Free game.

Continuous free updates.

HTFU?

we as players need to make a guide for the new players it isnt all up to cccp to do everything we as a community need to explain to them the game via youtube videos forum threads etc , and we need to explain to them the lore

And? most will comeback eventually. And then they'll leave again, and comeback, and leave, and comeback. This is the cycle of console games. You can't expect people to want to play dust 24/7 364 days a year.

It seems to me that a lot of people are playing the game now... whether it's ready or not. Not sure that ongoing improvements will be able to reverse this trend.

Free game.

Continuous free updates.

HTFU?

They must have gotten a lot of stuff ironed out behind the scenes.

I think it's going to be a success, but then it's hard for to grasp the stupidity of the masses.

funny dcuo had many bad first impressions but yet people still go back to that

Seems presumptuous to say Uprising is not ready for release unless you've actually played it. It would be a good idea though to make sure the tutorial and new player experience is as good as it can be before releasing it though, Uprising may have improved tutorials (maybe, maybe not), at the very least it is more user friendly, and has pretty graphics.

this cat merc guy is funny as hell he heard release and went likeomg ima ******* die if they do this , anyway , i agree ccp should wait to release untill like the end of the year that way we can actually have more time to test this stuff

I'm sorry that I have faith in the vision and direction of this game that I've been playing faithfully for a year now, through all the bugs and imbalances.

The game is free. If someone downloads it and hates it, they delete it and forget about it. Then, 6 months, a year, 2 years later, when we get our 4th, 6th, 8th free expansion, perhaps they see a cool commercial or hear an awesome story on a forum, then they download the game again, for free.

DUST is a whole new animal, reviews cannot sink this game.

They will try.

And they will fail.

What makes it incomplete?

CCP is used to offering a challenging game that forces users through a lot of work. EVE comes to mind. I don't think they are worried about making the game that appeals to 100% of the populace -- they are working on a vision and a way of designing games that will attract a certain type of person.

I have no concern at all about when it is released -- especially as a free to play game.

I thought it sucked at first. Than after a few weeks, I came back.

Cat Merc, you're not seeing the big picture. Most people on these forums will stick around long-term. Anyone who doesn't will potentially come back every once in a while (maybe only every major patch), and check in on their characters. if they don't, oh well. A lot of people will. And with each and every upgrade/update, more will come. Sure numbers will taper off, and we'll have slow "seasons", but the thing about DUST, just as in EVE, it's a perpetual world. It's evolving, and CONSTANTLY changing. You leave one day, say you're done with this game. Say you leave the first week of uprising. it's too confusing. Everyone is fighting over planets, etc.

Then, you hear about a new release this winter. You figure, what the heck, you have some free time. You come back, and your old corp is now one of the major land holders in the game, several corps have fallen, or settled/merged into larger alliances, and in general, it's a whole new meta game.

No. not everyone is interested in meta. In fact, there are just a LOT of shallow people who take everything at face value. we call those people "COD players". Take everything game-by-game, nothing sticks except XP and KDR. There is no real weight behind anything you do.

This is why EVE/DUST is different. It's a much deeper meta game. Even though things like maps.. gear.. etc. takes a while to change, the game is still going on. Every match you play is a battle deciding which corps are going to hold more ground, and make more money. And even farther in the future, this could involve taking stations, and possibly even ships in EVE!

The goals for DUST are huge. and if people are too shallow to see that, then they don't deserve this game anyway. We will always have plenty of people playing. CCP will make sure of that.

Instead of whining like a sandy vageen, do something about it.

Isnt the CEO of your corp on CPM? Yes, she is. Now, go dry your eyes and listen to CCP Guard tell you the HTFU. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5xvkAPXB9c

If you are wondering max SP in uprising was about 255,000,000 SP.

SPECIFICS
Do you just mean you want Dust to launch with more content? like the full set of racial dropsuits, vehicles, and rifles? Or is it some other near future thing?

Uprising is not full relese! Still Beta. So no need to worry about bad official reviews yet...

Dust has enough content for a decent launch with the new items Uprising brings, I don't see how reviewers could find the amount of guns, suits, and vehicles lacking; it is a solid start.
As for the shooter mechanics (which is still vague and nonspecific), like I said before, it is too early to make the judgement since we haven't actually played Uprising yet.

The players that will play Gears COD BF will play that regardless.

That doesnt mean they wont play Dust. As others said they may play sporadically while allowing their char. to gain SP.

And I agree with Dust Fiend - if the game is free then there really is no worry. For people saying they will pay a subscription - are you willing to continue to play when content delivery or balance issues arent coming down the pipe as fast as you want ?

Maybe its the lack of sensitivity acceleration with the controls for smooth aiming. I made a thread about that before, CCP was paying attention, but I don't know if they're planning on doing anything about it. Perhaps not enough people shared my views on the issue.
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=59526&find=unread Here is the thread in case you're intrested, tell me if its the issue with the feeling of the game.