I can personally empathise with how many of the community will feel about this announcement, specifically the console only players. This evolution of the New Eden FPS will leave many of the loyal playerbase behind, and a lot of disappointment and even anger is justified in reaction to how all of this is and has been handled.

No matter how justified, taking that anger out with irrational behaviour on the forums or in game will not help anyone.

I hope the community can come together in a mature manner to discuss the issues and concerns that this announcement has raised, and that those of the community that are disappointed don't resent others celebrating the path CCP has chosen.

I have no words. I mean, I'm happy about the port to PC for personal reasons but as far as the executive choices made on this entire DUST 514 project, they will by far go down as likely the worst in the history of CCP. You played all of us for fools right up to the buzzer on this one, didn't you? How did the CPM not lynch whoever told them Warlords 1.3 was a lie on the stop?

Well... I mean I'm going to try to stay positive about all of this, because ultimately this is good for the future of DUST 514. Just know that I hate all of you, and I trust in God that at least some of you (including members of this community by the way, who I have always maintained were a huge part of the problem) won't be around when we make this leap forward.

I'll try to remain as polite as possible, as you seem to be unfamiliar with quarterly projections and how accounting works for capital gain based companies.

Your NDA agreement expires, and does not have any consequences or repercussions of consequence of a breach for yourself personally. The worst that could have happened to you; being thrown off a sham council on a game that's ending anyway. In short, you're a temp. You have 0 financial tie to the company.

As it would pertain to the long term status of the council, again it has zero consequence. CCP, can choose to end CSM/CPM position and bodies at any point in time. As, they are are a quarterly based company, they are not concerned with long-term investments.
Ruining the reputation of the CPM for future use would not matter, as CPMs have been removed from the council before and investigated for corruption already. Protecting the position means nothing as it can be eliminate without cause at any reason, because you are a temp.


If you were to provide me evidence of you collecting data, or performing as a liaison to CCP development on behalf of the community; I'd gladly remove my label of you as a "puppet". Until then, you have betrayed the playerbase you pledged to represent to side with a company that has committed the last and ultimate disgrace to it's customers.

I stopped playing this game after about the third patch in the original beta....it did not feed my MAG needs and I eventually went to Planetside 2 on PC...which coincidentally has been a massive failure on PS4 (player counts so low they merged to two servers within 6 months of launch)...

So the lessons are clear...games of scale and depth, where development lifecycles extend over years are just not meant for consoles...consoles are hardwrae limited...therefore the development and longevity of such deep games is also limited on consoles...especially shooters which are very resource intensive..

CCP has done something smart finally by recognizing that what they are trying to accomplish in terms of scale and depth and the ability to actually ceate it, is only possible on PC....

This new game when launched, will be a welcome FPS addition on PC...

I hope they have large player caps and timed rounds, so we get scale but without the neverending unimaginative meta of Planetside 2....

They should also provide a mechanism to take any aurum balances that players have left when Dust closes, to the new game when launched....that's the rignt thing to do...

Good luck all and happy gaming.

I only want to ask one thing:

Everyone, please call this new iteration "Eve: Phoenix"

Pokey deserves it

I so second that.

I'll try to remain as polite as possible, as you seem to be unfamiliar with politics and design consultation.

It has nothing to do with finances, projections, etc. At all. It has little to do with the long term status of the council (something I am a strong supporter of, even still). It has nothing to do with the reputation of the CPM "for future use" or the -TWO- removed CPM representatives to date, of which neither - to my knowledge - had any investigation for corruption, not that that is any of your business. And I am -not- protecting the "position".

And if you want some of the data I've collected - as well as the other "puppets" on the "sham" council - I'll kindly point you in the direction of the Myofibril changes, the shield changes (that happened across ALL races and dropsuits), the immersion and lore feedback, etc etc etc. Your lack of research of the "data I've collected" does not constitute a responsibility for me to supply it to face baseless accusations of someone that, as far as I know, has not done much for the community themselves.

That being said.

My "position" on the CPM is more valuable long-term to provide design feedback on things that I know the players will find both enjoyable and engaging. Feedback that will make this new project worthwhile as a whole to the greater majority of our community as well as welcoming of new members therein. Feedback that I could not supply if I had violated my "temp agreement" with CCP to give you a whole three weeks notice.

Good day, sir.

Since this new game will be different from DUST 514 (although keeping many of its great parts), we will provide tiered recognition rewards to our loyal DUST customers, details to be announced.

1) What happens to my character, skills and stuff?

If Project Legion becomes something more than a prototype, we will not leave our DUST 514 players behind. You would be able to bring your character name, applicable skills/inventory, and other elements of progression with you. We are still working on the details and we will have more to announce soon.

Damn that sucks. Well could we at least be informed of what platform it will be on? I have PS3 and PS4. I am not going to spend money on a PC just for one game if that is where are planning on moving it. It was fun while it lasted I guess. For all who ran with Unholy Hategore. peace out guys. It's been fun and frustrating at the same time.

#1. Releasing dust on console only was a mistake from the very beginning. They just don't have the longevity needed for a game coupled with an ever evolving existing PC game.

#3. CCP is a business out to make a profit.

Explain CSGO for me please.

Feedback that will make this new project worthwhile as a whole to the greater majority of our community...

Do you have numbers for that? Do you know that the greater majority of our community is capable and willing to follow CCP to PC, or even at all?

Do you have numbers for that? Do you know that the greater majority of our community is capable and willing to follow CCP to PC, or even at all?

Await the end with my new 0% tax corp, all applications accepted

So, just to clarify things here, CCP knew they're closing up shop on PS3, but are still selling AUR?

So this is all Cat Mercs fault?

Dear DUST 514 Community,

CCPGÇÖs development team in Shanghai has been working on a prototype for a first-person shooter for PC with the goal of building a great FPS set in our sci-fi universe of New Eden (the universe in which EVE Online, DUST 514, EVE: Valkyrie, and Gunjack are set). Their experience is being utilized to build a new game from scratch using Unreal Engine 4 while harnessing all our learnings from DUST 514. This is in many ways an evolution of Project Legion, the concept we announced at EVE Fanfest 2014, but without the limitations of technical debt and development paths we quickly discovered in that effort that could never serve as a future-proof technology base for a full production game. This new project is still in an early phase of production, and we feel like weGÇÖre on the right track and plan to give an update at EVE Fanfest on April 21st as a part of the free livestream of the event. Since this new game will be different from DUST 514 (although keeping many of its great parts), we will provide tiered recognition rewards to our loyal DUST customers, details to be announced.

We are very proud of what weGÇÖve learned and accomplished with DUST 514 on PlayStation 3 over the past three years and it is an honor to be a part of such a dedicated community. We consider DUST 514 one of the best free-to-play offerings on the platform, but the years have caught up with us. It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that DUST 514 will be shutting down on May 30th, 2016. We therefore will not be releasing the 1.3 update as we had planned. Players will continue to be able to play for free on our servers until then, but all further PSN packs and purchases have been removed and disabled from the in-game marketplace and the PlayStation Store. Players with existing Aurum will be able to continue to purchase items from the in-game marketplace.

Thank you for being a part of DUST 514 on the PlayStation 3. We look forward to the next chapter, and hope youGÇÖll be a part of it and continue the journey with us.

Yes

I can spend the Aurum I have and have no future in the game going forward, sorry but what a waste of money and time for everyone, not just me. Everyone has opinions on this, this is mine, nobody has to like it.

Just a theory, what happens when a lot of people jump to PC because CCP's word has been so truthful , you get a year or so down the road and they shut down the PC side? Money invested in a gaming PC, EVE membership, etc...I see a lot of butt hurt in the future. I'll be playing my outdated consoles, plenty of games I've never play. lol