MR ExPresident
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2012.08.29 02:22:00 -
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I think the vast majority of the problems with the game can easily be chalked up to this still being a 'closed' beta. I use the term closed loosely because so many people can easily get access to it. That being said, its got its problems, and I think the biggest one is the difficulty in navigating your way through the game, which could be a big turn off, especially for console players.
As unfortunate as it is console players, for the most part from my experience, want and expect to be able to pick up a game and immediately start playing, with just a bit of character customization. Dust has that, but it just doesn't feel fluid. The game has a major social aspect but its a pain to figure out you actually have to turn voice chat on first and select team/squad as the setting. Its easier now than it was in previous builds but it is still to much work. Voice should be on, regardless of the situation, and turning it off the option.
Took a bit for me to figure out today how to leave a squad I created and once in that squad I couldn't see incoming invites to another squad... I had to click my own name to leave the squad. There's something wrong with that and it is going to push people away.
Like many others in this thread I'm doing what I can to defend the game because it has so much potential. That being said, I can't cover up the obvious issues it has. For those of you who say anyone that doesn't have the patience to figure it out can just leave, your shooting yourself in the foot. The idea should not be to make the game so difficult to get into that no one want to find out what its worth, but rather teach them, show them a bit, and make them want to see how deep it goes as they learn and progress. You build a community that way.
MAG was a great game, but had some problems, and its difficulty without aid to players at its start pushed a lot of people away, and where is it now? Dust 514 has a crapload of problems right now and is EXTREMELY difficult for the uneducated ... where do you think it will end up?
I hope for the best and I'll continue to defend it and try and educate friends but I won't be surprised if we don't see big changes if it doesn't amount to anything. |