DUST Search - Feedback: Player Interaction in the new game

Darth-Carbonite GIO wrote:

Many of us enjoyed the high level of player interactivity Dust offered. I'm looking for your ideas on expanding what the game did well, and adding things that it should have had.

Examples:

Voice Comms - Likely of reduced importance due to PC having a wealth of reliable third party options, but most of us have seen how well EVE comms work(not), and may like to see it handled differently.

Player Channels/Chats - A simple thing, but many games get it wrong. Can it be improved?

In-Game Mails - Likely to be much easier with a keyboard if implemented. Should it adopt EVE's mail features?

Contacts System - Dust contacts were a mess, but they clearly were meant to be more.

Forum Interactivity - The future of the forums is still TBD, but how would you change them if you could?

Player Trading - Debatable whether this deserves a new topic, but give me what you've got.

Things that are related to interaction but deserve separate discussions:

Corp/Alliance Management - Contact Kevall Longstride/Dennie Fleetfoot on Skype/Discord/Slack and he'll talk your ear off.

Player Run Events - Much to be said, but the mechanics of how matches should be created is beyond the scope of this discussion.

Player "Spaces" - This would include things like communal stations or living areas. Way to theoretical for this thread.

This is not a complete list. Feel free to discuss features you believe are relevant.


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One Eyed King Nos Nothi 14	Posted - 2016.03.04 19:39:00 - [1] - Quote Darth-Carbonite GIO wrote: Many of us enjoyed the high level of player interactivity Dust offered. I'm looking for your ideas on expanding what the game did well, and adding things that it should have had. Examples: Voice Comms - Likely of reduced importance due to PC having a wealth of reliable third party options, but most of us have seen how well EVE comms work(not), and may like to see it handled differently. Player Channels/Chats - A simple thing, but many games get it wrong. Can it be improved? In-Game Mails - Likely to be much easier with a keyboard if implemented. Should it adopt EVE's mail features? Contacts System - Dust contacts were a mess, but they clearly were meant to be more. Forum Interactivity - The future of the forums is still TBD, but how would you change them if you could? Player Trading - Debatable whether this deserves a new topic, but give me what you've got. Things that are related to interaction but deserve separate discussions: Corp/Alliance Management - Contact Kevall Longstride/Dennie Fleetfoot on Skype/Discord/Slack and he'll talk your ear off. Player Run Events - Much to be said, but the mechanics of how matches should be created is beyond the scope of this discussion. Player "Spaces" - This would include things like communal stations or living areas. Way to theoretical for this thread. This is not a complete list. Feel free to discuss features you believe are relevant. Comms - The only thing I can think regarding this is how sometimes you knew the lag was bad when comms started to break up. Hopefully they will have some sort of robust system that can still be operable outside of gaming issues. I don't know if that is even a realistic possibility though. Mail - Maybe just having a greater ability to organize them. I know having the ability to lock some particularly good hatemail, or being able to toss other important bits into a folder would have been a good option. Contacts - Didn't really use this one myself, but I can imagine that it would be useful to have some sort of circles or other organizational type setting. Perhaps allowing notifications of some groups, but not others, like when they log on, finish a fight etc. Plus the ability to disable that for yourself, whether it be not allowing anyone to know when you are on, or blacklisting certain players. Forums - One thing that would be MASSIVELY helpful for the forums is to limit alt interaction. It gets to be a bit much when people abuse the system. I have seen threads where it appears someone is talking to themselves, or asshats that start a thread under an alt because they are too scared to say such nonsense with their main. - Private messaging would also be helpful on the forums. Sometimes I have needed to send info to someone, but had to wait until I got home to send an in game mail. Maybe its just me, but I would thing PMs would be useful. Trading - I get the interest and fun of allowing scamming to be part of the game, but must it be so easy? I feel like that should still be part of it, but they should make them work harder. There should be some sort of mechanic that ensures that if you send someone an item, they don't receive it until payment is sent, or something similar. I would hate to see retention for the new game hampered by people who like to abuse and scam new players. F*ck those people. They ruin it for everyone. Former CEO of the Land of the BIind. Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.