanked, under-ewared, under bioticed, under-passived 8 million sp Amarr scout(her only dropsuit) solo through the Blood Raiders event for the skin was not that bad - even under-trained the ScR/aScR can hold it's own, imo. PSN: RationalSpark
jane stalin free dropships for newbs 480	Posted - 2015.11.03 00:18:00 - [29] - Quote Wishtafas Ragnarsson wrote: . I remember the days back in this game's prime when I could take a Scout G1 and an advanced shottie and go 21-1. This made me feel so great and made me want to continue to play the game because I wanted to continue to feel that same satisfaction. I went the Amarr Assault route and specced into everything Amarr including my once favorite weapon in the game, Scrambler Rifles. After a month of feeling like I was actually getting rewarded for my money and effort, CCP nerfed the Scrambler Rifles, So you specced into things that were too powerful and you liked them because they were too powerful and you stopped liking them because they got balanced.
Arkena Wyrnspire Fatal Absolution 28	Posted - 2015.11.03 00:24:00 - [30] - Quote jane stalin wrote: Wishtafas Ragnarsson wrote: . I remember the days back in this game's prime when I could take a Scout G1 and an advanced shottie and go 21-1. This made me feel so great and made me want to continue to play the game because I wanted to continue to feel that same satisfaction. I went the Amarr Assault route and specced into everything Amarr including my once favorite weapon in the game, Scrambler Rifles. After a month of feeling like I was actually getting rewarded for my money and effort, CCP nerfed the Scrambler Rifles, So you specced into things that were too powerful and you liked them because they were too powerful and you stopped liking them because they got balanced. So you tunnelvisioned on one part of a post and got teary eyed because the big bad scramblers hurt you and you made a terrible post because you felt self righteous. Can we not have pointless, non-constructive insulting assumptions where you look at <5% of a post? Arkena Wyrnspire aka "British Khorne" - Cross Atu Kaze, you are best logi. Best. Logi.



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