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Templar Two wrote:

Actually we don't have a true rock/paper/scissor system.
What we have is a mountain/paper/scissor system.
Statistical advantages/disadvantages are in place and they are impacting heavily on the game BUT a FPS that relies on stats is bad, very bad, because FPS relies almost entirely on player's skills.

Also negative feedback is coming for many reasons, and rightfully so.

Gamepaly in Dust is not on par any FPS on PS3 and despite our constant critics CCP has shown no interest in changing it as we suggested.

COD, BF, KZ Halo are better FPS and if Dust 514 wants to succeed it has to at leas match them because nobody will play a mediocre FPS, even if it is free.
Better spend time and money on a solid product that waste time on a mediocre one.

I met a EVE players that said to me " EVE is simple, it's just that its UI is a mess".

Dust just like EVE indeed has a terrible UI and it's not a complicated game; as a Physicist would say "Dust is not very elegant".
Simplicity doesn't mean stupidity, here people instead think: complexity = clever, simple = stupid.
As Shakespeare said "Brevity is the souls of the wit" and Dust is unnecessary long.
Accessibility is important in any VG but here people think that putting a wall of inaccessibly in front of Dust is going to help and that it's making it better.

Dust is not a true sandbox MMO, and it's evident if you are in the beta, but still for the rest of the world it's advertised as such.

People come here expecting total freedom like in any MMO but instead get red unsafe zones/invisible walls & matchmaking just like in any FPS.
They rightfully feel disappointed/deceived.

Frankly I see on the forums way too many people here defending Dust from any sort of negative feedback, just because it's negative, without thinking that those feedback have a reason to exist.
Dust is getting negative publicity, from reviews and players alike, because there's indeed something wrong in Dust BUT here fanboys don't want to see it.
Negative feedback are essential to make e game better, to correct its mistakes, but here they are always censored/buried.
I understand the desire to see Dust succeed but protecting it from everything you don't like isn't helping.
This kind of behavior has made Dust 514 the unappealing game it is now.


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Severe Clear 15	Posted - 2012.08.28 06:06:00 - [1] - Quote There are some similarities in playstyle to TF2. The whole rock/paper/scissors game of scout/heavy/sniper and so forth. Might be worth marketing in that direction a bit. This game isn't going to be "for" everyone, we know that. But what's there already is deep and rewarding. We'll see.
Severe Clear 15	Posted - 2012.08.28 13:23:00 - [2] - Quote Templar Two wrote: Actually we don't have a true rock/paper/scissor system. What we have is a mountain/paper/scissor system. Statistical advantages/disadvantages are in place and they are impacting heavily on the game BUT a FPS that relies on stats is bad, very bad, because FPS relies almost entirely on player's skills. Also negative feedback is coming for many reasons, and rightfully so. Gamepaly in Dust is not on par any FPS on PS3 and despite our constant critics CCP has shown no interest in changing it as we suggested. COD, BF, KZ Halo are better FPS and if Dust 514 wants to succeed it has to at leas match them because nobody will play a mediocre FPS, even if it is free. Better spend time and money on a solid product that waste time on a mediocre one. I met a EVE players that said to me " EVE is simple, it's just that its UI is a mess". Dust just like EVE indeed has a terrible UI and it's not a complicated game; as a Physicist would say "Dust is not very elegant". Simplicity doesn't mean stupidity, here people instead think: complexity = clever, simple = stupid. As Shakespeare said "Brevity is the souls of the wit" and Dust is unnecessary long. Accessibility is important in any VG but here people think that putting a wall of inaccessibly in front of Dust is going to help and that it's making it better. Dust is not a true sandbox MMO, and it's evident if you are in the beta, but still for the rest of the world it's advertised as such. People come here expecting total freedom like in any MMO but instead get red unsafe zones/invisible walls & matchmaking just like in any FPS. They rightfully feel disappointed/deceived. Frankly I see on the forums way too many people here defending Dust from any sort of negative feedback, just because it's negative, without thinking that those feedback have a reason to exist. Dust is getting negative publicity, from reviews and players alike, because there's indeed something wrong in Dust BUT here fanboys don't want to see it. Negative feedback are essential to make e game better, to correct its mistakes, but here they are always censored/buried. I understand the desire to see Dust succeed but protecting it from everything you don't like isn't helping. This kind of behavior has made Dust 514 the unappealing game it is now. Frankly COD, BF, KZ, and Halo are all trash. Those are the antithesis of what I want in a game. Even in it's present extremely gimped form, I find Dust far more interesting to play. Some negative feedback is justified, but "this isn't like COD ;_;" is NOT negative feedback. It's positive feedback.