DUST Search - Dust 514 Represents a Unique and Unprecedented Opportunity (The Collapse Effect)

Mobius Wyvern wrote:

Again and again, I have seen one question asked in regards to our community:

Why do the people who play the game the most, and score the best, spend so much time talking about how it's doomed to fail?

Why do the people who've spent the money to run Active and Passive Boosters since day-one in order to keep their SP levels as high as possible seem so invested in "spreading the word" about how terrible it is.

The answer is simple, and will be made self-evident as they come to denounce my hypothesis:

They can be at the top when it falls.

Consider for a moment what happens when you leave a game. Naturally, even after you yourself have stopped playing, other people continue to do so. Since most shooters in particular offer Leaderboards as a way for players to rate themselves and possibly use their position for some bragging rights, leaving a game means that your space is now open to someone else.

Now, in the case of nearly all shooters, this makes no difference. In a year or maybe two at most, a new version of the game will be out, and you can get it on day one and attain your exalted position once more. Even in a persistent game like Planetside 2, you can come back to it a year or so down the line, buy some boosters, and grind your way up to the ranks of the longest-lived characters.

Dust 514 does not allow this. Even when the new SP rollover system is implemented to replace the current hard cap that resets on Wednesdays, departing Dust means that not only is your leaderboard spot open to any other player, but now you have only been gaining Passive SP in the intervening time, and will be forever behind those who didn't take a leave of absence like you did.

In layman's terms: if these people leave, they lose. Any player, maybe even one far less skilled than them, can continue to play after they've left, gain more SP than they have and now can keep ahead of them, and maybe even attain their leaderboard rank with their better gear and more advanced knowledge.

Conversely, if Dust 514 is shut down while they are still dumping cash into boosters each month and grinding day after day to keep their leaderboard positions, win/loss ratio, or whatever metric is important to them, they will forever be at the top of this game, because it is no longer there for anyone to compete with them.

Basically, stop trying to figure them out, because this attitude isn't based in logic.

It's based in ego.


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IrishWebster Molon Labe. League of Infamy 55	Posted - 2013.07.16 14:32:00 - [1] - Quote Mobius Wyvern wrote: Again and again, I have seen one question asked in regards to our community: Why do the people who play the game the most, and score the best, spend so much time talking about how it's doomed to fail? Why do the people who've spent the money to run Active and Passive Boosters since day-one in order to keep their SP levels as high as possible seem so invested in "spreading the word" about how terrible it is. The answer is simple, and will be made self-evident as they come to denounce my hypothesis: They can be at the top when it falls. Consider for a moment what happens when you leave a game. Naturally, even after you yourself have stopped playing, other people continue to do so. Since most shooters in particular offer Leaderboards as a way for players to rate themselves and possibly use their position for some bragging rights, leaving a game means that your space is now open to someone else. Now, in the case of nearly all shooters, this makes no difference. In a year or maybe two at most, a new version of the game will be out, and you can get it on day one and attain your exalted position once more. Even in a persistent game like Planetside 2, you can come back to it a year or so down the line, buy some boosters, and grind your way up to the ranks of the longest-lived characters. Dust 514 does not allow this. Even when the new SP rollover system is implemented to replace the current hard cap that resets on Wednesdays, departing Dust means that not only is your leaderboard spot open to any other player, but now you have only been gaining Passive SP in the intervening time, and will be forever behind those who didn't take a leave of absence like you did. In layman's terms: if these people leave, they lose. Any player, maybe even one far less skilled than them, can continue to play after they've left, gain more SP than they have and now can keep ahead of them, and maybe even attain their leaderboard rank with their better gear and more advanced knowledge. Conversely, if Dust 514 is shut down while they are still dumping cash into boosters each month and grinding day after day to keep their leaderboard positions, win/loss ratio, or whatever metric is important to them, they will forever be at the top of this game, because it is no longer there for anyone to compete with them. Basically, stop trying to figure them out, because this attitude isn't based in logic. It's based in ego. You sir, are a bloody genius. I agree. +1.