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Juno Tristan
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Posted - 2016.11.19 14:00:00 -
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I may be biased because the reason I heard about Dust and started playing is because of the EVE link. To those who werenGÇÖt playing EVE before what brought you to Dust?
The FPS genre is a crowded market and given NovaGÇÖs budget is not going to compete against Overwatch/Battlefield/COD on their terms, it can have solid gungame but it is never going to beat their polish.
Therefore it needs a different hook, something to draw in new players, a shared universe with EVE is unique selling point, something that other companies would struggle to replicate.
Dust was a complex FPS, the skill progression, fitting system, shield/armour mechanics and economy mean that it appeals to a certain type of player, someone who wants to invest more than just a GÇÿpick up and playGÇÖ game like COD.
The vision of linking the game helps to signpost GÇÿthis is a long term gameGÇÖ, like EVE your skills and wealth are not going to be reset in some sequal. This makes the investment in learning the game mechanics and spreadsheets worth it.
The actual mechanics behind a link are very much open to debate, they donGÇÖt have to be overly complex or even included at launch. Start off with a shared universe, i.e. a Nova Corp owned Space elevator and orbital structure should be visible in EVE, with NPC mechanics filling in the roles that EVE players could one day take on. Over time new features can be developed the links between the games built.
Another point to consider is with EVE going F2P a link could also help drive players to try the two games, theyGÇÖre on the same platform and similar mechanics in each game help to lower the barrier to entry.
If I was to sum up my thoughts about the Nova/EVE link it would be that it doesnGÇÖt need a link in order to be a good game, but a good game is no guarantee of success.
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Juno Tristan
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Posted - 2016.11.20 18:36:00 -
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I'd like to clarify my position on Faction Warfare in Nova
I think Faction Warfare in Dust was very much a product of trying to link the 2 games, the match outcome affected EVE and (with some coordination) EVE pilots could drop OBs, Nova not having that link means there is less reason to use FW as the backdrop.
I still think there will be the same style game mode available - No Matchmaking, Friendly Fire, Fight for a specific entity, but it could be through fighting for specific corporations, or Player Corp Raids
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Juno Tristan
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Posted - 2016.11.22 19:14:00 -
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Pokey, I think what Alena is trying to convey is he'd like New Eden to be the Marvel Cinematic universe, and you're supporting canning the 3rd Avengers film to make another Thor
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Juno Tristan
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Posted - 2016.11.22 20:22:00 -
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Hmm.. maybe I explained Alena's opinion but not yours
How about, Alena wants New Eden to be like the Marvel cinematic universe, but they really like the fantastic four and thinks they're essential to the Avengers 3 storyline.
Pokey's like "they're not even part of the same studio, it's not going to happen".
Alena says "but what about Spiderman, he was in Avengers 2".
Pokey "it's not going to happen, not after that mess that was last film (FF 2015)"
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