J Lav
Lost-Legion
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Posted - 2013.02.20 15:28:00 -
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Before getting on board, many of us watched with eager anticipation of what would come when the Open Beta made it possible to get into Dust 514. About 4 months ago, I was watching the "Welcome to New Eden" Videos, and thinking, Wow, this is just what I want to play. However what I am playing at the moment hardly resembles what I saw in those videos.
For starters, what's with the maps?
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We see in the videos, interesting maps with interior and exterior environments like this cool pedestal wasteland.
There are obviously more maps out there that they've made. Why don't we see them? This is supposed to be New Eden, and apparently New Eden has only 4 planets...
What's with the Scope?
I see such screens as this, and yet in the game, I can't see anything of the sort. I would love to see this starmap, and where I am about to drop in to fight. It would give some context, a location at least. Put it on a screen somewhere! Immerse me like you promised a year ago.
What's with the management?
I don't run a Corp, but there is no sense of battling with it mattering. If this is beta testing, shouldn't we be testing these things? Give me the ability to put out a contract, and pick my mercs based on a team cap, and I'll show you balanced matches with players that care. I know it exists in some form because of this!
Lastly, What's with the archaic entry?
I spawn as a new state of the art clone, in the future of tomorrow, and proceed to run, or drive a car that handles like a soap box racer built by the grinch's even eviler step-brother. Why can't I go into battle like this? Or something like it. Let's fly that MCC already. Let's let people man turrets on the MCC and fly it in their face, for epic battles of crazy sky fortresses. Could it be broken? Who knows, we can't test it!
All of these things are shown in the videos. Broken or not, they are in there somewhere, and I don't understand why you would show us things like this, but not even give us a glimpse of it in game? I think people deserve an explanation if they're going to stick with this more than a week.
"Come for the Chicken! Oh, chicken? That's coming soon, here's some hotdogs in the meantime..." But I saw the Chicken on the sign?!
Let's get the ball rolling CCP, how about a date, a timeline, or at very least an explanation.  |
J Lav
Lost-Legion
28
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Posted - 2013.02.20 23:53:00 -
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Hey Guys, Thanks for the explanations about the maps. I was really just asking questions about this, not asking FOR these things. This is a fun game at the moment, I'm enjoying it as the bugs are worked out. I just wanted to know what happened to the maps and other features pictured in the videos. I put this to the community figuring there would be some answers out there, since I haven't been able to find anything addressing this elsewhere. I'm also hoping however that this beta doesn't drag on for a year.
Also, the Scope I was referring to was the scale, or scope of the game experience. Sorry I didn't express that very well :) |