KalOfTheRathi
Talon Strike Force LTD
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.07.25 02:15:00 -
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Not much to see here besides a few good replies and the constant QQ of New Berry Kitten.
For those of you that are following and actually believe the QQ Kitten's concern please read the replies. The New Berry doesn't really understand how the game works. Apparently not at any level.
First it is a complex game. One doesn't start with enough SP or ISK (experience points or cash). AUR (real world money purchases) are this Free to Play game solution. Spend a little cash and see what you like. Then save your SP and skill into the ISK versions of those weapons/equipment/whatever.
And the complexity wasn't helped by the Release product (named Uprising). The SP was much, much more difficult to obtain then in the closed and open betas. The Skill Tree was dramatically different and many of the descriptions were ... wrong. Example: the Vehicle Upgrades -> Engineering Upgrades used to make the PG got up by 5% for each level. Which is what it said was supposed to do expect what it actually did was reduce the CPU requirements of PG modules by 5%. And that is a useless skill that many skilled to lvl 5 because that was how it used to work and that was how it was described.
The community essentially rioted here on the forums and CCP/Shanghai finally responded by allowing either a full character reset or the aforementioned SP respec. The full character reset was in response to those that wanted all their AUR refunded as well. It took some a few days and for myself nearly a month. In fact I quit playing because of the delay. I am back now but I no longer spend AUR in the game.
Now, is the game dying? Nope. Does it look like it here on the forums? Nope. It is a F2P game. The business decisions are very different than a retail game, even multiplayer. The servers are the same that run EVE so the system doesn't take a huge leap in expenses to handle the other game. They already have a large server presence.
The only decision to keep the game alive is how much AUR is being purchased per month offset by how much it costs to continue development of the game. There are monthly patches now, mostly. This is in response to the community making noise about the lack of response from CCP/Shanghai and the lack of progress.
Are things perfect? Nope. Are they better? Than what is my first response. Better than Uprising 1.0? Yes, along with the patches there have been a reasonably consistent stream of server upgrades, store front improvements, equipment tweaks and the patches. Not all of which were good, btw. The game used to be very good with signs of greatness. Now it is struggling to get back to good. It has a long way to go but it has made progress. Whether it is enough for you is your own decision.
Before you play the game:
Create your PSN account, download DUST 514, create a character* and start passive SP immediately.
Verify that the passive SP is working by waiting an hour or a day. It should tick over at 1000SP/hour or 24K/day without a passive booster. 1.5 times those numbers with a Passive SP Booster or 1500SP/hour or 36K/day.
Next, look over the skill tree and see how it ties together. Note how expensive everything is. The higher levels are unreal. Now look into the Marketplace and check out the AUR items and the ISK items. There are limitations based on that Skill Tree. Compare the difference in weapons of each level and see how many SP it takes to be able to use it. Same goes for Drop Suits, Vehicles and equipment.
I squad with a guy on occasion that has never used anything but Militia gear. He is a monster. Kills everything, rarely dies, never spends any ISK and I have no idea how many SP he has or how much he as actually skilled into. I am not that good. I run Logi Bro, Tanks and some Heavy. That is what I enjoy doing. I enjoy watching his killfeed say Militia AR as well but I am not that good.
Find your own way to play.
Get a mic, make it work, use comms and squad up. That is how this game is meant to be played. For most of us. There are always exceptions. You may be one of them.
If you don't have enough SP then wait. The passive SP can fix many imbalances in this game.
Good Luck.
* choose a name that you will not be embarrassed by in a few years or months. I had a third character (female) that was named GoAwayPutz. It was funny when I did it but I did tire of it. The only reason it was funny was I liked the idea of it floating over my head in the warbarge. Choose wisely, young one. |