Avallo Kantor
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.06.25 00:47:00 -
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I'll try to answer this in the context of EVE online, a game which I do play.
I LOVE EVE. However, I have very little time to play it, and often... I can't.
But I keep coming back to it when I have time, because it's unusually engaging, more so than other MMOs I've played.
This is somewhat funny, because by all accounts EVE should be boring. I can attack an enemy by pressing f1, orbit, and just wait for a rather prolonged math formula to finish calculating. However, despite this, I find combat in EVE often more exhilarating than other games, because those ships I bought with my money (ISK), and the enemy ship with there's. It gives me a deeper level of excitement than in just about any other game, especially when I'm roaming about in my tiny little ship. I really wish I could explain this better, but despite everything, EVE's combat is very exciting.
The other thing about EVE is that alot of the things retain usefulness over time. Take WoW for example, if you stopped playing when you were level 60, in all AQ gear, and came back today, it wouldn't mean a penny. You'd be able to have better gear / stronger in a second, and you'd have to play catch up.
In EVE however, I have one character I don't play anymore, simply because I don't have the time to keep him and my other characters all up. He flies frigates, the smallest combat ships in the game, specifically interceptors. If I came back with him, a year later, his perfect inty skills would STILL be useful. I could still use it in small - medium gang roams, and still be a useful member of the team.
Now back to how this relates to DUST:
You gain SP passively, even if you take a break, and also DUST is planning to expand gear wise on a horizontal basis.
In other words, there's (probably) not going to be a "Super-Proto" Level. They might add a "Tech 3" variant of armor, one that allows a suit to be a more adaptable role. They might also add Pirate / Navy variants that are super expensive, but Proto gear will still be viable. The gun skills you have now will still be useful, and assuming you have all your core skills, and at least one variant maxed, you'll still be viable in whatever "high-end" stuff DUST offers.
I am confident this game will keep going on, and won't be dying any time soon. During that time people will take breaks, new content will come out, and players will return. I think DUST has enough large scale plans to easily not run out of expansion material anytime in the next few years, although they may take awhile to get around to it. People are free to go play other games, such as the Last of Us, or whatever cool new games come out in a few years, but I think DUST will be a title many of them return to after that. Others will remain dedicated to DUST and just not spend money on other titles, sticking purely to DUST.
So to answer your question, yes, I do think one could really play DUST for years. |