Arkena Wyrnspire
Fatal Absolution
Bleeding Sun Conglomerate
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Posted - 2017.09.28 17:36:00 -
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I'd never be able to forgive myself if I let my favourite forums go without saying goodbye.
So here I am, to make one last - and typically verbose - solid post.
It's been a journey, hasn't it? If you're still here and reading this, you are most likely quite a devotee. To be here, on the forums, over a year after the end of the game, takes a certain degree of interest. That shared interest sustained a really colourful community over the years, and I'm glad to see some of these names still around.
I spent an immense amount of time here on these forums and in the game. The number of characters I've posted is on the way to 7 million - substantially longer than War and Peace. Ironically, in terms of word count I'm very close to +Ç la recherche du temps perdu - otherwise known as In Search of Lost Time. It's no exaggeration to say that all this time I've spent here, with you, has shaped me as a person. I consider many of you friends. Some of these friendships have developed into solid things that have stood the test of time - I play regularly and talk regularly with people I met here today, and I expect I will do for years to come.
Few games inspired me quite like this one. I've never poured my heart out in feedback threads like I did here anywhere else. Nor have I been sufficiently inspired to write lengthy guides, or run for election, or run a corp.
DUST may not have been the greatest game. Regardless, it had its moments, and some of it was genuinely unique. I've never been able to find a fitting system as comprehensive or engaging in an FPS anywhere else. The element of loss is rare, and an outright power increase from progression was brave.
More than this, though, it was always the community who kept me here. You contributed to it, all of you. Faction forum warfare was a joy, and I am glad to have met many on both sides.
We've come to the end of this line on our journey. The game itself has been gone for a long while now, and soon our beloved forums will go, too.
But the end of the line needn't be the end of the journey. We know Project Nova is in development. Maybe something will come of it. Maybe not. But when we get off this train, I think I'm willing to wait at the platform and see if there's a transfer.
Cheerio, DUST 514 forums. I'll miss you.
Gentlemen. It has been a pleasure. o7
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