THE single biggest issue for everyone that I play FPS's with is the gunplay.

It's sub par when compared with CoD, Battlefield and even tier 2 games like MOH and Homefront.

You can get upset with me all you like, I don't personally enjoy any of the above games very much. It doesn't change the fact that Dust in it's current state is slow, clunky and the gunplay is poor. The lack of a true ADS view and poor sound design don't help much either.

In other areas it excels. The customisation, ideology etc.

The truth is, most people play FPS's for the thrill of the kill and so far, Dust doesn't provide the same satisfaction from gunning someone down as the top dogs.

It doesn't change the fact that Dust in it's current state is slow, clunky and the gunplay is poor.

Dust in it's current state

current state

The second thing for me is the ADS view. It's jarring to say the least. I hope this view isn't going to be a permanent feature and we see something more akin to the E3 2011 view. Again, for me, it creates a disconnect between the weapon and the player. The weapon doesn't have any identity any more and is replaced with an ugly camera view.

I also feel there's a severe lack of feedback, both aural and tactile. Let's take COD: Black Ops as an example. When you are shooting an enemy you clearly hear "THUD" sounds and feel small vibrations in the control pad. It also has the hitmarkers on screen at the same time. Dust has the red X at the moment but it needs more IMO. There's also no enemy death noise and death animations are not up to the standard of other engines.

I'm talking more about a death scream or something to that effect.

The BUMP is like a windows error message, sounds lame IMO.