I just dropped down to 4m, i have a serious problem here guys. I may just start begging...

Vahzz your the director bruh

Grab some ISK from corp every now and then

Vahzz your the director bruh

Grab some ISK from corp every now and then

Wtf...did you **** up zor? Why you in AoU?

And I am an honest director, i don't take!

Wtf...did you **** up zor? Why you in AoU?

And I am an honest director, i don't take!

Hey we don't like quitters, people who quit are weak, and we don't take the weak.

I aint ever lost a PC while in vaders fist, so i dont know what your talkin about

Hey we don't like quitters, people who quit are weak, and we don't take the weak.

But you still quit.

But you still quit.

I'm presently rediscovering the joys of the shotgun.

Any Min or Gal fits you folks use? ATM I'm using double kincat + cardiac and myos on a Galscout and it's hilariously glass cannony.

Are you going to say this to everyone who leaves a corp?

"You quit, weak fu*k!!"

A few things to address here.

• I'm referring to the next generation version of Dust, ie "Legion". Dust as it currently is is a dying platform and everybody knows it. A port to PS4 would do nothing to help that.
• It would be MUCH easier to develop Dust if it were just on the PC because they don't have to go through Sony Q&A for every update.
• Of course many games are multiplatform, but the problems you run into when developing multiplatform games increase exponentially when a) the game you're developing is being continually iterated on, b) the games are multiplayer-based, and c) the games are connected to one or more other games. Bonus complexity if it's all three.

To expand on that last point: Let's say there are now two Dusts, one on PS4 and one on PC. Imagine a scenario where the client versions are synced and PC and PS4 players can play with each other. What happens when there's a bug on one client that isn't present on the other? What about PSN or Tranquility network issues affecting the matches? Now if an issue delays one client's patch, the other's is delayed as well, because they have to be in sync, so every patch will come out slower. Not to mention all the details of balancing M&K vs controller.

So having the two synced up is probably too hard. Now imagine the scenario where DustPS4 and DustPC aren't sharing the same client version and can't play with each other. How might the two versions differ, especially as time moves on and PCs grow ever more powerful than consoles? How do the two separate clients work with the interaction with Eve? Will every interaction with Eve have to be labeled as coming from PS4 or PC? What if an update has landed with mechanical changes for one version and not the other, what happens to dealing with Eve then? It's complicated for players and developers alike.

I would be willing to bet money that the disappointingly minimal Dust-Eve link isn't a result of weak hardware or not wanting to impact Eve too much, but a result of the logistics of coordinating between two entirely separate platforms. You're guaranteed to be limited in what you're capable of doing by having to work around such a restriction.

Myos are magnificent. I refuse to remove them on the advice of a wannabe colonial traitor.

I doubt there's any question that effort/Dev hours required from CCP are lower for a PCDust port than a PS4Dust port and you do outline some salient points regarding possible hurdles to overcome.

One possible solution for them is to, at least at the start, have the PC and PS4 versions of the client hosted in differing regions of New Eden. This allows tailored code and server interaction without as much of the interactive layers of complexity.
It would mean no cross play between versions of Dust and that's unfortunate IMO but it would also clear away a lot of the logistical issues and thus reduce development costs as well.

With that diminished overhead my presumption from what I know of development trends in general, and CCPs development history/skill base, the most likely method seems to me one in which a port to PC is established and a port to PS4 follows as soon as the prior version is properly 'cooked' to a more stable condition (since as noted Sony QA is a thing that must be accounted for and that effects deployment cycles). I certainly do hope we can, and will, see versions of Dust 514 ported to both PS4 and PC, and further think there is a lot of market potential from both platforms as I still to this day (or at least this week if one wants to be very specific and literal) have been getting requests from players in game for either and/or both platform as a port. That duel faceted desire is something I've passed along to CCP and sincerely hope can and will be acted upon.

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Myos are magnificent. I refuse to remove them on the advice of a wannabe colonial traitor.

I think there are a number of errors in logic in these quotes.

On th iPad so not going to type a ton, but one main reference I often see is the delay to releases due to Sony QA. Let's be honest this might be the only QA a release gets sometimes from the feel of it. I have seen no proof that Sony delays any releases to any real degree and I would argue basic sanity testing is very valuable given CCPs track record on releases :)

I tried running the Shotgun on my Min Scout a couple of days ago. I was running 2 Kincats, a Damp, 1 Shield and 2 Myos. If you want to be serious, replace the Myos with more Shield; Myos don't help at all, and they can often be more trouble than they're worth.

#tryhard #hpstackftw #nofunallowed

Hah! If you wanna be serious, use a Gal or Cal scout. Min scouts are for knives.