On scifi weapons: There are lasers, go in the market > weapons > laser rifles > buy / use / level up skills required > buy a damn laser rifle. The assault rifles and shotguns are plasma weapons (burning ionized gas, probably held together by magnetic fields), the sniper rifles are railguns. Go put on a heavy dropsuit, and try the Forge gun. More confirmed weapons are still to come.

They go klack-klack-klack or ka-thang. Where's the pew pew or the recoil-less rifle? Maybe I'm nitpicking on audio effects, but none of these guns seem sci-fi to me. How about a gun that shoots lightning? Launched Napalm? Guided Missiles? Cluster Rockets? There's technology that we have TODAY which outpaces DUST. Maybe it's a visual / audio effects disconnect. The game doesn't feel like science fiction to me

On dev feedback: Check dev posts on the forums more, or go to the free IRC chat where they come fairly often. This thread is relevent to dev feedback.

I have nothing for this.

On stability: This build is far more stable than it was the previous builds, its not perfect, but it is vastly improving, so its kind of weird that you would pick now to mention how terrible it is.

Even with the improvements I experience at least one hard crash per day. I experience at least 3 soft locks per hour. Maybe it's a bad installation, which only lends more credence to the "I will uninstall this and try again later" statement.

On diversity: Its a beta, how often do you play a beta with all the modes that will be available at launch? There is a mode I think they referred to as conquest that will be played on an even bigger map (5 kilometers I think) that is coming, there will be a PVE mode where you fight rogue drones. Corp battles will be coming, so will factional warfare.

When these things become available I will probably be back to test them. Right now the game doesn't have the tools to be diverse enough (on a macro scale) to hold my interest in a testing capacity (especially with my feedback seemingly getting 0 exposure or mention) Aside: I'm not naive enough to think that the devs have time to respond to or comment on every single feedback post; however, if something is really well formatted with practical experience then it at least deserves a "We've seen it and we're thinking about it."

On consistency: More shields = bigger signature radius, plus there are modules that others use to increase their spotting capabilities. I agree infantry deployables should get you points. I have no problems with swrm launchers, if they are made too strong then it would present a balance issue. I'm pretty sure ass drivers fire grenades, last time I checked they were (definitiom of grenade is "A small bomb thrown by hand or launched mechanically"). The rest of your complaints seem trivial, or explained by balance.

Sig radius is useful for nothing at current it doesn't affect your visibility or the damage you take. Modules which increase spot capability are useless because Chevrons linger too long and appear with little to no effort on spotting. Explosive Splash damage with Swarm Launchers isn't a problem if you make it practically impossible to shoot them at your feet and explode (see MFD or MAD in current missile technology). Mass Drivers do not shoot grenades. Most AP grenades kill you on contact. or within 2 meters; A MD will not. The point of this section was to point out some of the little things that just don't make any sense. Why does the technology exist to do X but not Y when Y is clearly just another implementation of X?

On communication: Because those buttons are already in use. Get a mic.

Forcing players to get a microphone for basic communications is absurd. I'll buy a microphone when I can hack enemy communications and feed them junk data.

CCP advised against making lists of requests and feedback, I advise you split your ideas and feedback into different threads, or comment on threads that are already existing about your issues. The thread is the 1st stickied thread on th feedback page.

Which didn't exist when I started testing this back in August.

would you like some cheese with that whine??

Lol. "Pew-pew, dakka-dakka". I love it. Sorry, just had to say it.

Scrambler pistols are actually lasers, too. And the assault rifles are actually plasma rifles. Sniper rifles are railguns. A lot of the other very sci-fi stuff (mechs, cloaking) are coming later on.

This message isn't really intended for the public to scrutinize and reply to; its intended audience is the development team. If you have feedback which is relevant to what I say here feel free to add in; however, please keep your points relevant and to wit.

Lack of Stability / Fear of System Damage

I can't count on both my hands the number of times that my PS3 hard-locked playing DUST. I'm certain that terminating power to the console is not a safe thing to do and that continued hard shutdowns can only harm my system in the long run. In addition, it's frustrating to say the least that I have to exit the game completely in the event of a soft-lock. It is my opinion that the first issues to be fixed in a beta are stability / crash issues and this has simply not happened.

Lack of Developer Feedback on Testing

When I started playing in the Beta I was assured by the press statements that the Beta would have high levels of developer interaction with the testers so that our opinions could directly influence the game. I have, to date, produced four high quality reports on features in the game I felt should be different and received ZERO feedback on them from ANY member of the development staff. You have failed to uphold your promise here.

It brings me joy to see the LAV up to date in Codex after my thorough report, but I think this has more to do with the large volume of data gathered in precursor with the free LAVs than it does with my report.

Lack of Differentiation

Yes, I'm playing in the EVE universe. Yes, the things I do are supposed to have lasting impact. No, they currently don't.

I understand that this beta is designed to test more of the combat aspects of DUST and less the planetary management side of things; but it just doesn't feel like the things I do in the game directly affect my character or the battlefield. I can't destroy static terrain, I can't alter the battlefield, I can't jam enemy radar, I can't lay traps for tanks... the list goes on and on.

Skill points may seem like the answer to the "MMOFPSRPG HOW" question, but I don't think it is the right way. How does shooting people with a sniper rifle further my proficiency in driving a LAV? The only way to earn SP in EVE is with TIME, which makes sense. Maybe COD's gun-level system might work better here where kills with a class of weapon get you experience in that class of weapon... you know, something more in-line with SWG's pre-combat fix experience system.

Lack of Diversity

At current I have two game-modes: Team Death Match and Capture Control. That's it. Just two. In any given game-mode one of two things will happen:

1. A team will have a proficient vehicle pilot. Everyone will try and kill this person and die to the infantry who are shooting them.
2. A large group of people will ignore the objective of the game. In TDM this means that they will play as lone-wolves and die to two or three man teams. In C&C this means that people will over commit to capturing a point over and over again instead of using flexible deployment.

All the guns in a class (ARs, SMGs, Shotguns) feel the same. I don't feel like any one gun functions different from its counterparts. Go shoot a M16 and then shoot an AK-47 or an AR15, you will feel the difference. Space pew-pew guns should be just as different, if not more-so, than normal earth dakka-dakka guns.

Lack of Consistency

Scouts have a low sig-radius but show up just as readily as a heavy suit. No incentive is offered to killing mobile deployment utilities (nanohives / drop uplinks) while incentive is offered for killing vehicle deployments (tanks / dropships / LAVs). Swarm Rockets function less like highly advanced rockets and more like supercharged suicide bullets with an explosion. Grenades explode and do splash damage to infantry but man-portable missiles do not. Flux grenades completely fry vehicle shields but don't disable turrets / movement. AV grenades seek tanks but AP grenades do not. Mass Drivers do not shoot grenades... why not?

This list of things doesn't seem exhaustive and that's because it isn't. These are the things that come OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'm sure if I dug deeper I could come up with many more.

Communications

Why can't we use the D-Pad: Left to bring up a quick communications panel with things like

• Need Fire Support
• Requesting Reinforcements
• Deploying Drop-Uplink
• Providing Assistance
• En Route
• Cover Me!

Also: communications that aren't voice have to be accessed via Select!? This is atrocious.

No Lasers... AKA Not the Future

This is the future. Where are my lasers? Where are my antiparticle cannons? Where are my micoscale nuclear devices? Where are my portable shield batteries? Where is my walking tank? Where is my bionic enhancement for non-armored infantry? Where are the elements of design / gameplay that suggest this is the distant future?

Under-utilization of Engineering and Electronics Skills

I feel like there should be some kind of... you know... engineering class or equipment which lets me build things. Maybe erecting bunkers or walls... automated turrets... radar stations... you know, stuff like that. Instead we get skills that do nothing but increase stats which are, at best, not used at all. Scan Radius? Why upgrade it when everyone shows up the same? This is a potential untapped goldmine and it's a shame to see it go to waste.

Summary and Conclusion

You can TL;DR this if you want. You can troll if you want. You can flame if you want... I really don't care. Remember, this post isn't aimed at you but at development. These are the reasons that I quit. I'm willing to bet that more than a few players have quit because of issues similar or derivatives. Good luck tuning your game. I will return later to see if anything's changed. -N

Lack of Stability / Fear of System Damage

I can't count on both my hands the number of times that my PS3 hard-locked playing DUST. I'm certain that terminating power to the console is not a safe thing to do and that continued hard shutdowns can only harm my system in the long run. In addition, it's frustrating to say the least that I have to exit the game completely in the event of a soft-lock. It is my opinion that the first issues to be fixed in a beta are stability / crash issues and this has simply not happened.

Lol. "Pew-pew, dakka-dakka". I love it. Sorry, just had to say it.

it's funny cuz most of what he's whining about will probably eventually be incorporated if not already in game.

Not to put ya in the hot seat, but `Why ya mad brah?

I think you are using the WRONG RIFLE.

I think they should have a repeater style laser rifle alongside the beam one. high rate of fire.
like in terminator. =) i think maybe the beam would work better as an anti vehicle weapon and the repeater for merc on merc.

The weapons generally really don't sound and feel scifi except for a few. It use to bother me a lot; its kind of a minor issue, but it would improve the feel of the game if they did sound more scifi.

I understand where you're coming from, but if you haven't noticed, there's a lot of people with headsets. Communication is important, and from efficient standpoints, audio is the fastest method as opposed to using a keyboard. I hate to tell you this, but you are left in the dust (no pun intended) of most players there. This isn't a PC shooter, either. It's a PS3 shooter that just so happens to support KB+M and text chat. You'll need to get used to this if you've not already.

Forcing players to purchase a headset to effectively communicate is not a good move. The argument that "we're in a new era" doesn't apply. I don't want to purchase a god-awful headset and I don't want to buy a Turtle Beach headset either. There isn't a really good mid-range option. At the same time, your argument doesn't address the lack of visual communication between squads, individuals, or entire teams. What if you're deaf?

Yeah. Bet you didn't think about that did you?