DUST 514 is an enigma, in that the concept is so innovative and complex that the game shouldn’t even exist yet. But it does exist currently, in playable, though not yet public, form. Cheat Code Central’s “Team Josh” (myself and Contributing Writer Josh Engen) got some face time with the game while at E3 this year, and we compared notes afterward.
Ninth episode, and we talk Planet Nomads kickstarter, slow CPUs, EVE Valkyrie event, and I have finally received my Bragi Dash!
News:
* Bragi is finally shipping The Dash wireless headphones
* EVE:Valkyrie players holding an in-game event February 20th, with live-streams
* Apple has the highest quarterly revenue of any company ever
* Intel says future CPUs will be slower, but more efficient
Farewells to DUST514:
A small goodbye to DUST514, from current and past players and bitter-vets
Special Guest:
This week’s guest is Daniel Maslovsky from the game-studio Craneballs, here to discuss their kickstarter game Planet Nomads! It is an interesting Sci-fi Survival Sandbox games, and several Bammsters are already backers on Kickstarter!
From GameWatcher: "DUST 514 was first announced back in 2009 for the PlayStation 3 as a first person shooter played in conjunction with the massively multiplayer space sim EVE Online, and its final build was launched in 2013. CCP has announced that DUST 514 will be shuttered on May 30th 2016, with a new FPS being developed to replace it."
wow. that's messed up. I don't play the game, but shutting it down and then a month after that showing your replacement game after you told the community screw you. LOL. Remind me to never support or play a CCP game. There are games that came out many years before this one and the devs keep the servers up for people.
It's on an old console and was nearly dead in the water when it launched. Not much of a community left to anger. Quite frankly, it sucked, and I'm excited to see what the next one will bring.
From launch to death Dust was only really ever a poor mans M.A.G. God I miss M.A.G and Valor.
Dust 514 was free so I don't see your point, but I do find your name ironic.
@Tony - Yeah I still wish for MAG2, or even a PS4 remaster of MAG.
I remember them saying it was supposed to contribute to eve and everyone was up in arms and that never happened and it just fell to the way side
I'm not sure enough people ever played DUST 514 to say "everyone was up in arms", but there were in fact cross play battles between EVE and DUST.
It was a cool concept with some sizable flaws, but I'd be interested in a sequel that addressed some of those flaws. I thought I heard there was a PS4 version coming, but maybe that's my imagination.
It was definitely ambitious given the tech involved and how late into last gen we were. They tried though and cross gameplay is getting more relevant, so I think not all was lost...
DUST514 players create EVE:Phoenix trailers as part of their #PortDUST514 campaign.
Since the announcement of the DUST514 sequel EVE:Legion by CCP Games at FanFest 2014, there has been an almost eerie silence about the project from the game’s creators. Domains and trademarks were registered, and later left expired, for the EVE:Legion brand, and the player base was left watching as no actual news or progress updates were given by CCP, even at the various player-gatherings or CCP’s own FanFest 2015.
The players of DUST514, both past and current, have rallied under a banner, #PortDUST514, led by Ripley Riley, and are using this hashtag on social media to highlight that there is still a desire for a sequel or a port of the game to a more recent platform than the Playstation 3.
Most recently, this has resulted in the players creating propaganda posters and “memes”, and even voiced trailers, for what they themselves have named EVE:Phoenix.
The player Pokey Dravon, with the help of several other players, created this trailer for the campaign.
I've played a few rounds in the beta, it's a very rough, bare-bone game at the moment, still needs months of development before people even want to spend money to get an advantage. But it is like cagu above said, the available upgrades, the marketplace all look very deep, but it's already clear there will be an advantage for people willing to spend real life cash. Still an interesting game though, or project. If succesfull I can see it jump to PS4, continuously in development. Partially funded by weak players:)
@Cagu - Are you in the Beta? If so do your eyes and brain work correctly or jump to negative conclusions at the first sight of something you don't understand.
First off Aurum items take up MORE CPU and PG, not less as you stated. So in return for getting a Weapon or whatever early in regards to your skill levels it may be you have to first pay money, then 2nd make sure everything else in balanced to make up for the additional CPU and PG units paid items take up. Even so I have been playing totally free and don't notice anyone with paid equipment owning me or taking over matches, its the people who actually have skill or use teamwork. Honestly the stats of one level of weapons (or whatever it is) to the next is not a huge leap, they are better but it doesn't gurantee a win by any means. Oh and as CCP said paid items tend to have different looks/colors but not exactly better stats by any means.
Second, Skill Boosters on give you %50 more SP per match not double as you stated. But honestly this is a MMOFPS with deep RPG like elements, its a game about grinding to get everything you want and some. You can grind in "meaningless" matches all day to upgrade (FOR FREE) to what you want for the real contracted matches for actually territory in the future, some don't have the time to grind or would rather do less grinding and more meaningfull matches you then buy Aurum to make it go faster.
I mean if everything was free and there was no perk in any form to paying into the system then the game itself failed and won't last due to a total lack of income, i mean really its obvious but seems to have gone over your head. I know if a guy has a "paid" weapon or equipment that he had to sacrifice something to do so, its not just gain gain gain, and with skill boosters they are for those who don't want to grind or want to pay in to get their character just right, honestly doesnt bother me the slightest. A few months after release there will be many many players who have grinded arway for FREE that will crush any noob with all basic euipment and this game is designed to go on for YEARS so get used to it or just shut it and go kick some rocks because you will not find many if any $60 games that come out of the box with every player having instant access to everything within the game, those who have skill or grind to get better stuff will always have an advantage.
In the END is comes down to Skill and Teamwork in most instances over Aurum items or Grinders. Its A FREE to play game, honestly no reason to even bitch or get up in arms about it as you have PAID ZERO to aquire or play it hence who cares what you think is unfair in your own little world. The game and its universe are bigger then you or your delusional small minded critisisms, Dust may be new but its developer and core players have been around since before this gen of consoles and have been paying subscriptions on top of paying into it themselves for Aurum. The game EVE is built around economics and controlling the money, resources and power through its economic system. Dust is/will be directly tied to EVE in most cases so I don't see almost a half million subscription paying EVE players changing it up just for YOU anytime soon.
Spending money for the Aurum items right off the bat is kinda of weak and a bad decision. As upon further inspection of the AUR purchased items compared to ISK items, the AUR stuff REALLY sucks. You can be well and good with AUR stuff for your first few rounds but after a while, ppl that are holding on to their hard earned ISK and upgrading themselves the way they are supposed to will start beating your @$$.
It can seem like a pay to win at 1st glance but look at it like this...the AUR items are a step above starter items and can not be upgraded. You earn ISK by like $50k a round if u put in work and 100k skill point for winning a round.
If u cant cut it then no one is to blame but u for poor playing.
But as said above, IMO this game is nowhere near ready for a release. Damn near not playable at all to me. Im a sniper and as jerky and bad as the game looks now, its impossible! Its right up there with Quake Wars bad. I understand its a beta and i wont beat it up too badly but its got a looong way to go b4 its ready.
SO CALM DOWN AND PUT YOUR PARTITIONS AWAY ABOUT THE AURUM CRAP.