Reopen the marketplace and let us buy stuff- There's gear i still want to buy!

Add a disclaimer about the game shutting down & such so its legally ok

We're happy to play Dust

Ccp is happy to make $

Win win for everyone

There always has to be one with the inability to let go of something for something better.

That's a very big assumption that Nova will be better than DUST. I mean, this is CCP we're talking about, you never know with these people.

It's already better than Dust.

and fix sh*t when it hits the fan as often as it does

They should probably hire someone for that.

It's already not as good as Dust.

It's already better than Dust.

Because that's a smart and reasonable idea and we all know how CCP feels about intelligence and reason.

That's not at all smart or reasonable, though. There's no such thing as "just leaving the game online".

You may log into the game via PSN, but ALL in-game functionality is provided by CCP via their own servers, and providing that isn't free. You're basically asking them to just keep trickling cash into a game they aren't even developing anymore, and the fact that it's still running means they also have to spend money on tasking GMs to oversee both the game and the forums in order to ensure everyone plays by the EULA and TOS.

Teminating Dust 514 frees up all money and time spent on it to be used on the replacement, which is good for everyone in the long run. It doesn't make any sense to effectively bleed money into a dead project just to support less than 10,000 people worldwide. That's not at all worth the cost.

I know, I just Look for any opportunity to snark. Kinda my thing.

Trimmed for space.

Given you haven't even touched the demo pardon me if I call bullshit on that assertion.

Sorry but to me the demo is irrelevant. What's not good about Nova to me is all the things they've left out to make it a pure FPS.

Because it is either an asshat move or a move that only results in lost revenue by throwing good money after bad. Let's tackle the first first.

"So they are still letting people buy stuff for a game that is already having it's remake coming out? They are charging us for things that are entirely pointless because it isn't going to matter in regards to Nova. This is nothing more than a greedy moneygrab." Now, maybe that isn't the case. Maybe they just want people to be able to play the game and have the store open so they can pay for the server to stay up. But the perception from everyone who isn't playing the game is going to be "that is a moneygrab and they should be ashamed of themselves."

Now for the bad business part:

How many people were having to spend money for DUST to be profitable? Now how many of those people would still spend their money in order to purchase Aurum in a game that has been announced dead not once, not twice, but thrice now? (Rouge Wedding, "5/30/2016 is the last day", and with Nova being the spiritual successor) Hell, the fact is that most people were angry with the Warbarge system because "wait, isn't this game dead and you are including ways for us to spend lots of money?" shows that people would be unwilling to spend cash now that the game is officially announced dead. I think it would be a lose of money for sure.

The other is also perception. Let's be 100% honest, DUST was not and is not a good game. I would give it 2/5 for some cool ideas and implementations but lag, performance issues, and mediocre play drag it down. Sure, DUST could be your favorite game as a 2/5, there is nothing wrong with that; I enjoyed DUST quite a bit even with knowing it wasn't that great of a game just because I enjoyed it. But Nova is supposed to be the new New Eden FPS. CCP absolutely does not want DUST as an albatross around the neck of their new baby. The last thing you would want is for people to be able to look at DUST before playing Nova if you were hoping to get a fresh impression.

http://eve-offline.net/?server=dust gives some numbers for the trend of our game.
Past year average: 1,735
Past 6 months: 1,472
Past 3 months: 1,129
Past month: 970
Past week: 760

Those numbers would only drop lower and lower if the game was allowed to exist as a zombie-esque, neither dead nor alive.

Nova was a pretty fun game. They should release a beta soon so people can try out it. I wouldn't call it better than dust yet still. Those who do obviously never really bothered playing all aspects of dust extensively like i did.

The things they're "leaving out" are just being left on the back burner until they get the essential gameplay in the best possible state. Dust was fun in spite of its shooter gameplay, not because of it. We want to change that this time around.

Well, you may want to, but ground warfare is a lot more than just FPS! I personally couldn't care less about FPS really - I'm far more interested in the EvE link which is very unlikely to ever make it in. By the time it does, Nova will likely be either a very committed FPS or gone for good. As a database developer from some time ago, I know how difficult it is to add something so integral as things like the link to EvE without planning for it at the start. I have only heard repeatedly now that such things are not to be in Nova to start with, and therefore likely never, in my mind.

I repeat what I've stated elsewhere, there is any number of good FPSs out there, producing another one without it having the one thing that makes EvE-based games unique is just simply shortsighted, but CCP in their infinite wisdom is committed to this path, apparently.

Sorry but to me the demo is irrelevant. What's not good about Nova to me is all the things they've left out to make it a pure FPS.