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LtCol Laurentius
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2012.03.22 19:16:00 -
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I'm still left with more questions that answers tbh. the Dust-EVE link is till very very unclear. I expected more after all the hype.
1) How do you expect Dust Players on PS3 to fund their PVP? Grinding for Isk? Not likely. Getting funded by EVE players? Maybe, if you are good. Paying Aurum? Probably.
2) You have 7 years worth of skills, a complex skilling system and thus you clearly expect people to commit to this game for a long time. And yet, you go F2P, which in plainspeak means that you expect a lot of your players to pay real money to get what they need (see question 1) above). After all, you are not a charity organization. Exactly how long do you expect people to be willing to pay for kit to play Dust?
3) What happens if there are 300 abbadons shooting that surface target instead of one? Do you think Dust players on a PS3 will continue playing if they just get wiped without any possibility of defending themselves over and over again? How do you plan to handle the obvious endless possibilities for griefplay? |
LtCol Laurentius
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2012.03.22 20:19:00 -
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There is a rerun of the dust514 keynote scheduled for 0200 GMT on EVETV. The original keynote got delayed about an hour though. Dunno if this will affect the rerun as well. |
LtCol Laurentius
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2012.03.22 21:59:00 -
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Matiel Shrike wrote:
right now it's mostly theories, but the point i'm trying to make here is that for the time being, a lot of things could happen, and a lot of things could be used to balance the game in terms of orby bombing.
The point I'm trying to make however, is that we are now at fanfest 2012, with Dust514 scheduled to launch later this year (early summer?), and the information given by CCP regarding these questions are STILL mainly pretty pictures and sales pitches. |
LtCol Laurentius
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2012.03.23 00:03:00 -
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Mara Rinn wrote:
CCP's point, which is going to be expressed through a number of sessions, is that EVE/DUST link is still in progress.
This seems to be very evident indeed. I guess I will disagree loudly with you that this isnt a problem though. Not talking about even core game mechanics at this point in time doesnt bode well. Basically, they:
- Dont adress the apparent disconnect between the goal of high player retention and the chosen business model, despite the issue beeing raised by players repeatedly on forums and social media.
- Dont adress how to handle endless possibilities of griefplay
- Dont adress how Dust will affect EVE in any detail not previosly known
- Dont adress how EVE will affect DUST in any detail not previosly known
- Dont adress how they intend to balance the incredibly tight relationship between EVE and DUST to ensure that the two games affect eachother meaningfully while at the same time not destroying the gameplay of either game
But most importantly, uses THE MOST IMPORTANT opportunity to talk about these things to show pretty pictures and provide marketingspeach instead. With probably 2-3 months until launch.
Call me unimpressed. |
LtCol Laurentius
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2012.03.23 14:50:00 -
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Well some news are slowly tricling in. According to PC Gamer, Dust will intially only affect planets in highsec, at least until next year. So no sovreignty fights on planets just yet. |
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