lol

So lacking in understanding. There is nothing complicated about Dust at all. Nothing more complicated than any other FPS out there right now. It's currently a third rate Battlefield knock off. In fact, Section 8:Prejudice has more complicated core game elements than Dust has. It's a lobby shooter with some ties to an MMO.

Dust has an enormously complicated skill tree system which players either love, or hate. A quick scan around the internet on any gaming forum will show you divisive this feature is.

There's a core of people here who seem to think that Dust belongs to them and only them because they were testing from the beginning. The bizarre logic of GTFO just doesn't wash. Many new people will download the client next month and like most console players, will give it about 1-2 hours of their time to make an impact. If they are continuously getting stomped by people because of a stat advantage and not because of a skill deficit they'll likely abandon it. Less players, less income.

How do you think the press will react to a disparity like this?

I'm sure if CCP don't do something to address the different you'll have those challenging matches with your hardcore buddies, no question. So don't worry, you'll be able to feel fantastic about telling guys like me who might get to play 1-2 hours a week to "GTFO".

I'm certain the future development costs will just pay for themselves. After all, what game needs a thriving playerbase?

lol

So lacking in understanding. There is nothing complicated about Dust at all. Nothing more complicated than any other FPS out there right now. It's currently a third rate Battlefield knock off. In fact, Section 8:Prejudice has more complicated core game elements than Dust has. It's a lobby shooter with some ties to an MMO.

Dust has an enormously complicated skill tree system which players either love, or hate. A quick scan around the internet on any gaming forum will show you divisive this feature is.

There's a core of people here who seem to think that Dust belongs to them and only them because they were testing from the beginning. The bizarre logic of GTFO just doesn't wash. Many new people will download the client next month and like most console players, will give it about 1-2 hours of their time to make an impact. If they are continuously getting stomped by people because of a stat advantage and not because of a skill deficit they'll likely abandon it. Less players, less income.

How do you think the press will react to a disparity like this?

I'm sure if CCP don't do something to address the different you'll have those challenging matches with your hardcore buddies, no question. So don't worry, you'll be able to feel fantastic about telling guys like me who might get to play 1-2 hours a week to "GTFO".

I'm certain the future development costs will just pay for themselves. After all, what game needs a thriving playerbase?

Dust outshines BF in every sense of the word.

Can you explain the cost? How do you know its soooo expensive? This argument is irrelevant consider we are talking about a f2p game.

As for the learning curve... . If eve has survived 10 years..... im pretty sure dust will be fine.

Also tone it down with the "large player base" ..... their will always be people downloading this game. People will read or hear a review and wonder good or bad if they might like it enough to wade through the bullshit and put time into a game that rewards those who PUT TIME into the game.

Ill be honest I hated this game when I first played it.... but that was about a year ago and I stuck through it because i like the people i play with. Now when im not playing dust I wish I was blasting someones face off.

Dust just like eve rewards those who dedicate time.... once people realise this instead of trying to nerf this or change that this game will be huge.

ITT: People QQ about fairness in New Eden.

Man, my jaw hurts from laughing so much. or maybe its the other thing, but probably the laughing.

You didn't answer a single question.

I haven't used to word "nerf" once in this thread. So again, you are just assuming things.

Clearly CCP is doing something write since so many including the OP actually care about the fate of the game still. Me on the other hand has stopped caring awhile ago

Beast. I said 3 months ago, that Dust would fail if an update didn't come out in the next week. I said the same thing last year. Apparently, people care enough about a Beta to play it for about a year, more or less.

I'm not saying that you're wrong. But something must've been done right.

http://dustboard.com/global

About 2 million accounts made. Lets say 75% is gone, and 50% of the remainder are alts. Still about 250 000. Not bad.

lol

You didn't use any logic. You just posted a bunch of baseless stuff and then you backed off when you were asked to verify it.

Funny thing is im sure most of us closed beta vets could care less if we pub stomp noobs.... I remember when we didnt even have squads...... I remember when every game I played was against the dust elite. I want those days back, I want to fight good people every single game. I want to face imps,pfbhz, not guilty, stb, hellstorm.... I want to have battles that have you sitting on the edge of your chair screaming at your TV.... I want to look at the scoreboard and smile because both teams are stacked and this battle is going to be a good one.

So I say if you dont like dust GTFO.
If you are crying about getting stomped by people who have 11m sp GTFO.
If your crying about the game being to complicated seriously GTFO.

I want that challenge back from closed beta... I want my adrenaline to pump as I shoot it out with good players....

So all you "noob friendly nerf proto" people need to leave. Im sure most of us could care less if all the noobs left and dust was full of vets again.

Their you go again using logic..... stop it. Your going to make peoples brains hurt icy.

Moejoe dropping another logic bomb, only to get ignored by ccp and shitposted at by ccp dickriders. It's been well over a year since the first stages of beta for this game and the changes have been minimal. There's really no hope at this point.

You obviously dont get the point.....the absence of a matchmaker/training/pve will kill the game because the majority of NEW players are what pay CCP $$$$$. While the pub stomping wanna b elite players dont pay $$$ for this game because they have 10mil sp. therefore attitudes like yours go about pub stomping and killing off the majority player base and capitol for CCP telling everyone to GTFO and get guud. Cmon man

Survival of the fittest doesn't work with a player base on a console fps with attention spans < a nat.

Is this game going to be supported by elite eve fanbois? No because they dont pay $$$$.



If they all GTFO then there will be no $$$$, do you understand now?

How many are still active?

You really think 250,000 are still online and playing regularly thats cute.


A FPS that has a regular base of active in the thousands doesnt last. sImply cause matchimaking will fail to find players and create full matches in the same region.


People stick around because the new build was announced and people decided to eat the grind to have SP for it.

Once this goes commercial on 5/14 the its a beta excuse goes out the window. Withi it any protections it might have, if content isn't added a quicker pace over the next 6 months much of the base falls. If the game doesnt find a way to get new players in and having fun without a burdensome grind or at least make the grind fun by reducing the severity of veteran pubstomp.

Fact is the majority of players who have this undying faith in CCP and their vision happen to be people who play EVE or are simply so thirst travesing the desert that is the modern gaming industry they will drink the sand they believe to be water.

However that is a small number at best and not entirely the type of player that CCP will want to sustain this game.


Again if thats the mindset and type of player they wanted why isn't this game on PC?

Beast. I said 3 months ago, that Dust would fail if an update didn't come out in the next week. I said the same thing last year. Apparently, people care enough about a Beta to play it for about a year, more or less.

I'm not saying that you're wrong. But something must've been done right.

http://dustboard.com/global

About 2 million accounts made. Lets say 75% is gone, and 50% of the remainder are alts. Still about 250 000. Not bad.

If you wanted to be generous with the "active" player base you added two extra zeros. 2,500 is a realistic number. How else do you explain playing the same people, getting thrown on Asia and EU servers, and huge lag spikes?

The only thing this game has going for it is that it is free!

lmao

I DISTINCTLY remember seeing an interview with a CCP rep who said they wanted Dust to be as accessible as COD or BF.

But no, lets make the game really tough to get into so we'll make less money. It's the perfect business strategy.

There are some serious nuthuggers on this forum.