DUST Search - An FPS for an FPS fan?

d'mon jahn wrote:

Gameplay and other issues aside, I think the RPG elements of DUST are too complex for your average CoD/MW fan and a barrier to entry for what should be DUST's target audience. Not that they lack the intellectual capacity for it but that they'll lack the interest and patience for it.

As an EvE player I want tons of those hardcore FPSers out there enhancing my game through their avid desire to blow each other up in DUST, but when I think about friends that I know who love competitive FPS, they wont be interested in the skill-training and fitting aspects in DUST. They'll think of skill-training and fitting as "ugh this is that part I have to get through to get into the fight." At the end of the day they'll gladly pay $60 for another CoD title that delivers the fun they want without the requisite preparation and learning curve inherent in DUST.

They want a fun time whenever they have time to sit down and play, and they'll see most everything but the combat as a barrier getting in the way of their fun.

So then, the question I have has two parts:

A)Do you agree? If not, why?

B) If so, what could be done to simplify the non-combat portions of the game in a way that is palatable to the hardcore FPS fanbase?


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Psycho GroveR Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2012.07.02 18:27:00 - [1] - Quote Quote: Not difficult, just a bit annoying. Some people learn best by doing and seeing a large chunk of text telling them how to do something might be a tad daunting for some and so put them off or make them just skip it and then we get to deal with people who have no idea what they are doing. A tutorial system that actually gets a person involved would be much more useful to the user as they don't have to sit there reading about how this game works. I find this to be a great idea. Much like how White Knight Chronicles II shows you how to navigate your menus and the battle system. I could have learned how to play the game quicker if I had just gone to the edge of town and saw the videos instead of wasting an hour going into each menu/sub menu and playing with things just to see what they do.
Psycho GroveR Crux Special Tasks Group Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2012.07.02 18:44:00 - [2] - Quote d'mon jahn wrote: Gameplay and other issues aside, I think the RPG elements of DUST are too complex for your average CoD/MW fan and a barrier to entry for what should be DUST's target audience. Not that they lack the intellectual capacity for it but that they'll lack the interest and patience for it. As an EvE player I want tons of those hardcore FPSers out there enhancing my game through their avid desire to blow each other up in DUST, but when I think about friends that I know who love competitive FPS, they wont be interested in the skill-training and fitting aspects in DUST. They'll think of skill-training and fitting as "ugh this is that part I have to get through to get into the fight." At the end of the day they'll gladly pay $60 for another CoD title that delivers the fun they want without the requisite preparation and learning curve inherent in DUST. They want a fun time whenever they have time to sit down and play, and they'll see most everything but the combat as a barrier getting in the way of their fun. So then, the question I have has two parts: A)Do you agree? If not, why? B) If so, what could be done to simplify the non-combat portions of the game in a way that is palatable to the hardcore FPS fanbase? I would have to disagree with you (yet, also kind of agree with you) for the following reason: I disagree that this game will be too deep for FPS fans of games like MW because, much like in MW, you have to play and earn EXP in order to unlock better weapons, equipment, perks and such. Most FPS games have something of this nature in the game so its not exactly rocket science. You shoot people, protect/destroy objectives, the round ends and you get money to buy stuff you previously didn't have. Its simple. I believe that the vets of games like MW/BF/MAG will appreciate this, but new/casual gamers will probably not want to bother with it if earning new weapons/equipment takes too long. I think that having a better tutorial system might help keep people interested in the game longer (much like the tutorial system for White Knight Chronicles II), but ultimately it will be the gameplay that will keep gamers interested in this game.