Dear Capsuleers,

With regards to the MPT availability, currently it is available In English for English speaking regions. So, if English is the official language in your country, you should be able to access DUST 514 MorduGÇÖs Private Trials from the local PSN store in your area.

What about native English speakers in say Japan? Also if it is localized can I turn the game to English when it is released in Japan?

They only have the English version available right now as their first build. So PSN stores that use english, which aren't every country, ergo the "english as the first language of the country," will be eligible. Every different country has its own PSN store.

It also wouldn't make sense to have numerous localized versions already since it's at this early phase of consumer interaction, and it also wouldn't make sense to have it available in other countries in english because the majority of people won't be able to access it, this is demonstrated most accurately by the example of releasing a japanese game in North America, with no subtitles/localization, and being okay with it because there is a small japanese speaking population residing there. What some of you are asking for is this very thing. To have an english game, on a Japanese store, because if make exceptions like that, you'll have to do it for all countries, and the ability of the people in the different countries to speak english are varied, and such an unknown that it'll be terribly unwieldy fashion to try to push a beta.

This is illegal?? I suppose international trade laws? Really, I know little about all these PSN things...like I said I'm one of the ones who just bought their PS3 in anticipation of this, hence the reason for my noobish optimism about the English-speaking laws to begin with (that and not reading the previous posts carefully enough).

However, IF its true that there's nothing stopping anyone upset about the country restrictions from making a PSN account as an American even if you live in France, well than......not that I would suggest.....but.....you know......

Edit: ok, just noticed that someone already said that the country is determined by your IP address. So even if someone WANTED to break the law and participate anyways, looks like this might not be possible. Like I said, I'm not a PS3 guy so I'm really only familiar with Xbox live policies and procedures. Maybe someone with more experience can elaborate on whether this *illegal* activity is even physically possible.....

Everyone who has posted in this thread should get a beta key automatically for being so passionate.

you can not change the country for the psn store. the region of your psn store is determined by your ip. and your psn account is bound to that region. if you got a german account and move to USA or france or whatever, you will need to create a new psn account and the PSN Store will be in the main language of that region.

Last Beta I looked at requested testers to fill out something like 400 word reports on everything they came across; which just made me question the sanity of the developers who asked people to do this for free, excepting the bit of fun they might have when everything seems to be working.

There will not be Orbital Bombardments from EVE players, CCP want the only interaction between DUST and EVE to be ISK from EVE players going to DUST players & wins/losses on planets in DUST to be reflected in EVE

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Thats all for now :)

Orbital bombardment?


Much more interested in whether or not I can press a shiny red button and fire a giant beam into space that cuts a Moros in half.

Ya but I wonder how long the dreads will stay as they are. All the dreads besides the moros get about 8~9 K DPS with similar fits while the moros gets comparable range with blasters but gets 12.5 K DPS lol a bit OP but man is it enjoyable being a mini erebus.

I should add, for those that are unfamiliar, that a Dreadnought ONLY works in Siege Mode more or less, meaning they will not be receiving repairs while active and therefore don't have to match tank types with others in the fleet. You can bring whichever you like to a fight. (And Cadiene is right - 30% DPS imbalance wont last long. I still say train for whatever one you like cause either it will get boosted or the Moros will get nerfed. )

Carriers, on the other hand, have an exception to the "cap is a cap" mindset I promoted above - Carriers often work in pairs or more if NOT being brought just to use Triage mode to support a BS fleet, and end up repping each other just like subcapital logistics do. In this case, its best to at least have tank type consistency throughout the fleet if you are using more than one. If your buddies have Archon's and Thanny's, You can bring those or an armored Nidhoggur, don't bring a Chimera.

Now, back to Dust 514 Beta chatter :) Just thought I'd take an educational moment since someone asked.

How do I know if I got accepted to the trial?


and who actually got in?

Looks pretty awesome, not sure if it is worth buying a PS3 too bad they didn't release on 360 also!

CCP,
any idea as to when beta keys will go out???
Even a, "in the next few weeks, or a few days" will do for an answer! The silence from you about this is very frustrating.

This is why I'm pretty optimistic about Dust 514 - the fact that it will be more hardcore than the other traditional shooters. Even the "hardcore" titles like Call of Duty will look like child's play in comparison.

Oh :o
Should've done some research before I posted maybe ><
My prophecy of doom seems less ominous now :(
Still, sad to see it for PS3 only as I have no plans on getting one :(

The only thing I did not want to see in this game is happening - seems like mouse/keyboard will be allowed for the game, not only as a means of chat or something similar.

Now, I understand and fully support that mouse/keyboard combo is the best way to go when an FPS is concerned - but not necessarily so on PS3. As Killzone has shown, a joypad experience can be very satisfying and skill-demanding - NOT that it can measure up to the m/k combo in terms of precision as mentioned before - yet it does bear its own satisfaction upon use.

The question is - why put the game on a console, where 99% of people don't use the m/k combo, cutting down the very reason why you came to the said console - in order to present your game to a new community tens of millions of people strong. Seems rather like shooting yourself in the leg to walk better.

Unless this has been vague enough to be misinterpreted.

If MPT had started we would know about it. Even if there was no announcement, which there would be.

Someone on these forums would have spammed general discussion or this thread about it. NDA or no NDA someone would have blabbed by now.

Hello there DUST 514 fans,

We know that many of you are hungry for more details and wanting to get more sneak peeks at whatGÇÖs under the hood. We are busily working on many features (some of which were suggested by the player and fan base) that will go a long ways towards making the game great, and we will be more forthcoming on details in the coming weeks.

We are also making preparations for Fanfest in March this year and will be demonstrating DUST 514 as well as hosting a DUST 514 tournament during Fanfest. And, more importantly, that is also when we will be revealing more information regarding the MPT beta keys, so keep an eye out for what will be happening during this yearGÇÖs Fanfest.

Lastly, we would like to thank you for your comments on the forum. Your comments both encouraging and critical have been instrumental during the development process for DUST 514 and we will continue to listen earnestly to your feedback. Thank you.

CCP_CmdrWang

And the DUST 514 Team

No invites have been sent yet I believe.

Some of these posts sadden me and clearly don't represent the thoughts of all eve players.

The fact that CCP are developing a fps indicates that they have the means to embed the technology into the tranquility server environment, doing so would introduce a number of unknown variables which may detract from the experience of Dust/Eve.

- increased server load and lag
- decrease in player base in eve universe
- lack of interest towards Dust from new players

CCP are covering all their bases by attracting new players to Eve through Dust. The PS3 is the most powerful 3rd generation console on the market and has seen numbers in excess of the general eve population with some of the successful titles.

I bought a ps2 when they released the network adapter and Socom, and was addicted instantly. The ps3 has been lacking in hard-core titles until last year with the release of Socom 4 and BF3. Dust has a lot of competition if it wishes to succeed.

Add me... Telex

No PC No one cares.

Even if you do get it for PC like a year later, or w/e, all the PC users will be in disadvantage from so many points of view (skills, money, power..)...

If it was just another game for XBox or PS I couldnt give a rats furry ballsack but this will affect my eve play.

How many eve players got a console??? How easy would be for those to send isk to the dust char for plex and **** and start training/getting skiils ?

Bottom line is that we either buy consoles or we get left behind.

This is as close to discrimination or slavery as it gets with this industry, without actually been that...

NO PC NO ONE CARES

^ This.

Typical console player.

But yea PC release please. So far it looks like another clunky shooter that'll just end up as a poor port on PC years later.
C'mon, we've got the better hardware than these consoles ... we always will. We've got a better keyboard layout to map our keys on and ontop of it ... if you scrubs really wanna let people play it with a gamepad then add gamepad support .

Sales? What sales? If you wanted this to impact on the market you should've got of your lazy rear ends on this game years ago. Doing this now just shows you guys ( CCP ) just wanna be a part of the loop and make some dirty money.

Had to step up and post something when I seen that all Fanfest attendees will get in in April. What about the rest of us that couldn't make it do to money or time? (In my case it was both) Are we going to have to wait until June? Total elephant dung if this is true.