You play CoD. You're sick. If you think CoD is better than this, kill yourself. I've been playing BO II after getting it from a friend. Terrible graphics, disgusting spawns, ridiculous 2 shots to kill anyone with SMG across the 4 inch map. But idiots like you eat it up every year. F*** off your feedback is unneeded. Also go get a Wii.

Tried it still get the same response, gtfo, bye, can I haz your stuff, or the ever it's beta.

Been here a long time but the fansboys are getting more blind by the build, don't even see templar two bother trying post about the poor advances and flaws any more even he gave up.

I just pop on to state the obvious from time to time, dust will have a small player base after the initial newness wears off and will suit some but even that will become stale when new players realise they have to live this game to be able to compete.

I played for several hours last night and the games I was in were amazingly smooth. It's a HUGE improvement over the last build in terms of playability and smoother frame-rate.

Yes, the menus are still stuttery, but what counts for me is the smoother in-game playability. It was a luxury I got only a handful of times in the last build. I just hope it lasts.

If your being sniped and you manage to find cover as small as a supply depot call in a free lav. Sniper will be pissed when he see's the RVA and will probably give up after taking one shot at the back of your carseat.

I probably will. I don't expect much improvement if this was supposed to be the big fix-it build before the open beta. I don't think you guys should be too hopeful either if CCP doesn't take feedback outside of these forums into serious consideration. I think the positive energy on these forums is a bit misleading.

I have been through at least 4 major updates. & have seen a significant amount of progress in the last six months. IMO, console gamers expect too much of a beta. As a result of devs/publishers marketing MP demos/stress tests as betas. & until we get PvE & the game opens to low/null sec, the new player experience is still a '?'. this is just a side effect of letting a large number of players into a real beta so early on.

You do realize that once you get into a LAV you have a few seconds when your giving away a free headshot?

Although the original poster wrote for humour/ irony (and maybe just a touch of anger) rather than a straight analysis, I have to agree with many of his points.
It's only fair to first acknowledge that there's some pretty nice stuff in this build:

• New vehicle sounds give more of an impression of a high-tech machine
• New artwork assets are very "alien tech", again giving a better immersion in a super-high-tech battlefield.
• Loading times have been much improved - my first game on the new build I saw the "command centre/ ready room" for the first time in many months, and I can call up the player stats list after *every* game, rather than just sitting watching the loading wheel.
• I haven't (yet) seen *any* of the 2-5 second long screen-freezes which have been my constant companion. Great job!

However (yeah, I know - there's always a "but"...) I do have to agree with the original poster on many points.

• HMG seems more overpowered than ever and snipers seem more powerful relative to most other weapons (quite probably due to other weapons being diminished). This further skews the risk/ reward imbalance - as noted by the original poster.
• Now the biggie - although the multi-second screen freezes appear to have gone away, framerate problems are still very much there. They are now a constant low-level issue rather than massive spikes just when something critical happens. Over the past 3 builds I've pretty much been unable to avoid the conclusion that this game needs a SSD to be truly playable. While many players flippantly state "get an SSD", as if it's the logical answer to every game problem, (and I'll add that I'm fast approaching the day I'm no longer willing to put that off), not every player is in a position to do that. All that aside, if an SSD upgrade is necessary to play, then Dust can't really be said to be PS3 compatible. And if many of us upgrade to SSDs, we're radically watering down the feedback CCP gets about how the game plays *on the target platform*. It seems to me that a more logical answer would be for the testers to report a problem so it can be dealt with by the developers, so no more "it's only not working for you because you're playing it on the target platform" comments, eh guys?

Also...

• I'm seeing a massive reintroduction of hit-detection problems. Just a few days ago, emptying an entire SMG magazine into someone 2 metres away would kill pretty much anyone. Now I'm lucky to fully deplete their shields.
• The gameplay balance seems *much* less cerebral. I've played for a day or so since the update, and I appreciate that this is a player factor, but the game balance now seems to reward "run forward spraying bullets" gameplay far more than tactical planning and movement. I'm not yet sure what's caused this apparent shift, but changes in Assault Rifles (iron sights and slower zoomed panning) have certainly incentivised close-in fighting, and I wonder if people will abandon fully-automatic ARs entirely as their effective range (or rather their usable range) drops closer to that where the SMG (not to mention the HMG ) dominates.
• Even with good (passive) scanning skills, I'm routinely surprised by enemies hiding round corner (this includes, on one occasion, three heavies with HMGs plus two assault troopers and a scout with shotgun!) I doubt they were all stealthed...
• For Mouse and Keyboard players, it's no longer possible to scroll through fitting selection using scrollwheel or W and S, so you need to move fingers to the arrow keys.

I can appreciate that people don't react well to angry posts, but (as someone who has been waiting literally years for Dust) I can sympathise with the frustration of seeing it not be all it can be, especially when it's mostly down to a few well-documented problems. Let's please keep both sides of the debate constructive guys - we all want this bird to fly, after all

Can I have your stuff scrub?

Although the original poster wrote for humour/ irony (and maybe just a touch of anger) rather than a straight analysis, I have to agree with many of his points.
It's only fair to first acknowledge that there's some pretty nice stuff in this build:

• New vehicle sounds give more of an impression of a high-tech machine
• New artwork assets are very "alien tech", again giving a better immersion in a super-high-tech battlefield.
• Loading times have been much improved - my first game on the new build I saw the "command centre/ ready room" for the first time in many months, and I can call up the player stats list after *every* game, rather than just sitting watching the loading wheel.
• I haven't (yet) seen *any* of the 2-5 second long screen-freezes which have been my constant companion. Great job!

However (yeah, I know - there's always a "but"...) I do have to agree with the original poster on many points.

• HMG seems more overpowered than ever and snipers seem more powerful relative to most other weapons (quite probably due to other weapons being diminished). This further skews the risk/ reward imbalance - as noted by the original poster.
• Now the biggie - although the multi-second screen freezes appear to have gone away, framerate problems are still very much there. They are now a constant low-level issue rather than massive spikes just when something critical happens. Over the past 3 builds I've pretty much been unable to avoid the conclusion that this game needs a SSD to be truly playable. While many players flippantly state "get an SSD", as if it's the logical answer to every game problem, (and I'll add that I'm fast approaching the day I'm no longer willing to put that off), not every player is in a position to do that. All that aside, if an SSD upgrade is necessary to play, then Dust can't really be said to be PS3 compatible. And if many of us upgrade to SSDs, we're radically watering down the feedback CCP gets about how the game plays *on the target platform*. It seems to me that a more logical answer would be for the testers to report a problem so it can be dealt with by the developers, so no more "it's only not working for you because you're playing it on the target platform" comments, eh guys?

Also...

• I'm seeing a massive reintroduction of hit-detection problems. Just a few days ago, emptying an entire SMG magazine into someone 2 metres away would kill pretty much anyone. Now I'm lucky to fully deplete their shields.
• The gameplay balance seems *much* less cerebral. I've played for a day or so since the update, and I appreciate that this is a player factor, but the game balance now seems to reward "run forward spraying bullets" gameplay far more than tactical planning and movement. I'm not yet sure what's caused this apparent shift, but changes in Assault Rifles (iron sights and slower zoomed panning) have certainly incentivised close-in fighting, and I wonder if people will abandon fully-automatic ARs entirely as their effective range (or rather their usable range) drops closer to that where the SMG (not to mention the HMG ) dominates.
• Even with good (passive) scanning skills, I'm routinely surprised by enemies hiding round corner (this includes, on one occasion, three heavies with HMGs plus two assault troopers and a scout with shotgun!) I doubt they were all stealthed...
• For Mouse and Keyboard players, it's no longer possible to scroll through fitting selection using scrollwheel or W and S, so you need to move fingers to the arrow keys.

I can appreciate that people don't react well to angry posts, but (as someone who has been waiting literally years for Dust) I can sympathise with the frustration of seeing it not be all it can be, especially when it's mostly down to a few well-documented problems. Let's please keep both sides of the debate constructive guys - we all want this bird to fly, after all

KZ2>Blackops II> KZ3 Alpha > DUST514

The post has some good points. It starts out pointing out some glaring technical problems (lag, stutter, etc) that the game still has and then quickly degenerates into whinning about having his S whooped and how much battles fail to deliver 'fun' to him. What a pitty, could have been a good discussion.

Yes, that part is realy dumb.
But he does have valid criticism, don't shoot him down just because of a few points that are just him not being good at this game.

Upon opening my dropsuit selection the game begins stuttering. I feel like I'm running Crysis on a Super Nintendo as I attempt to perform the simple task of editing my loadouts, a feeling I've had since I was invited to this beta half a year ago, multiple builds ago. Hell even before logging into the game the flyby over the spaceship at the character selection screen was skipping frames every 5 seconds.

Of course after stuttering through the menus I already knew what to expect. The game plays no differently. Micro-freezes are a regular occurrence and the framerate is never stable as the outdated PS3 hardware struggles to load the ultra-HD industry standard 16x16 textures of Dust 514 that you've become so accustomed to.

We dont need you.

Mojoe would school you any day of the week if enemies rendered at distances greater than 100ft tbqh

But dust beta dose, it needs everyone, those who like and blindly think it brilliant and those who dislike, just so ccp can get some balance by reading between the lines.

All feed back is good be praise or criticism, people need to learn not to take it personal when they read something they don't like written about the game.