DUST Search - So when will the game be worth playing?

DrSheepbringer3 wrote:

Well there is also a reason why "nobody" knows about the game. It's in beta and CCP simply hasn't started marketing it outside Eve's playerbase. Why would they? It's in beta. It's better to start marketing it when it's "finished".

I do admit that just getting more weapons and stuff won't keep the game floating. It NEEDS a deep MMO-experience to do so. Will that be dust itself or the Eve-universe is another matter. With this I mean that will "our" MMO-experience be more dust related rather than Eve-universe related. Eve-pilot could care less about our MMO-progess-to-add-weapon-modules (which I would feel to be a dust related mmo-experience). If the MMO-experience is closely tied to the eve-universe where we make in impact on eve...mmmmmm.

Then we come to another thing. We are mostly whining/speaking about how Evepilots like/hate us dusterts and that they care or don't care about our actions. Well...do dusters care about Evepilots? Are we concerned about the coalitions or the prices of jita? Do we even have ANY reason to do so?

I personally think the key to success is to get everyone to care about Eve-universe. Not so much which tool we use (eve, dust514).


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Heinrich Jagerblitzen Autocannons Anonymous Late Night Alliance 142	Posted - 2013.02.13 17:00:00 - [1] - Quote DrSheepbringer3 wrote: Well there is also a reason why "nobody" knows about the game. It's in beta and CCP simply hasn't started marketing it outside Eve's playerbase. Why would they? It's in beta. It's better to start marketing it when it's "finished". I do admit that just getting more weapons and stuff won't keep the game floating. It NEEDS a deep MMO-experience to do so. Will that be dust itself or the Eve-universe is another matter. With this I mean that will "our" MMO-experience be more dust related rather than Eve-universe related. Eve-pilot could care less about our MMO-progess-to-add-weapon-modules (which I would feel to be a dust related mmo-experience). If the MMO-experience is closely tied to the eve-universe where we make in impact on eve...mmmmmm. Then we come to another thing. We are mostly whining/speaking about how Evepilots like/hate us dusterts and that they care or don't care about our actions. Well...do dusters care about Evepilots? Are we concerned about the coalitions or the prices of jita? Do we even have ANY reason to do so? I personally think the key to success is to get everyone to care about Eve-universe. Not so much which tool we use (eve, dust514). Sheepbringer gets it. Especially the last line. This apprehension rippling through the community that ranges from slight malaise to full-blown panic about how the game will fail is only a temporary symptom while CCP is working on some fairly substantial core systems that will deepen the integration between the two games and give more people in both games a reason to care. The next major content release should include a lot of features that I personally think will stir the pot fairly heavily, based on my recent talks with CCP. And granted, the team hasn't been perfect on the communication side either, but I can report with confidence that they have a firm grasp on the core issues that are causing the apathy, and seem to be working more on the "link" than on simply stacking the game with more suits and mods (though those are on the way as well). Until than, enjoy the deathmatches and "leveling" for what it is, or don't, and go play something else until its in a state where you're having fun. No one's obligated to play a game they don't enjoy. I recently submitted a multi-page document based on my experiences with the Dust OB events as well as witnessing combined system takeovers using coordinated Dust/EVE player interaction. I spoke directly to the broken contract / FW system and need for a cross-platform economy to emerge, no matter how rudimentary originally. The sooner we get the mechanics to a place where they are easily accessible, rewarding, and visibly meaningful to players in both games, the sooner we'll see this malaise lifted and Dust will start to come into its own. CCP Nullarbor forwarded this document to the rest of the team and said it generated a lot of discussion, so I know CCP is listening to the players and working with the CSM during this time, even if it seems quieter than it should. Hang in there, I appreciate everyone's patience! And I hope most of you are learning to have fun in the mean time regardless. Thanks for all those who have invited me into your squads and shown me what your corps have been up to, its been time well spent.
Heinrich Jagerblitzen Autocannons Anonymous Late Night Alliance 142	Posted - 2013.02.13 17:04:00 - [2] - Quote Also - keep in mind that so much of the work in the last year has been laying technological foundations for the cross-platform integration and deployment onto Tranqulity. Now that its up and live, I'm seeing a lot more focus on developing features rather than infrastructure, though that is always needed as well for obvious reasons. We're still not there yet in terms of performance - and have a ways to go before we see the buttery-smooth gameplay worthy of marketing as a "finished" product (which it will never truly be in the first place. ) I don't think that the amount of content added in the last year will even hold a candle to what's coming in 2013, based on what we've been shown.