Read my last post. If this were a "real" New Eden we were talking about, we would start as one of the four races. We would be initially trained in that race's skills and diversify into the other races with training. It just doesn't make sense to start of "general" and then specialise.

I suggest you to read game lore(https://dust514.com/media/fiction/).

What's the point of an MMO shooter if it can't even play the part of "shooter" right?

Rattati said specifically that they are focusing on making the gameplay as pristine as possible... then adding in MORE mmo elements.

its not an MMO first of all. its flatout a lobby shooter.

they intend to add stuff later on that could make it feel more like a MMO.

What do you mean?

http://massivelyop.com/2016/04/23/eve-fanfest-2016-project-nova-will-include-territorial-warfare-link-with-eve/

This is a new interview. it answers pretty much all the negative thoughts people were having. Read the last question at the bottom of the page. Apparently, this game should have just as much customization as dust or at least close to it. It'll just be presented in a different way so that new players have an easier time.

To me, vehicles were a large part of what made dust interesting, despite their overall poor implementation, lack of roles and general inability to do things - I have friends who saw casual dust gameplay of me flying a dropship and went "Holy ****, that's so different from other shooters - you can actually choose that as a role not a temporary powerup!". If they're integrated from the start all three of those can be addressed - they can be an important asset and intended feature. The later you add them the more you run the risk of them being overpowered or useless and without a meaningful role.

I find that claiming dust to be a "FPS first and foremost" is somewhat dishonest, they had a lot of things that they wanted to try - and a lot of them were they to be embraced could actually make a great game, with meaningful multi-level gameplay. Stating that Nova should be a "FPS first and foremost" is IMO a bad idea because while it should have good FPS gameplay, it also gets rid of things that made dust unique and enjoyable. If you start at square zero with the idea that "I want this to be in a game, and I want it to be something that always has the potential to be useful", you can start with balance in mind.

Neither eve nor valkyrie are what I'm looking in terms of "vehicle gameplay", because one is a glorified naval spreadsheet sim (that I have played since somewhere around 2007 and let my sub lapse multiple times), and the other is a fighter-jet game (with rather expensive peripherals requried). Dust provided combined arms (not well, but it did provide it).

I suggest you to read game lore(https://dust514.com/media/fiction/).

I just have one question: Where's mah nova knives?

Also: i may have misread somethings (on my phone most of this weekend) but i think you're replying to community comments rather that what ratti said directly. I THINK there may be a break down or oversimplifaction of what's been said (unintentionally by the poster repeating their interpretation of what Ratti said). That MAY change the intent by implying something else by mistake. If you are responding to THAT, then maybe there's our disconnect?

Iderno.

Yes, I AM replying to the community comments. That's why I quote them.

Why then?
I mean you can argue other poster's simplifications but that may not be what Ratti said or intends. Seems an empty fight.