I greatly appreciate the opportunity you give us by allowing us to help you vet out your Dust 514 features while hunting down bugs to make a better game for everyone.

I really dont get it that you arent going to port it on PC as well. I mean, the argument of unfair advantage
for PC users doesn't even stand since PS3s can use keyboards and mouses as well and you said Dust will be compatible with them.

I mean, is it only for the "exclusive" tag that youre doing this or what?

I know what is a "closed beta" and I've signed DPA before so I can't find where I'm missing something. I'm just asking for some little more information about CCP intentions about _when_ to start the thing up.
Options are (example):

1- in 1 week from "now"
2- in less than 1 month
3- in at least one month
4- when we'll have reached the $put_a_number_here subscribers
5- when we'll have at least $put_a_number_here players for each timezone
6- there's no 6
7- we have things to fix with sony (assuming the beta will be running on their servers). As soon as we'll have them fixed we can start deploying the beta for the "elected ones"
8- any other option clarifying something about their technical requirements

So, again, I guess it's really just a "poor communication issue" what we're facing. It wouldn't change a thing to be informed about these basic elements and of course I don't think their plans should change because "we want", just to know something more. A better interaction with the community at this point should only bring more interest (and buzz) so...... why not?

IMHO

Dear Capsuleers,

Thank you for your interest regarding the DUST 514 MordusGÇÖs Private Trials registration. I would like to take this opportunity to address some of the concerns raised in this thread.

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. We are, of course, working on localizing the client so that it becomes available in more regions for the Official Launch. So to recount, the DUST 514 Mordu's Private Trials will be in English only for English speaking regions, and our plan is to have localization for the following languages by Official Launch: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese.

And remember, the DUST 514 MorduGÇÖs Private Trials is still in the registration phase, and that is open to all EVE Online players.

With regards to the DUST 514 MorduGÇÖs Private Trials registration confirmation issue, we will be adding a status page to the EVE Online account management page for those who have signed up to participate in the DUST 514 MorduGÇÖs Private Trials, so you can keep tabs on the status of your registration.

Thank you for your patience and continued support.

CCP Cmdr Wang

And the DUST 514 Team

Despite appearing like a desperate grab for a beta key. Personally I think CCP should get in the habit of rewarding those players who want to work proactively to enhance the future of the EVE project. Even small things, like giving passionate players the opportunity to participate in the Dust beta, goes a long way to helping achieve great outcomes.

Especially when you consider that most people that play a beta treat it like a free demo, and stop playing the moment they encounter a minor bug, whereas most of the people in this thread I reckon would want to work to see the bug removed and would have great advice on how to do it.

Passionate players will talk about weapons balancing, map flow, possible exploits, and look beyond the question of 'how does this benefit me' to 'how does this benefit the larger meta game'.

(Flamespar for CCP CEO .. Yay!)

Right, no doubt this post will be ignored and be subsumed beneath a ton of other crap but here's the low-down AFAIK. Information provided by Dev Blogs, E-On and PC Gamer UK

• The only Subscription you will need will be to CCP for EVE Online, for PlayStation you just need to create a free account.


• The game is not on XBox360 because Microsoft require the game to run on a Microsoft-controlled server, DUST will run on the CCP servers (e.g. Tranquility).


• The game is not on PC because CCP want PC-players to play EVE and console players to play DUST, they want two to remain separate.


• 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

Thats all for now :)