Back then, when Nova was first announced and demoed, everyone here in the forums was practically ok with generic simply because we were all surprised that it had minimal lag, was operating on a Steam Client with Unreal Engine 4 while connected to a server in Germany as Dennie Fleetfoot pointed out. All of this while running very smoothly for a seemingly hectic fight.

Considering the hell we all went through with Dust 514 from closed beta to open beta all the way to its shutdown, we were far more happy with "generic but stable" rather than "different but messy."

Of course, that was a long time ago.

Now? The next time when we hear about Nova, a lot of us here no longer want to hear "generic but stable" and instead we want to hear "stable AND different." After all this time since the news, I don't want to see a generic shooter anymore.

But we can't forget that CCP Shanghai now has FPS experience and they know their mistakes this time around. They know what ****** up Dust and the presentation of Legion. They have the assets as well. The difference here is that they have to rebuild the entire base code from scratch. So that alone might seem to make your case a little more likely because developing a brand new base code and ditching the old one (the infamous legacy code that partly sealed the fate of Dust) must have been a very difficult choice for them.

But everyone knew it was for the better. If Dust had any hope to emerge as Nova on the PC, it needed a new code and a new engine on a platform that CCP has over a decade working on.

If they have to start from scratch that will take them 2 to 3 years to build.

And when did they start on making nova.

I think I need to do something else till then.

Well there still is the dustforums.

Yey.

Assume about 1.5 years of production (including the time spent to develop the tech demo)

Also assume the reuse of a lot of assets from Dust.

Draw you conclusions from that.

Also, yes, go do something else. Not like the game will go away.

Can I do someone else.

Lol.

07

You can name the 7 new planets discovered in Trappist-1

#7namefor7newplanets

As I've said before, if they don't announce anything at FanFest, their cheeseburger supply will disappear.

That's what I'm talking about. They develop it for 1.5 year and with the assets of DUST. They should release a beta after FANFEST.

What has brought you to that conclusion? Do you know the scope of the game? What features are being included? How do you know that 1.5 years is sufficient time to complete everything they have planned for the beta?

What has brought you to that conclusion? Do you know the scope of the game? What features are being included? How do you know that 1.5 years is sufficient time to complete everything they have planned for the beta?

Hmmm, let me think... they don't work on DUST anymore, and they have its assets. So 1.5 - 2 years are enough for a beta.

You're making quite a few large assumptions in that statement. Hopefully you won't be too dissapointment.

Get your anti depressant pills ready then

I don't think so. They developed that demo in 6 months so I 80% think we'll get a beta.

CCP won't even acknowledge that's an actual game, they're still sticking to a very non-committal "It's just a project and not a sure thing". I just don't see them going from that public stance to "oh hai, here is a Beta" in a month.

Hell the game will likely need to go through a Closed alpha first.

It's alright Poke, these idiots will be idiots. Let them suffer in their expectation that will result in heartbreak.

That wasn't surprise. We knew it a few months before. Now CCP Logibro says that the game isn't even on the shelf, so I think he is just trolling us. I'm not sure but I think he wants to surprise us in EVE FANFEST with the complete PROJECT NOVA game.

Optimistic about a CCP FPS game? No. I will not be optimistic, far from it, CCP has burned us in the past.

YOU MUST OBEY MY OVERPOWERING SOUL! I WILL LINK THE FLAME AND PROLONG THE AGE OF OPTIMISM!

You sound like vahzz. Are you that curs alt?

I don't get this prototype not really a game yet claim.

Just from a business stand point you can't for 2-3 years be going "IDK maybe we will do something with the millions upon millions of dollars we are putting into this project, or maybe we will just throw it in the garbage."

At this CCP is either doing something with Nova or they are not.

It's alright Poke, these idiots will be idiots. Let them suffer in their expectation that will result in heartbreak.

Now CCP Logibro says

IDK the sh*t posting about EVE Legion and cancellation of development on dust threads are still up if you want to dig for them. I'm pretty sure everyone was surprised. I played pretty actively back then and kept up with Dust news very much and i was surprised. More of at there way of handling the entire situation not with Dust 514 development stopping. Because i think deep, deep, deep down everyone saw that coming.