DUST Search - Player count dropping day by day.

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9k online 2 weeks ago seems so far away... I think the highest I've seen since then is 7k ish including weekends. Veterans are leaving due to long stand bugs in the game (over a year old) and slow progress on developing content (it amazes me we don't have all the racial suites and it sounds like most of our weapons are actually placeholders for other weapons that are coming soontm). New players are faced with a player base that does 40%+ more damage than them with 400% more HP and a grind that will take them 4-5 months to be competitive enough to participate effectively in PC, and if they want to cut that time down to 3 months it costs at least $60 USD AUR in order to fund the active and passive boosters.

We are constantly barraged with ads to buy AUR with prices that range on the ridiculous (How could any merc pack be worth $99 USD) with the devs failing horribly even with the simple task of putting items ont he market place (still not isk fused locus nades, and the proto charged sniper rifle retained it's standard isk cost of 2,500 ISK).

I have 23 days left on my last active booster, after that I really don't know if I will keep playing. I've invest a lot of time and money into dust but with each passing day it feels more and more like a bad investment. CCP has teased the player base with grand promises, however has overlooked the foundation of the game which in all honesty after the year and a half I spent testing the game shouldn't be the case. At launch we shouldn't be dealing with mic glitches, massive FPS drops, memory leaks, infinite loading screens, walls that grab you, terrain that glitches, and terrible aiming mechanics.

TLDR: QQ, I've invested a lot of time and effort into the game but while I've had fun I think the ride will be over soon.

Lol I even got an error trying to post this how fitting.

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Deluxe Edition TeamPlayers EoN. 345	Posted - 2013.06.05 02:39:00 - [1] - Quote 9k online 2 weeks ago seems so far away... I think the highest I've seen since then is 7k ish including weekends. Veterans are leaving due to long stand bugs in the game (over a year old) and slow progress on developing content (it amazes me we don't have all the racial suites and it sounds like most of our weapons are actually placeholders for other weapons that are coming soontm). New players are faced with a player base that does 40%+ more damage than them with 400% more HP and a grind that will take them 4-5 months to be competitive enough to participate effectively in PC, and if they want to cut that time down to 3 months it costs at least $60 USD AUR in order to fund the active and passive boosters. We are constantly barraged with ads to buy AUR with prices that range on the ridiculous (How could any merc pack be worth $99 USD) with the devs failing horribly even with the simple task of putting items ont he market place (still not isk fused locus nades, and the proto charged sniper rifle retained it's standard isk cost of 2,500 ISK). I have 23 days left on my last active booster, after that I really don't know if I will keep playing. I've invest a lot of time and money into dust but with each passing day it feels more and more like a bad investment. CCP has teased the player base with grand promises, however has overlooked the foundation of the game which in all honesty after the year and a half I spent testing the game shouldn't be the case. At launch we shouldn't be dealing with mic glitches, massive FPS drops, memory leaks, infinite loading screens, walls that grab you, terrain that glitches, and terrible aiming mechanics. TLDR: QQ, I've invested a lot of time and effort into the game but while I've had fun I think the ride will be over soon. Lol I even got an error trying to post this how fitting.
xprotoman23 Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 1866	Posted - 2013.06.05 02:40:00 - [2] - Quote Deluxe Edition wrote: 9k online 2 weeks ago seems so far away... I think the highest I've seen since then is 7k ish including weekends. Veterans are leaving due to long stand bugs in the game (over a year old) and slow progress on developing content (it amazes me we don't have all the racial suites and it sounds like most of our weapons are actually placeholders for other weapons that are coming soontm). New players are faced with a player base that does 40%+ more damage than them with 400% more HP and a grind that will take them 4-5 months to be competitive enough to participate effectively in PC, and if they want to cut that time down to 3 months it costs at least $60 USD AUR in order to fund the active and passive boosters. We are constantly barraged with ads to buy AUR with prices that range on the ridiculous (How could any merc pack be worth $99 USD) with the devs failing horribly even with the simple task of putting items ont he market place (still not isk fused locus nades, and the proto charged sniper rifle retained it's standard isk cost of 2,500 ISK). I have 23 days left on my last active booster, after that I really don't know if I will keep playing. I've invest a lot of time and money into dust but with each passing day it feels more and more like a bad investment. CCP has teased the player base with grand promises, however has overlooked the foundation of the game which in all honesty after the year and a half I spent testing the game shouldn't be the case. At launch we shouldn't be dealing with mic glitches, massive FPS drops, memory leaks, infinite loading screens, walls that grab you, terrain that glitches, and terrible aiming mechanics. TLDR: QQ, I've invested a lot of time and effort into the game but while I've had fun I think the ride will be over soon. Lol I even got an error trying to post this how fitting. don't forget to post qualifications for people who are eligible for your stuff.
Fiasco Llana SVER True Blood Unclaimed. 327	Posted - 2013.06.05 02:42:00 - [3] - Quote Only way I would buy an elite pack would be if it came with a blueprint dropship.
mikegunnz Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 604	Posted - 2013.06.05 02:50:00 - [4] - Quote xprotoman23 wrote: don't forget to post qualifications for people who are eligible for your stuff. May I suggest: Multiple games where a quad-kill is scored with a single RE Having destroyed a Gunloggi with a combo of REs and AV nades Having destroyed 3 LAVs in a single match by using REs as proxy mines Scored 14kills in one match using ONLY REs (I may be getting bored with this game, but I just run around using mainly REs almost every match now)
Mobius Wyvern BetaMax. CRONOS. 1819	Posted - 2013.06.05 03:42:00 - [5] - Quote Yeah, this is definitely the first game I've ever played that wasn't completely perfect on release.
Dust Project 514 Dust Evo 514 5	Posted - 2013.06.05 03:45:00 - [6] - Quote Yeah, well you didn't buy enough Aurum to pay the low wage, low interest works who slapped this game together. So this happens.
TacKLed lel Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 0	Posted - 2013.06.05 03:48:00 - [7] - Quote I have to kind of agree. This is my first day in the game, and there seemed to be no direction for which a new player could take. It feels like it is P2W because of all the random ads to buy AUR and players that are more powerful than the new players. I don't have any trouble taking down a lot of people because I'm always at the top of the leaderboard maintaining a 3.23 K/D and taking objectives, but my teammates are just cannon fodder. This game has promise and I like it, but it seems to be flawed. Also, the aiming is a little janky. At first it was a problem and I got used to it, but I nearly stopped playing at first because of how weird and awkward it is.
Surt gods end Demon Ronin 217	Posted - 2013.06.05 03:50:00 - [8] - Quote Deluxe Edition wrote: 9k online 2 weeks ago seems so far away... I think the highest I've seen since then is 7k ish including weekends. Veterans are leaving due to long stand bugs in the game (over a year old) and slow progress on developing content (it amazes me we don't have all the racial suites and it sounds like most of our weapons are actually placeholders for other weapons that are coming soontm). New players are faced with a player base that does 40%+ more damage than them with 400% more HP and a grind that will take them 4-5 months to be competitive enough to participate effectively in PC, and if they want to cut that time down to 3 months it costs at least $60 USD AUR in order to fund the active and passive boosters. We are constantly barraged with ads to buy AUR with prices that range on the ridiculous (How could any merc pack be worth $99 USD) with the devs failing horribly even with the simple task of putting items ont he market place (still not isk fused locus nades, and the proto charged sniper rifle retained it's standard isk cost of 2,500 ISK). I have 23 days left on my last active booster, after that I really don't know if I will keep playing. I've invest a lot of time and money into dust but with each passing day it feels more and more like a bad investment. CCP has teased the player base with grand promises, however has overlooked the foundation of the game which in all honesty after the year and a half I spent testing the game shouldn't be the case. At launch we shouldn't be dealing with mic glitches, massive FPS drops, memory leaks, infinite loading screens, walls that grab you, terrain that glitches, and terrible aiming mechanics. TLDR: QQ, I've invested a lot of time and effort into the game but while I've had fun I think the ride will be over soon. Lol I even got an error trying to post this how fitting. You ain't the only that finds yourself playing less and less buddy. Getting close to finishing my gundam. Feel no need to jump to another suit. So right now its just getting the sp to compliment the suit. But more and more, I've been playing less and just letting the passive sp to most of the work.
DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 3416	Posted - 2013.06.05 03:54:00 - [9] - Quote I haven't hit my cap in at least a month. Hell, I haven't been anywhere near close. It's so boring. :/
Aikuchi Tomaru Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 2	Posted - 2013.06.05 03:57:00 - [10] - Quote At the moment I'm just capping out every week and honestly: I mostly do it afk in Instant Battles. These battles aren't really worth anything and the rewards for losing and winning are almost the same. So why sweat it? This way I'll have a decent amount of SP when the game gets it's next update which hopefully will add trading, PvE, new maps, gameplay modes and, most important of all, finally balancing changes which do include that the winning team actually gets something for winning.

DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 3417	Posted - 2013.06.05 04:01:00 - [11] - Quote Aikuchi Tomaru wrote: when the game gets it's next update which hopefully will add trading, PvE, new maps, gameplay modes and, most important of all, finally balancing changes which do include that the winning team actually gets something for winning. Puff puff pass bro
Mike Poole Kirkinen Risk Control Caldari State 127	Posted - 2013.06.05 04:02:00 - [12] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: Yeah, this is definitely the first game I've ever played that wasn't completely perfect on release. This isn't a matter of "completely perfect"... this game is barely even release worthy. Between the almost insane imbalances, faulty hit detection, some bug ridden weapons that are near unusable and impassable terrain glitches... This is probably one of the first games I've ever played that went into a release state looking quite so **** poor. And I've played Final Fantasy 14, a game so poorly developed at launch they eventually issued a formal apology and took the game down to rebuild it from the ground up based on player feedback.
Mithridates VI IMPSwarm Negative-Feedback 1924	Posted - 2013.06.05 04:19:00 - [13] - Quote Wait, there are fewer players on then there were while people were frenzied about PC? NO WAI.
Lilah Silverstone The Arrow Project 56	Posted - 2013.06.05 04:31:00 - [14] - Quote Well if ya'll didn't play so much that you burnt out this wouldn't be a problem. Moderation is key. See ya when you burn out from your next game!
Paran Tadec Imperfects Negative-Feedback 1083	Posted - 2013.06.05 04:34:00 - [15] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: Yeah, this is definitely the first game I've ever played that wasn't completely perfect on release. Theres a difference between "not perfect" and "dog ****"
Nelo Angel0 The Nommo Insurance Fraud. 43	Posted - 2013.06.05 04:38:00 - [16] - Quote Paran Tadec wrote: Mobius Wyvern wrote: Yeah, this is definitely the first game I've ever played that wasn't completely perfect on release. Theres a difference between "not perfect" and "dog ****" we were promised alot before the beta. we played the beta and found the game dull. out came uprising... nothing changed. basically ccp promised alot of things were going to happen in dust and now were hearing they'll be coming soon(tm)
Dark Deviser Ahrendee Frontlinez 9	Posted - 2013.06.05 05:14:00 - [17] - Quote CCP needs to do the same thing Square Enix did too FF14. 1. Fire the whole staff. 2. Close the game 3. Release when ACTUALLY ready. I had such high hopes for this MMO, but you released it when we told you not too, and then it gets a 5.5 thats f.u.c.k.ing embarrassing.
Gunner Needed The Southern Legion RISE of LEGION 144	Posted - 2013.06.05 06:01:00 - [18] - Quote I was playing BF3 during the ddos attack and there was less thn 40 people playing.....
Aero Yassavi Imperial Resurrection Organization 8	Posted - 2013.06.05 06:05:00 - [19] - Quote Of course there are less people on around Mondays and Tuesdays as most players met their cap and are taking a break. However 7k is still not much of a drop off from the 9k peak. As far as the weapon variations simply being placeholders, you are sort of correct. CCP said that the weapon variants are that faction's attempt to mimic another faction's style but not quite. For instance, the Tactical Assault Rifle is an attempt to mimic the Scrambler Rifle but they are not quite the same weapon.
S0LlD SNAKE PLAYSTATION4 102	Posted - 2013.06.05 06:46:00 - [20] - Quote wii dont need you , leave this game ADAPTor DY this new eden give mii ur stoff

TiMeSpLiT--TeR Planetary Response Organisation 373	Posted - 2013.06.05 06:52:00 - [21] - Quote I spent less playing videogames now. I go to gym everyday because there's no more games that hype me.
Echoist Fenrir's Wolves RUST415 4	Posted - 2013.06.05 06:58:00 - [22] - Quote Tactical assault isn't suppose to mimic the scramble rifle. One: scrambler rifle came out after the TAR and Two: the TAR is supposed to be the place holder for the caldari rail gun rifle that will be coming out soon.
Aero Yassavi Imperial Resurrection Organization 8	Posted - 2013.06.05 07:02:00 - [23] - Quote Echoist wrote: Tactical assault isn't suppose to mimic the scramble rifle. One: scrambler rifle came out after the TAR and Two: the TAR is supposed to be the place holder for the caldari rail gun rifle that will be coming out soon. One: Just because it came out first has nothing to do with it. Simply which gun CCP felt was ready for the public first. Two: The Caldari Rail Rifle is supposed to be similar to the Breach Assault Rifle. Also none of them are place holders as they will still exists when the new weapons arrive. Three: Don't act like I'm wrong because I'm merely parroting what CCP Devs have already stated here on the forums.
meri jin Goonfeet 33	Posted - 2013.06.05 07:24:00 - [24] - Quote Deluxe Edition wrote: 9k online 2 weeks ago seems so far away... I think the highest I've seen since then is 7k ish including weekends. Veterans are leaving due to long stand bugs in the game (over a year old) and slow progress on developing content (it amazes me we don't have all the racial suites and it sounds like most of our weapons are actually placeholders for other weapons that are coming soontm). New players are faced with a player base that does 40%+ more damage than them with 400% more HP and a grind that will take them 4-5 months to be competitive enough to participate effectively in PC, and if they want to cut that time down to 3 months it costs at least $60 USD AUR in order to fund the active and passive boosters. We are constantly barraged with ads to buy AUR with prices that range on the ridiculous (How could any merc pack be worth $99 USD) with the devs failing horribly even with the simple task of putting items ont he market place (still not isk fused locus nades, and the proto charged sniper rifle retained it's standard isk cost of 2,500 ISK). I have 23 days left on my last active booster, after that I really don't know if I will keep playing. I've invest a lot of time and money into dust but with each passing day it feels more and more like a bad investment. CCP has teased the player base with grand promises, however has overlooked the foundation of the game which in all honesty after the year and a half I spent testing the game shouldn't be the case. At launch we shouldn't be dealing with mic glitches, massive FPS drops, memory leaks, infinite loading screens, walls that grab you, terrain that glitches, and terrible aiming mechanics. TLDR: QQ, I've invested a lot of time and effort into the game but while I've had fun I think the ride will be over soon. Lol I even got an error trying to post this how fitting. I just logged in to give you a +1
Noc Tempre Imperfects Negative-Feedback 1858	Posted - 2013.06.05 07:43:00 - [25] - Quote Mithridates VI wrote: Wait, there are fewer players on then there were while people were frenzied about PC? NO WAI. This is what happens when people dodge in PC too. No one to play against. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/forever-alone
Mechoj Nomreps Dead Six Initiative Lokun Listamenn 20	Posted - 2013.06.05 07:47:00 - [26] - Quote mikegunnz wrote: xprotoman23 wrote: don't forget to post qualifications for people who are eligible for your stuff. May I suggest: Multiple games where a quad-kill is scored with a single RE Having destroyed a Gunloggi with a combo of REs and AV nades Having destroyed 3 LAVs in a single match by using REs as proxy mines Scored 14kills in one match using ONLY REs (I may be getting bored with this game, but I just run around using mainly REs almost every match now) Me to , so much fun. got five yesterday with a single re :)
Superluminal Replicant Planetary Response Organization 77	Posted - 2013.06.05 11:44:00 - [27] - Quote Obviously player numbers are going to drop. You don't release a console game ever without some PVE content (missions, exploration) to keep you coming back and achievements (trophies) to unlock. You can mess around trying to balance pvp as much as you want but that wont ever be good enough. You need content and lots of it.
BobThe843CakeMan BurgezzE.T.F 387	Posted - 2013.06.05 11:49:00 - [28] - Quote O we're talking about glitches. What fun. I wonder if there are games tht started with glitches and got Game of the year. Cough "Skyrim" Cough But this doesn't excuse there being a lack of proto tanks.
CrotchGrab 360 Better Hide R Die D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 107	Posted - 2013.06.05 11:55:00 - [29] - Quote I hit the cap on Monday for the first time in forever. 4 months of playing and only hit the cap twice. maybe three times although I remember saying I've never hit the cap. I just can't remember anymore lol. there's reason to play, depends how much you like the game and what level you are at in regards to SP. I can't see new players sticking through the kind for light at the end of the tunnel. we need the dust-eve implementation, new maps and game modes, FAST! with all that bein said the game is more fun the more upgrades you get, it is worth it in the end. however I did NOT enjoy this game for quite a while.
CrotchGrab 360 Better Hide R Die D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 107	Posted - 2013.06.05 11:56:00 - [30] - Quote I have seen player counts drop too but I have seen 8200 lately.

Rupture Reaperson Deadly Blue Dots RISE of LEGION 159	Posted - 2013.06.05 12:00:00 - [31] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: Yeah, this is definitely the first game I've ever played that wasn't completely perfect on release. You got a piece of corn on your nose,guess CCP ate exotical yesterday.
Django Quik R.I.f.t 612	Posted - 2013.06.05 12:05:00 - [32] - Quote Ever been on http://eve-offline.net ? The numbers aren't dropping that much. We still hit around 8k online on the 1st June and the average since release has remained around 7k.
Surt gods end Demon Ronin 218	Posted - 2013.06.05 12:21:00 - [33] - Quote Its been long wane between interesting games also. But now you got some serious games coming out this month. LAST OF US ON PS3, and PLANETARY ANNIHILATION ON PC. Which btw looks great for a nerd game. Might try it out. didn't you say you wouldn't play a RTS game? Aw.. SHUT UP! PLANETARY ANNIHILATION
SuperKing BigNuts Contract Hunters 107	Posted - 2013.06.05 12:33:00 - [34] - Quote S0LlD SNAKE wrote: wii dont need you , leave this game ADAPTor DY this new eden give mii ur stoff trying to read this post gave me cancer.... there are gameplay issues that could be addressed, forcing a player to spend 2 weeks to get to enhanced modules, then another 4 weeks to get to complex mods is a bit rediculous... if they dropped the level req for complex mods from 5 to 4, it would make the new-bros more competitive faster, while giving the bitter vets something to sink SP into after unlocking their equipment. i am only suggesting make the modules more accessible, not the dropsuits, weapons, or equipment. as for the hype... oh god the hype... CCP and the players who have followed this game since the first announcements and demos back in 2009(myself included), have created so much hype for this game... the problem is, that CCP has not released many of the hyped features... how can a game be expected to live up to the hype without even delivering the content they talk about... MEANINGFUL EVE-DUST connection... thriving player-driven economy... industry... MCC Commanders... installation variety... PVE content... and dont even try to argue that the EVE-DUST connection is there.. its limited almost exclusively to social aspects... or only applies to 1 of the dozens of regions in EVE, of which many players dont spend much time in lowsec... reference starmap coded by security status, Blue, Green, and Yellows are Empire, Oranges are Lowsec, and RED is null. http://pcg.wdfiles.com/local--files/pcg-games%3Aeve-online/eveuniverse.jpg
Mr Gloo Gloo What The French CRONOS. 90	Posted - 2013.06.05 12:35:00 - [35] - Quote I approve OP message. Can't defend CCP and their game anymore. Too many investment, so few rewards. They don't care of what happen in PC. Players are leaving every single day. Tired, so much tired ... And no, you won't have my stuff damn bastards !!!
EnIgMa99 Imperfects Negative-Feedback 399	Posted - 2013.06.05 12:36:00 - [36] - Quote Deluxe Edition wrote: At launch we shouldn't be dealing with mic glitches, massive FPS drops, memory leaks, infinite loading screens, walls that grab you, terrain that glitches, and terrible aiming mechanics. .
silid 514 Rebelles A Quebec Orion Empire 18	Posted - 2013.06.05 13:02:00 - [37] - Quote +1 I agree. So much deception. The game is far from mature and it will take another years and even more. It seem for me they have internal issues. The vision of the game is suppose to be hold by someone but the game as a whole doesn't make sense. Every single mechanics are not properly linked to other mechanics. This is a big red flag for a MMO. I won't made Dust law suit here, but after been ripped by CCP after the "Planetary Lag Conquest", I told all my corp' member we will chill and relax while waiting for a game to become mature. I hope Dust team will change for the best ans start deliver good and quality stuff. By this this I will long time to time to check my passive SP. CCP told us it a decade project. Good to know, I'll be back in a year or two :) cheer,
ReGnYuM Imperfects Negative-Feedback 87	Posted - 2013.06.05 13:36:00 - [38] - Quote If the player count gets below 2000 consistently I am done. I don't play dead Games
Judy Maat Rebelles A Quebec Orion Empire 64	Posted - 2013.06.05 13:38:00 - [39] - Quote Dust Project 514 wrote: Yeah, well you didn't buy enough Aurum to pay the low wage, low interest workers who slapped this game together. So this happens. no it is the first game I play that is missing 80% of the advertised feature on release
Akuma Fumetsu United Mercenary Assault Force Lokun Listamenn 68	Posted - 2013.06.05 13:55:00 - [40] - Quote You are right number are dropping but you have to give CCP time to get things right, this is their first time in the console market IGÇÖm sure they are still learning things also the game has only been fully released for 21 days.



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