That's it, in a few yearSSSSSSS !!!

And for me it's not "another pre-build thread", but I don't see exactly why do you expect a rise with this patch note ?

This thread is pointless we should be happy for 1.2 not complaining before it even gets here I mean from the patch notes it looks like an improvement.

" 8 days till the rise or fall of dust"

Disagree

Come July 2nd we will see the game improve from its current state. Some things will be great improvements, some things will be small improvements and some things will be counter-productive. Overall, I have no doubt the game will improve come July 2nd.

I also do not believe a game will rise or fall based on a single patch.

You do realize that this 5000+ player game all started at a population base of around 50 daily....... right? Even if most the players now die off and stop playing, theres nothing stopping CCP from continual development. The reason for this is A.) continual EVE Online financial support. and B.) with that support they could ramp up marketing at any time.

The biggest reason today we have issues is because a majority of the player count...... are vets. People who have played for a long time, and generally ruin the game for others because this experience is just a crippling advantage.

With increased marketing, the player base would swell, and the "vet" pool would get diluted. Even if we could get the player count up to 20,000 I feel that would be enough to get the game feeling fun again.

However, the game right now is incomplete, it DOES NOT have the retention value it needs to keep a sizable number of players playing. Currently were missing PVE, a player run economy, NPC driven missions, industry sectors, and a more meaningful evexdust connection. All of that coupled with the fact that the core gaming experience is, in many cases, awful creates an environment were people just don't want to play because everything is either A.) stressful, or B.) stressful.

So in conclusion, I don't think this game is going to die. I do think ill have several months worth of experience saved up over those who don't play this game yet (when they do decide to play). But as for now, I like to look at us as..... glorified beta testers. Were playing a game that for all intensive purposes is still a beta. (just labeled differently). So yeah! theres that!

This game as potential and is awesome/fun to play (unless I get proto stomped by the whole enemy team) and it will live to be the ripe old age 400 and something. Because, you know, I said so.

Isn't the 2nd 6 days away....

Any serious fps player jumped ship long ago, all that's left are people who suck at other fps games, evetards and trolls.

Reported for trolling

I honestly cannot wait until I see my first "MINMATAR HEAVY IS RUINING THE GAME" thread.

I think the suit is on the roadmap for the DUST X.Y patch, actually.

Just because you are bad at other games does not mean you can claim that dust is better. you might be bettr at dust, but that's because you are being carried by overpowered weapons and shield extenders. As an fps, dust is absolutely horrendous. DO NOT downgrade battlefield to dust's level.