no hide and seek?

before match send a few of the enemy players a message saying "I bet you can't find me *******"

Then in the match, hide

rules, no redline or MCC antics

Expected a hardcore to say something like what you don't wanna loose all your isk you must be a QQ noob go play CoD kid. Nah but that's a good idea could do a small city with internal building space that you can run inside.

I would like to see a Juggernaut game mode where 1 out of 8 or 16 or 32 players is chosen to be the juggernaut and the rest of the team is tasked with killing the juggernaut. When the Juggernaut is killed, another player is selected as juggernaut.

When you are selected as Juggernaut you are colour coded and you spawn anywhere on the map you like on ground level. You get 50 000 ISK every time you kill the juggernaut and you get 35 000 ISK every time you assist in killing the juggernaut.

The Juggernaut would have gear that is better than proto gear if the match had more than 8 players (weapons would not be better than proto though, only suits and some modules). Non juggernauts would be able to see where every other non juggernaut is to assist in players staying together.

The juggernaut would get 20 000 ISK for every kill.

We do need more game modes....

That being said, this is not a game for casuals. At all. If you want casual, There's the door to CoD.

ISK risk is not what makes Dust not fun, unfortunately. I wish that was all that was wrong with the game that caused so many people to lose interest.

Any more game mode ideas?

Boarding Action.

You get two squads to jump on top of each dropship. They must stay balanced on there while the two dropships manoeuvre to boarding range. Nova Knives and fists only. Brawling commences, jumping from ship to ship and beating the daylights out of each other while trying not to fall. The last team with people still in the air wins.

This is not I hate Dust 514 because I loose all the time so let me go on the forums and complain. I want to be honest here Dust 514 is simply not fun there is a serious competitive attitude even in instant battles. There is always isk at risk for low isk gain which is never good because it makes you question your actions every time you pull out a proto suit. Then when you get spawn killed in a Ambush match because they spawned you right by 10 enemys you get annoyed and agitated. In other games their is no risk factor it is simply fun take halo for example matches are competitive but don't give you a huge risk factor so you can enjoy it. They have a map editor so you can make zombie maps which everyone enjoyed in Halo 3 and this makes the Halo games fun. This is what Dust is lacking the atmosphere is always tense and serious and the grind to make lost isk back is simply horrible. Dust needs something that gives no risk but is still fun so here are some ideas that will help make Dust fun.

I know a Arena mode is being made so these could come under Arena matches


Racing mode

Bring your vehicle into a racing match you can use free LAVS or build your own equipped with chassis, nitrous, or power plants. Players bet on who they think will win bet on your friends, a likely winner, or simply bet isk on a nooby for giggles.

Dropship version


Non-Competitive match

Bring any gear you want in to the battle without risk of loosing it this is a Non-Competitive match that gives no isk or skill points but doesn't put your best suits at risk.


Corp Battles

These battles could be non-competitive meaning no one looses anything these could be internal battles for corp members only or battles against other corporations.

Options/settings

*Corps bet isk that they will win. Winner gets the others and their own isk
*Players loose gear when they die/Players don't loose gear when they die
*8 versus 8
*16 versus 16
*24 versus 24


Player versus player battles

Can fight against other players and bet isk that you or your team will win.

Options/settings

*Allow players not competing in the battle to bet on players inside the battle.
*1 versus 1
*2 versus 2
*3 versus 3
*4 versus 4
*free for all 8 players
*Allow spectator mode
*Players loose gear when they die/Players don't loose gear when they die
*Militia suits only


Tag match

One player starts it everyone has 10 seconds to run away from him match is held inside a small city with internal space for buildings. He must nova knife someone to make them it he also has a 6 shot scrambler pistol if he shoots someone they become it he may not get more ammo. At the end of the match the last one it looses.


I hope you guys like some of the ideas here sometimes the game is just to competitive and some of these no risk ideas would help Dust become fun! I know there are hardcores here who will disagree and say things like Dust will always be a serious game but these people do not speak for the entire community. Some of us just want to go into a know stress zone and bet 500,000 isk or play a non-competitive match.

Thank you
-Eris Ernaga

Eh. I'd like more than the three game mods that we have, but if there was no risk/reward, I probably wouldn't play. It's satisfying chucking an AV grenade and getting the killing blow on a tank and knowing that that guy lost more than just some "tank points" or something dumb like that. It's satisfying looking at the killboard and seeing that your team has killed a dude in prototype gear enough times to set him back no matter how many times he kills you, even if ISK isn't really an object for him.

I'm all for betting PC matches, perhaps with odds based on how many districts each Corporation controls. Most of those other "for fun" game modes are fun, but don't really fit in with the spirit of the game.

We could have knife/melee only matches.

Huge bar room brawls!

I have to say I dont agree on the free for all, dust 514 is supposed to be a team based FPS shooter, Not call of duty or Battlefield 3

We would need extended stamina bars or people would die of fatigue before killing anyone.