RedBleach LeSanglant
Immortal Guides
Learning Alliance
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Posted - 2015.12.31 21:42:00 -
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I am with the camp of porting essentially requires a rebuild, a Dust 2 as some have said.
What I want from that is a fully explorable EVE universe. - either for my single merc and a ship, or an NPC system within EVE for transport, or perhaps PC transports to null sectors. I want the multiple planet surfaces explorable like No Man's Sky and I want the transition from ship to station to planet like what we've seen in Star Citizen trials. I want a fully immersive EVE universe. And a step in that is a new iteration of Dust. A shooter, yes. But explorable environments too - ships, asteroids, stations, and surfaces. Missions beyond 16v16 battles. And huge battles like the MAG era.
Like many I think that to make the next step in Dust successful alot will need to be torn out. Rebuilt. Strip away that which is lacking and change it for the better. Add the different sections of Space so that Newbs and vets can co-exist; like the #85 Biomassed debated. Eve kinda has one already.
I pray that the $30 million investment in ccp will move the company to build a first person universe (VR or not)... or they will be left behind as a few other companies are building novel offerings that will compete with dust514.
Like what Mobius Wyvern wrote in another post:
"That's a lot like what I always wanted from the game. I have hopes that any future version of Dust 514 will learn from the example of other companies making the most of procedural-generation tech and give us near limitless environments to explore."
we just need more.
Therefore I believe that most things could be transferred. But as so much may be changed I believe that exact copies of items or skills that have been skilled into may not transfer.
SP
If not a direct transfer that reflects my time and many purchased boosters then:
I support an SP Bank to pull from at an increased rate ( I think more of a 1x or 2x multiplier and not a .5) I've put 4 years into this and I don't really want to have to grind like I did during years in school and unemployed after to get it all back. I put in my time and money. And will put more time and money into it, but now I've got a job and 2 kids - I'm feeling stretched pretty thin just to post on the forums, much less get in a game. I've become the casual gamer and If I had to start at 0 I would like some hope that I could regain my status and strength.
That gives me the option to start at the beginning, learn some of the new mechanics, try some stuff out before dumping some SP into a skill - because many of us would just be dumping SP into who knows what if we just start with a pile of SP in a new game with adjusted skills, weapons, equipment, vehicles, etc. Best to relearn before deciding we know what is best.
BPO
I paid for alot of stuff And I would like to see that reflected in Dust 2. Be it BPO like in EVE or something different, it all went to fund this game and I would like something for that.
AUR
Unused or Used? Unused - yes
Used? - hard to say because we have the BPOs, Apexs, Skins, as well as single use stuff and warbarge things. This largely depends on how it may be transferred over. If each item will transfer then there is no problem. If Assets will not transfer then single use items should be cashed out - Aur to Aur and Isk to Isk. (a complete Aur refund of all stuff to start again could work... but that may be alot of work to accomplish - and I think that was nullified with the Uprising update and the agreement that one could get their money back or keep it in game because of something with Sony, most of us decided to stay with the game I think.)
Name - Yes
Character background, sex? - maybe. I'd like to change it up.
Isk.... that has been debated, and don't feel qualified to speak to that other than: Starting anew is ok with me and I really can't get into a debate without knowing more about what the port might be like. But I do agree that there were several systems that were heavily abused to gain large amounts of isk.... and I don't know what to do about that other than to nullify that gain. Or maybe there will be some sort of transfer rate if it is combined with the New Eden economy as the prices are adjusted.
Remove the extra Currencies - it is ridiculous. (another biomassed podcast that I agree with)
Change PC and integrate it with the EVE universe
FW - keep it. But the currency should give way to tier level purchases and %off I think with the loyalty rank.
Overall rank... don't know. Cool to keep it or have a head start. Easy Either way.
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