Comments on: DUST 514 Announced

By: Devren

Devren — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:55 +0000

As someone who is about to let their EvE subscription lapse next month due to their inability to commit any significant time to the game (young families are bloody time consuming! LOL), this is fantastic news! What time I now snatch for gaming is usually on the xbox as I can jump into a game for 30-60mins and pause the bloody thing if need be… with EvE, I have found that to truly enjoy it, you need to be able to set aside 2-4hrs, without interruptions… not possible, when uber-daughter is demanding Daddy’s attention. *smile*
This is also a smart way for CCP to capture an entirely new subscription base. FPS games are some of the biggest sellers on consoles, so it is only natural to have an FPS as the EvE tie-in for consoles.
The only thing that could screw this is that CCP overly complicates Dust. Buy guns/armor/drugs, possibly define your initial attributes for your character, but no bloody skill system. This should be a game based on the individuals reflexes, much like any true FPS (Call of Duty, Halo, etc). Make it too complex, and the console jockeys will wander off to the next game that provides the same thrills but doesn’t require any more thinking beyond what they can frak next.

By: RiddeledCorpse

RiddeledCorpse — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:43:31 +0000

If Dust is going to affect Eve how is Eve going to affect Dust ? Surely this can not be a one way street, and if the Eve dwellers are dependent on the Dust dwellers what is the point of playing Eve ? There has to be some kind of balance, personally I don’t believe the interaction between the two games is a very positive step forward, especially for those that will have to purchase new hardware to be part of an even bigger universe. It’s a great idea but I don’t believe it is practical.

By: Marcus Dreddlin

Marcus Dreddlin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:54:07 +0000

We already have our FPS platoon recruited. When does the game go live? :)

By: SeditiousSpyke

SeditiousSpyke — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:56:37 +0000

This… seems… AWESOME

take your average player, he or she is a weekend warrior, that MAYBE does things on nights home from work/education (i stress ‘maybe’)

Said player also likes to play 3rd person shooters, said player, starts a mission on eve to grind out some isk for his/her weekedn PVP madness, and while sat at his/her pc is also next to his/her console… fighting on the ground, as well as in space.

The ONLY drawback(s) i see to this is a) eve will have a massive change and mainstream eve players will flip out the forumbased DD’s

B)Possibly, conquered systems in eve will change hands because of infantry gamers… which will understably piss people off
(think Gallente militia)

c) any normal/old eve player will simply put forward the argument of orbital bombardment of arena’s they’re side is losing in.

d) possible chance of massive influx or WOW like dolts. (you guys all know the qoute)

By: Winterblink

Winterblink — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:34:56 +0000

Official forums will pretty much shit a brick over anything even remotely like this, but so far nobody’s put forward a decent argument as to why this is bad for EVE.

The main reason I say that is that there’s such a lack of information about DUST 514 right now, so going 100% ga-ga or 100% emo about it is extremely premature.

By: WTM

WTM — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:20:15 +0000

Well this will be interesting….

By: Jerik Havo

Jerik Havo — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:05:18 +0000

Good to see people here are thinking this is a good idea. official forums are in an uproar over it citing information that hasn’t been confirmed.

By: Battle Nexus

Battle Nexus — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:55:45 +0000

Just great, now I have to decide between food and rent and buying a PS3. Thanks CCP lol

By: David Jayder

David Jayder — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:23:06 +0000

Console only? But it would make a good pc mmo… Still looks good though.

By: Suze'rain

Suze'rain — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:09:53 +0000

Oh, you bastards, CCP.

and there I was, happily un-subscribed, trying to go cold turkey, and they spike stuff like that into a vein.