Octoven
Phoenix Productions
Headshot Gaming
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Posted - 2013.06.26 12:06:00 -
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I like the ideas behind Dust, it beings a part of EVE that has been overlooked since PI and that is planets. I mean you are flying spaceships in space and such...but tbh from a storyline point of view, what is the point in owning space if there are no planets to fight over? When they introduced PI it provided resources and when they introduced corp owned districts a month ago it gave incentives to owning them that benefits EVE and Dust players.
The key here is that both games NEED to stand alone apart from each other. It isn't logical to tell an EVE player, "hey you need to rely on some guy on a PS3 to play part of your game or you buy one and do it yourself." However, you also need some level of integration and by providing incentives to owning planets you are doing that. Dust has been developed a lot differently then EVE has in its 10 years. Usually in EVE the devs come up with these massively crazy ideas, spin them into a product, and release it all at once. At that point they cross their fingers hoping the community likes it. Obviously Incarna taught them a lesson in this development mentality. Dust began to take a different approach by deploying small changes over a longer period and releasing features in bits at a time. This is why planetary conquest is restricted to just one region at the moment and also why OB was restricted to FW when released. However, OB has opened up and so will planetary conquest.
Do I think there needs to be more integration? Yes, and that will come in time. EVE players are pretty good about waiting but dust bunnies can be impatient and in a high octane game, they have to balance both player's type of game play and patience. The EVE community likes to take things at a slower pace because we are used to it with our game. I don't envy CCP for having to balance that. One thing to keep in mind is CCP wants to allow us to transport dust clones before battle and to build the items they use to sell to them. So this level of integration may force dust to rely on us for items. It will be interesting to see if they allow dust bunnies to pull strings too and force us to rely on them for some things. |