Piercing Serenity
Pink Fluffy Bounty Hunterz
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.03.12 04:09:00 -
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Come now LogiBro. Breathe.
I am a DUST vet. Granted, I joined at the end of replication, so I'm not as old as you. I have long outgrown my 'passion' for DUST. I currently grind much more out of habit than enjoyment. That being said I think DS deserves some credit.
I have played DUST for almost a year and haven't experienced many instances of extreme lag. I agree that my PS3 has experienced more hard freezes on DUST than on any other game. My connection, however, is pretty good. I'm not going to blame your connection for your lag. I will offer some possible solutions. Your game play could be a bit slower if you haven't uninstalled and re-installed DUST in a while. I did that a month or so ago and things have been a little better since.
Secondly, I disagree with the way you phrased the argument: "Aurum buys SP", at least in the way that you described it. When you pay money for skill boosters, you don't get any more SP for the purchase. You increase the potential for SP growth - that was paid for with cash. However, all you have truly purchased with an active SP booster is greater potential for you to either live up to or squander. This may come off as "a matter of syntax" or "saving the appearance", but I would truly argue the difference.
Passive SP boosters, on the other hand, do purchase SP. Your post has made me realize that. I believe that is a fair point, but it is slightly less relevant. I don't think any competitive DUST player relies on passive SP, "relies" being the key word. I think that most competitive DUST players utilize passive SP, but that is because most of them play very actively and would like to maximize their time-effectiveness.
I believe that it's bad practice to speak extensively on something you haven't done, so I will be the first to admit that I do use both passive and active SP boosters. But I use them because I can be a bit impatient when it comes to starting video games. I want to come out of the gate strong. I believe that boosters will become more and more irrelevant as time goes on. Once most people are around 11 million SP, they're primary class will be fully fleshed out. Why pay money to speed up your secondary skills? You already have a well built primary to fall back on. That's my plan anyway.
I don't think that "Beta" is a good excuse for the slow development of this game. I hardly think "Beta" is an excuse at all. But I do that that DS shed light on the commentary the original video made. I think that deserves some credit. |