Kaughst
Nyain San
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Posted - 2016.03.12 18:20:00 -
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CCP has had a tumultuous history developing this game. It literally started as a proof of concept in the incarna enginein 2009, only for it to melt the PS3s it was being played on. Then suddenly switching to U3 three years later in 2012 as it's rough final incarnation into the Closed Beta. After what I expect was CCP's panicked response to bad reviews, never mind the soothsaying beta players, they canned their EP and brought in Gaudechon. It was probably only until after Eve Vegas in 2013 that the new EP finally decided that It would need to transition to the PC. You'll start seeing a pattern hear in terms of game development time.
After being kept in the dark until the final reveal in 2014 there was a phase up until the end of summer where they had released screen caps of their various WiP and it suddenly went dark, I can assume that they decided that they wanted to switch over to U4 but had not decided to shutdown Dust 514 yet as they had known the game was profitable according to Hilmar in 2015, and was worth some odd monetizing schemes. It wasn't really until this latest announcement on it's closure this year that this game was no longer viable to be developed technically or rightfully operate in the world of Eve.
The odd part in all of this is what they are expecting to show this Fanfest. with the U4 engine it doesn't look like they responded to any of the negative or confused press. But rather they decided that they were doing it wrong again for the fourth time and reorganized the progress system and probably the art layout, most importantly doing some kind of strict cleaning of all the crazy crap Rattati and friends shoved in Dust when CCP stopped caring. The most annoying part however is how they explain the lore not in the least explaining what Dust 514 meant, not that it would matter right now anyway....they haven't tied important "Planet Mercs" events since the Arkombine got away, not necessarily player involved events but the rational of what is allowing the "Planet Mercs" to operate on such different levels of operations and who is acting as the de facto spokesperson for them.
It's always amazing to think that CCP likes to act like a upright corporation in their fantasy worlds. When it's more like they are fishermen trying to be bankers prior to the economic recession.
"Remember: no matter the circumstances, there will always be people willing to push you down a hole."
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