Hiram Alexander
Capital Enrichment Services
28
   |
Posted - 2011.10.16 15:10:00 -
[1] - Quote
Mal Mandrake wrote:I believe CCP has an excellent plan for the future of Eve in conjunction with Dust 514.
Dust 514 will be a first-person shooter for the PS3. It is essentially a game about mercenaries. We as Eve players will be able to create contracts with Dust players to either a.) attack planet installations, or b.) defend planet installation (There may be other uses, but this is as far as I have gone so far.)
What installations are we talking about? Well PI of course.
I wish this had been a troll, but I actually think you might be serious. I have been reasonably impressed by CCP's apparent return to 'the real world' recently, but the cynic in me says that you are going to be horribly disappointed by CCP very, very soon -- your expectations are totally sky-high, and that's the problem (as I see it).
"CCP has an excellent plan for the future of Eve in conjunction with Dust 514. " -- Again, perhaps I'm just being cynical, but what happened exactly, to the excellent plan for PI, the excellent plan for sovereignty, and almost everything else that was recently planned?
Y'know, there's so much in your post to be cynical about, I'm just going to stop, and address these last two points...
Mal Mandrake wrote:...Whenever we set up a new planet with PI we are essentially creating another "level" for Dust players to play on.
Think about how many planets with PI are spread throughout the galaxy right now? Through our efforts we will have created an endless amount of levels for Dust players to fight on.
For the love of God, please stop. Think about console games for one minute. Think about how much work and collaborative effort goes into designing, testing, and balancing each and every 'zone' or level - not to mention, testing them for 'fun'. Not one PI producer in this game will ever "create a level", as you've phrased it.
"Through our efforts we will have created an endless amount of levels for Dust players to fight on." -- No we haven't.
That job will be left to level designers, coders, and artists, and if I were to judge how long that'd take, by the length of time it's taken to make 4 CQ's, well...
Let's put it this way -- why have the Dust previews, so far, all revolved around a single section of a single map?
Mal Mandrake wrote:I am guessing that corporations between Dust and Eve will be linked (as in the same corp) which would mean you can fatten your Eve wallet by doing some assault missions in Dust. (This is an excellent opportunity to use your children as ISK farmers)
I don't think any Dust-bunnies are going to be 'fattening' Eve wallets - ever... Please look at the game model again, and realise how much Isk they'll need to stay competitive, re: vehicles, etc.
As for training Isk farmers, where exactly are we supposed to find kids that stupid? If I asked my daughter to play a game for weeks, then give me all 'her stuff', she'd slap me good-lookin'...
I really hope that Dust becomes the "KILLER APP" that someone above me mentioned -- because, if it isn't, it's absolutely ******. I know some PS3 owners - they know about Dust 514 - but Planetside 2 is all they go on about...
Once CCP genuinely, and honestly, sits down to address the root causes of why:
Sovereignty, isn't a "KILLER APP", why...
Faction Warfare, isn't a "KILLER APP", and why...
PI, as it stands, isn't a "KILLER APP", then... and only then (in my opinion) will Dust 514 stand a chance of being good enough. |