They've done a very good in job in balancing a good product with a fair monetization policy.

/me looks at $10 cosmetic items that work on ONE race's dropsuits of ONE specific size...
/me looks back at post...

Trolling is against the rules, Talos. Quit ******* around.

$10 cosmetic items are fine and dandy in a F2P game. You're not missing out by not having those things.

Micro-transactions are not OK when:

- They are essential to the overall game experience (specific guns, vehicles, maps) AND ESPECIALLY when you pay for the base game in the first place.

I hate DLC as much as anyone, believe me, but CCP are doing it responsibly.

Dust was always a good game compared to the other games on the market, quite honestly other FPS games out their are terrible, so dust wins largely by default but there is still a lot to be said for what they have accomplished on this obsolete system.

I hope one day they have the balls to try something interesting again, and no valkyrie really isn't going to be it.

it is so disappointing that CCP decided to put their weight behind such a gimmicky concept.

Ever wonder why F2P mobile games are geared toward either old folks or young kids? Microtransactions.

I'm all for praising CCP and the success they've had with Dust as a balanced free game that generates profit. Pay to accelerate exists (sp boosters), but there is no hard evidence of pay to win, and that's impressive considering the potential profit of a p2w game.

"I do 8% more damage than you and will always do 8% more damage than you" is pretty damn close to paying to win in my opinion.

But there's one thing we actually should praise CCP for.


They've done a very good in job in balancing a good product with a fair monetization policy.

I've been playing a lot of games on Steam lately, and the trend towards DLC and microtransactions, a long with higher base game prices is disturbing.

The big companies are quickly moving towards a 'minimum content - maximum cost' philosiphy.

I got excited when 'Total War: Warhammer' was announced. But then I learned that even though the base game is $80 (CAD), that they are working on Day-1 DLC RACE PACKS, 6 months before release! Not only that, splitting the game into three full priced titles, charging $5 dollars extra to see blood in the game (wish I was kidding) etc. etc. The overall game will cost $300-$400 if you want everything. Never buying anything from Creative Assembly again. Can't reward these practices.

I got excited when Battlefront was announced, but now I see the fraction of the contet BF 2 had, the Day 1 DLC, the fact that they are working on sequels before the first game is finished etc. Never buying from EA again either.

Screw all these big companies.




Yes Dust has it's share of problems, but at least they care about their product, interact with the community, and have a reasonable monetization policy. Credit where it's due!

Over $1000 for 1% more damage.

Asking for money for well over a year while adding no actual content added.

An essentially useless warbarge that can easily end up costing over $10,000.

Spamming players with mystery boxes and charging them to open them with a good chance the result will be totally useless.

Allowing players to outright steal items that cost pretty good amounts of real cash thanks to incomplete mechanics has no word for it.


I must VERY SERIOUSLY be missing something. Are you sure you were logged into Dust?

It is not ptw because first of all, 1% more damage is miniscule and unimportant in almost all battle situations, and secondly CCP is actually discouraging you from buying it by making it expensive.

It is not P2p because no one except richy rich people are going to actually get that.

This is why I love tf2, you can be f2p and not pay a dime,but you can join in on the fun by buying a hat or some cheap item from the store. Anything. The cheapest thing upgrades your account.

But do the hats make you better? Do they make you deadlier?
No. Because every idiot that has a inventory full of mad milk can just trade that for some metal and trade the metal for a hat. Or trade the mad milk for a hat,yes you heard me,milk for a hat.

You can get the most out of sometimes just spending .49 cents.

Dust gives you all its content. You don't even have to pay a dime to trade unless your account is less than 6 months old and doesn't have enough loyalty rank.

You know, a lot of people on here will start pointing out all the things you can buy, like skins and stuff... But that's cosmetic.

I do have to agree with you, CCP did do a good job on a free-to-play game. There is no restricted content that you can't access for free. Spending money on this game is only cosmetic and allows you to have access to things earlier than you normally would. Which is perfect because they do have to have a way to make money from the game or else it couldn't function.

I do have to say they are a bit greedy and they could stand to care a bit more about customers rather than just a paycheck, like they did in the beginning.

They could really do better with public relations with their community and give us information more freely, it's like they think they're the CIA and they have top secret life altering information o.O

But there's one thing we actually should praise CCP for.


They've done a very good in job in balancing a good product with a fair monetization policy.

I've been playing a lot of games on Steam lately, and the trend towards DLC and microtransactions, a long with higher base game prices is disturbing.

The big companies are quickly moving towards a 'minimum content - maximum cost' philosiphy.

I got excited when 'Total War: Warhammer' was announced. But then I learned that even though the base game is $80 (CAD), that they are working on Day-1 DLC RACE PACKS, 6 months before release! Not only that, splitting the game into three full priced titles, charging $5 dollars extra to see blood in the game (wish I was kidding) etc. etc. The overall game will cost $300-$400 if you want everything. Never buying anything from Creative Assembly again. Can't reward these practices.

I got excited when Battlefront was announced, but now I see the fraction of the contet BF 2 had, the Day 1 DLC, the fact that they are working on sequels before the first game is finished etc. Never buying from EA again either.

Screw all these big companies.




Yes Dust has it's share of problems, but at least they care about their product, interact with the community, and have a reasonable monetization policy. Credit where it's due!