Everyone is always yelling at CCP for doing everything wrong, but I'm still having a blast playing this game. Dust is cutting edge in so many regards, granted there plenty of issues, but they are trying to reinvent the wheel to some extent.

I almost exclusively run a light DS (and pretty soon I think I'll be the only person running a proto light suit), and I don't feel like I'm getting killed too fast, or getting overpowered by unfair balancing issues. This isn't your typical shooter, so why do we keep expecting it to be? It might be blasphemy, but good work CCP! Thanks for giving us a different FPS.

After all, this is free to play. You don't need boosters to remain competitive, you just need to not suck.

I created an alt today, and for a beautiful moment there was a battle with everyone in militia gear. And the fight was balanced and viseral. We lost and ambush map 0 clones to 1 clone. The snipers where on the ground, there were close range fights between tanks and AV. No tower snipers, no tower tanks, no proto gear lamers.

And I thought to myself "this is what Dust 514 should feel like"

I recommend every vet should try this. Make an alt and get in instant battle acedemy. No fiddling with SP to try get an edge, just cast it all off and let your FPS skills guide you. Theres something very zen about it all.

Best day in Dust 514 since the closed beta.

This is just passive-aggressive verbal abuse on the players, and it's old. "Yeah, it's laggy and broken and you advance glacially, but let's face it, that's YOUR fault, not CCP's. I know that I'm edgy and cool to go out on a limb and ignore CCP's failures, so love me, or you're a meanie loser who can't play."

Peddle it elsewhere, DEV alt.

How dare someone post something that is not doom and gloom!! Its not a dev alt, its just not a whine thread.

I created an alt today, and for a beautiful moment there was a battle with everyone in militia gear. And the fight was balanced and viseral. We lost and ambush map 0 clones to 1 clone. The snipers where on the ground, there was close range fights between tanks and AV. No tower snipers, no tower tanks, no proto gear lamers.

And I thought to myself "this is what Dust 514 should feel like"

I recommend every vet should try this. Make an alt and get in instant battle acedemy. No fiddling with SP to try get an edge, just cast it all off and let your FPS skills guide you. Theres something very zen about it all.

Best day in Dust 514 since the closed beta.

This is just passive-aggressive verbal abuse on the players, and it's old. "Yeah, it's laggy and broken and you advance glacially, but let's face it, that's YOUR fault, not CCP's. I know that I'm edgy and cool to go out on a limb and ignore CCP's failures, so love me, or you're a meanie loser who can't play."

Peddle it elsewhere, DEV alt.

haha, and how would the analysis be on your post with the same merrits? "ya I'm jusrt gonna bash this guy cuz I spotted a flaw in his argumentation that "I" see to advance a rant.. hmmm lets see, I'll call him passive agressive(that usually pisses them off) and generally be a mean sun of a gun, cuz i dont give a **** as long as it seems zen"
well FU 2 man,
-If this guy is running proto lights souts, well hell, he's gotta run around facing alot of game mechanichs and know what he+ªs talking about
-he's not a dev alt(u silly boy)
-I know cuz i feal much the same. I allso wanted to write something nice today
Its valid to state something good in this jungle of misunderstandings. I allso like it when ppl are explisit about what they see as shortcomings. Maby you should just put that baseball bat down before you hurt someone, sir
=D

You play the exact same game types day in and day out for a year without making any noticeable impact on either yourself, or new eden, and come back to me

However, paradoxically, I believe one needs to stop caring about Dust before it gets fun. When you're trying to play competitively it's like a punishment straight out of a greek tragedy.

I created an alt today, and for a beautiful moment there was a battle with everyone in militia gear. And the fight was balanced and viseral. We lost and ambush map 0 clones to 1 clone. The snipers where on the ground, there was close range fights between tanks and AV. No tower snipers, no tower tanks, no proto gear lamers.

And I thought to myself "this is what Dust 514 should feel like"

I recommend every vet should try this. Make an alt and get in instant battle acedemy. No fiddling with SP to try get an edge, just cast it all off and let your FPS skills guide you. Theres something very zen about it all.

Best day in Dust 514 since the closed beta.

"Ditto" would have been shorter. And spared you the embarrassment of owning that rambling tripe you just thumbed into your iPhone.

Gear-chasing has ruined this game irrevocably.

then stop chasing gear. that's something you're choosing to do. and i agree with you, grinding and chasing gear is dumb. just relax and play for fun. or don't play - it's ok if you don't like it. but it's not a job, there's no reason to be complaining to ccp about things you are compelling yourself to do.

i can only assume you've never tried playing without grinding, because it's absolutely false that losses are guaranteed. but I'm glad to hear you are happy. you've been sounding pretty upset over this videogame.

i can only assume you've never tried playing without grinding, because it's absolutely false that losses are guaranteed. but I'm glad to hear you are happy. you've been sounding pretty upset over this videogame.

And you seem unduly concerned over my emotional health.

it's only a concern of mine insofar as you seem determined to dedicate all your time and wit to share your emotional suffering to the rest of us as much as possible. I'd be content to just never hear from you again, but even better would be if i witnessed you reaching true peace, without cynicism in your heart. not just the calm, controlled peace of a practiced sociopath.

as for edges, sure, they exist. they just don't guarantee a win.

I created an alt today, and for a beautiful moment there was a battle with everyone in militia gear. And the fight was balanced and viseral. We lost and ambush map 0 clones to 1 clone. The snipers where on the ground, there was close range fights between tanks and AV. No tower snipers, no tower tanks, no proto gear lamers.

And I thought to myself "this is what Dust 514 should feel like"

I recommend every vet should try this. Make an alt and get in instant battle acedemy. No fiddling with SP to try get an edge, just cast it all off and let your FPS skills guide you. Theres something very zen about it all.

Best day in Dust 514 since the closed beta.

Where is the freedom , new maps, gamemodes , grinding grinding, not fun.