Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
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Posted - 2013.07.03 04:04:00 -
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My 2 ISK: They dropped the ball when they linked DUST to FW instead of Odyssey.
First, not everyone is into FW. If you don't do FW then as far as you're concerned DUST doesn't exist, and even if you do join FW then DUST still has hardly any impact on your game. A few trivial stat changes in a system, nothing more, and nothing that can't be completely steamrollered by dedicated EvE FW players.
Second, exploration is where DUST could have really shined, but that would involve PvE and if Warframe has proven anything it's that there is no market for PvE FPS games. Oh wait, Warframe took off like a rocket? Whoops! I guess there is a market for online FPS PvE content. Too bad someone else realized it first, eh?
Imagine this, then: You're in an exploration cruiser. You find an exploration site, an abandoned station filled with goodies - spiffy relic of the past, worth millions of ISK. You approach the site, activate your access module and...
...Sit there for five minutes playing a idiotic mini-game designed for five year olds and then have to spaztically click all over the screen when your loot finally comes spraying out like candy from a pinata.
... You tag the site for a transport shuttle. A contract screen pops up: How much ISK are you willing to offer to DUST mercs to come in, breach the site, fight their way through it's defenses and grab all the goodies for you? The contract is entered into the network and a DUST company commander sees it pop up in their player-made contracts list. Looks like a cakewalk, the team is dispatched. But what's this? Five minutes into the mission, having fought their way past the automatic defenses, strange mutant creatures and whatnot, it appears a rival capsuleer has found the site as well and they have offered a price for that mysterious artifact at the heart of the wreck as well! Another shuttle is on it's way, bringing another team of DUST troops from a rival company, and they don't feel like sharing today.
In the end your team prevails, but not without losses, so you throw them some more ISK as a bonus. Then you add their name to your contacts list - you like people who can get the job done even in the face of adversity. And while they were out firing lasers down ancient corridors you had plenty of free time to continue exploring, searching, and finding new exploration sites to claim...
But then that would have required actual work and *gasp* creativity. So much easier to crap out another generic shooter from the template, right?
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