I haven't really been following the developments of Dust, so does the beta reflect the close-to-ship version, or is it just a "stripped down," this-is-what-the-fighting-will-be-like (with these general weapon styles, etc.) version so we can test out the gameplay? I mean, will there only be Caldari and Gallente dropships/LAV/HAVs? Other pistols, etc.? The beta is a lot of fun, don't get me wrong; I'm just wondering if that represents the "final" product.

(cross posting this from Reddit, since, oddly enough, I thought to post on Reddit before official Dust forums >.>)

I haven't really been following the developments of Dust, so does the beta reflect the close-to-ship version, or is it just a "stripped down," this-is-what-the-fighting-will-be-like (with these general weapon styles, etc.) version so we can test out the gameplay? I mean, will there only be Caldari and Gallente dropships/LAV/HAVs? Other pistols, etc.? The beta is a lot of fun, don't get me wrong; I'm just wondering if that represents the "final" product.

(cross posting this from Reddit, since, oddly enough, I thought to post on Reddit before official Dust forums >.>)

2. Racial dropsuits. This could be like a Gallente assault ( so every race would have a logi/scout/heavy/assault ) or it could work by frame size where there are 4 different unique classes for each race. So like gallente medium suit ( assualt size ) would be pilot.

Just to clarify, there's a dev interview posted on the CCP YouTube channel (originally an IGN exclusive for a couple of days) which confirmed that each race will get AT LEAST 3 suits. Small (Scout), Medium (Assault, Logi) and Large (Heavy). We don't know anything about these suits except that they'll include a Gallente Pilot suit which gives some kind of advantage when driving a vehicle, and an Amarr Crusader suit which gives passive buffs to squad- or teammates. We don't know if the latter will be squad-only, range-limited only, or a combination of both. We only know that the Crusader suit will benefit more than just the person wearing it.

Edit: Derp, just realized it can't be since Amarr already has a heavy suit...

Because "at least" means "no more than"?

It still can be a large frame. It could also be a slow, heavy medium frame that can't out-pace those Heavies by too much anyway.

Definetly not what the finished product will be, and even when it does ship we plan to continue working on it for a long time.

See this dev blog posted just last Thursday: http://dust514.com/news/blog/2013/03/planetary-conquest/

This is pretty basic .

We still need.

1. New weapons we were promised.

2. Racial dropsuits. This could be like a Gallente assault ( so every race would have a logi/scout/heavy/assault ) or it could work by frame size where there are 4 different unique classes for each race. So like gallente medium suit ( assualt size ) would be pilot.

3. Planetary conquest. Will be capturing planets in eveonline.

4. Polish. Bug fixes ect.

5. Possible addition of a "horde mode" before release. I hope its true but i suspect it will be after release ( this is based on gut feeling only but we will be getting it.) This will be like you and 3 others fight waves of drones ( NPCs so like campign but short matches where its like the alamo ( See gears of war horde mode )) for isk/skill points.