ccp already does this with eve, and people love them for it
not sure why we're kept in the dark dust side? i'd love to enter into conversation with ccp about upcoming fixes.
considering how this game was basically a flop at launch, all they have left is us diehards to help them fix their game

"We"? lol. How is it that you guys have time to stroll the forums when you should be coding? Or, is feeding us cheer messages what the majority of you "blue-tags" really do? Because, technically, "we" aren't working hard to get fixes out to qq'rs, carebears and the nerfin-derp patrol if that's the case. In fact, be honest CCP, all that you are required to do is tell us, hmm hmm:

"we are working very hard to, blah blah blah"
"thank you guys for be patient, blah blah blah"
"we look forward to hearing more feedback, blah blah blah" etc.

Am I right? Or am I right? lol

So, clearly the issue here is that the CCP Shanghai staff have the gall to do anything other than code for the 24 hours we have in each day, only 8 of which they are probably on the clock.

inb4 some jerkoff says salary means you have to work 24/7

Well they had the gall to charge money for a beta (merc pack, wink wink) and promise an awesome game. Far from coding 24/7 their whole office took off for half a week for a ! Kite - chasing festival in Shanghai - now that's true commitment to work, true work ethics.

We are definitely working on those things. :P Including, but not limited to, such things as Aim, Movement, Matchmaking, New player experiences. These things have been talked about across the forum and are being worked on. As for new features or the specifics on those fixes and the changes that are coming - can't be expressed at the moment but we are at the precipice of making that information known.

We want your feedback on specifics of the game, critical feedback on what is perceived as needing work. This is the stuff that we read and listen to and bring up in meetings. We are also the ones that are working on getting the developers to put into words all the things they are doing specifically, the nitty-gritty stuff that you guys can then dissect - colorfully.

We are changing our emphasis internally and we'll hopefully be telling you about that more in the near future. You may have already noticed some of the effects with more forum activity from blues. While it might not seem like much, what you're experiencing are the initial ripples.

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CCP Mintchip // Twitter - @CCP_Mintchip
Dust 514 Community Rep

We are definitely working on those things. :P Including, but not limited to, such things as Aim, Movement, Matchmaking, New player experiences. These things have been talked about across the forum and are being worked on. As for new features or the specifics on those fixes and the changes that are coming - can't be expressed at the moment but we are at the precipice of making that information known.

We want your feedback on specifics of the game, critical feedback on what is perceived as needing work. This is the stuff that we read and listen to and bring up in meetings. We are also the ones that are working on getting the developers to put into words all the things they are doing specifically, the nitty-gritty stuff that you guys can then dissect - colorfully.

We are changing our emphasis internally and we'll hopefully be telling you about that more in the near future. You may have already noticed some of the effects with more forum activity from blues. While it might not seem like much, what you're experiencing are the initial ripples.

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CCP Mintchip // Twitter - @CCP_Mintchip
Dust 514 Community Rep

New player experience sucks.

We are definitely working on those things. :P Including, but not limited to, such things as Aim, Movement, Matchmaking, New player experiences. These things have been talked about across the forum and are being worked on. As for new features or the specifics on those fixes and the changes that are coming - can't be expressed at the moment but we are at the precipice of making that information known.

We want your feedback on specifics of the game, critical feedback on what is perceived as needing work. This is the stuff that we read and listen to and bring up in meetings. We are also the ones that are working on getting the developers to put into words all the things they are doing specifically, the nitty-gritty stuff that you guys can then dissect - colorfully.

We are changing our emphasis internally and we'll hopefully be telling you about that more in the near future. You may have already noticed some of the effects with more forum activity from blues. While it might not seem like much, what you're experiencing are the initial ripples.

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CCP Mintchip // Twitter - @CCP_Mintchip
Dust 514 Community Rep

WTB Threads in 'Feedback & Requests' started by Developers relevant to the topic about larger upcoming changes. You know, like we have on EVE-O with most of the stuff Team Five-Oh does (Fozzie/Rise/Ytterbium w/ ship balancing).

The CPM isn't the most adequate sounding board for everything; they're great for things you can't talk to the rest of us about, because we might riot over it. But at the same time, the CPM shouldn't be the only sounding board, there are just not enough of them, and their "closeness" to CCP (don't get me wrong, that's a good and necessary thing for discussing NDA material) can lead to certain things being overlooked.

For things we know are in the pipe, such as those you just mentioned, please please please ask the relevant devs to take a little time out of their busy days to keep us posted about the specific changes they're making.

Most of us don't like being in the dark.

If it "sucks", then that would explain why they are working on, it?

Let me think this one over.

I have been here since close beta.

-We are playing the same exact map with only small variations for the past year. Oh hey a new building.

-Tanks sucked. Tanks were OP. Tanks sucked. Tanks were OP.

-We were promised total warfare with vehicles. We just finally got assault dropships (even tho we saw awesome jets flying). As well as MCC piloting.

-Oh those new suits? Nope.

-Oh hai. Laser guns. Nerfed to oblivion.

-Oh you paid real money for those suits that doesnt require any skills? Let me put them at a stupid requirement to get them. Oh hey guess what, you can rebuy them, in the 100$ merc pack.

-Oh hai guys, we have so many good ideas!!! No updates.

-You liked this build? Let me release the game with more glitches than there has ever been since closed beta. Oh oops. Sorry. Sucks to be you. Let me put an apology here.

CCP, I spent about 200$ with you guys in hoping things would get better. PS4 has been announced, playstation + will be required to play online, there is no news from you about future consoles. Hell, you dont even do good deals for your paid transactions.

You are introducing and re-introducing elements that us beta players as a community told you was straight up stupid (contact grenades is a big one). So now saying you have people in place to be better listening to the community sounds like a big joke to me.

You have no timeline, except *Soon* and in today's fast paced world, it is not enough.

I still check the forums, in hope to see an update (seriously been a month since launch and we are still barely getting nuggets), because there is a small part of me that hopes that it will someday work.

Your version is great. Your timeline and most likely way of doing things arent.

Dat is all.

Really? In a lot of companies there would have been a new management team put in if the whole thing not shut down based on how the last year has gone. The only reason this game hasn't been shitcanned is the trickle of money coming in as well as the war chest of money CCP made off of eve to subsidize this until it becomes a good source of income on it's own.

For example, I used to oversee development of high frequency trading software for a trading firm in the US. I can assure you, if any dev team I worked with served up a Dust like product we'd have moved on quite quickly. Maybe we'd have stuck in there for a bit, but not for 14 months of these shenanigans. But- that's trading software, not a video game

Dam it. Would it be so hard to say honestly something like that: "we got 30 ppl and therefore we will prioritize problem list. For the next two weeks we will be working to improve AIM because accourding to your feedback this is the single most annoying problem to you and and is feasible for us to fix"

This is what ppl expect from you. Not: "we are working hard to fix things"

This is honestly what we are asking for, not inhuman work pace, but just realistic and transparent goals and suh to keep us up to date and feel like they are actually accomplishing things. The weekly community updates thread lasted for a month or two sporadically but then they just quit. *snort* yeah, good job on making it weekly.

In all honesty where should they begin?

Sooooo many broken parts to this game and sooooo few knowledgeable persons to fix em.

Lets face it, do you think Miss Buttercup is fixing anything, LOL.

Do not even get me started on Mr. "I like to play the name change game instead of work on this game", FoxFour.

We are definitely working on those things. :P Including, but not limited to, such things as Aim, Movement, Matchmaking, New player experiences. These things have been talked about across the forum and are being worked on. As for new features or the specifics on those fixes and the changes that are coming - can't be expressed at the moment but we are at the precipice of making that information known.

We want your feedback on specifics of the game, critical feedback on what is perceived as needing work. This is the stuff that we read and listen to and bring up in meetings. We are also the ones that are working on getting the developers to put into words all the things they are doing specifically, the nitty-gritty stuff that you guys can then dissect - colorfully.

We are changing our emphasis internally and we'll hopefully be telling you about that more in the near future. You may have already noticed some of the effects with more forum activity from blues. While it might not seem like much, what you're experiencing are the initial ripples.

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CCP Mintchip // Twitter - @CCP_Mintchip
Dust 514 Community Rep

Especially after that E3 trailer that just got posted.

This is so true! I am a business owner and I can tell you that if any of my people created a product like this they would all be gone because at the end of the day I would be out of business eventually.

CCP has to be feeling the heat on this project. From a business side it looks like a huge failure right now. They have been working on DUST for years and this is as far as they have gotten? Time, effort, resources, etc...for this? Wow...

its an awfully large investment... but the game has great potential. i could end up being one of the single greatest MMOs, if it had better core play. if they could master this version, they could create a version for the PS4 with better graphics, but keeping the same core mechanics and strengthening ideas down the road.

CCP learn a lesson from CoD, they f***ed up alot, but every 2-3weeks they were updating something and balancing things. giving as many things as possible a slight buff, or slight nerf until everything was sorta balanced out. patch notes were always released the week before the update.


also, the PS$ is supposed to be backwards compatible upto PS2 games. so you should be able to play DUST 514 on your PS4