EVE General Discussion

I love EVE, I think most of all for it's sandbox. Also because of the space genre. They fit perfectly and there's so much to do with this, my imagination is constantly exploding from it as I know other people's are as having spoken to them over the years. That being said the DUST issue brings up an interesting problem. Even though I love EVE and want CCP to do well with it, everything I know tells me DUST is a failure.

So is it more morally right to support EVE and DUST until it bleeds EVE dry and dies, or to call it out as it is now and ask CCP to put an end to it?

What is your opinion on DUST?

It won't bleed EvE dry. Two different markets.

The problem is DUST isn't a standalone MMOFPS. It needs it's own space, literally. Not piggybacked on an established IP.

The gaming world is littered with such attempts. They fail because it's half of what they could've been if not tethered to an established IP.

It's like Blizzard tying Diablo III into WoW. It wouldn't work, and it hampers both franchises if it were linked. Two different worlds, two different play styles. Best in their own.

I don't have any console gaming systems, and I have no plans to get one. That being said, I think the gaming communities from each are different. I don't think merging them will be easy. A lot of old time pc players could give up on it. The console crowd might never give it a chance.

If CCP falls into the "money>all" trap, I can forsee a lot of people leaving - however if they don't take ALL players into consideration, the game(s) will stagnate and lose players anyway.

Dust514 is a cool game and it's already a success.
When EVE started, there were lot's of peeps who told pretty much the same story like the OP - " EVE is a failure and going to die some horrible death".

Well EVE has been dieing for 10 years now, but as a long there's still one pilot flying or one merc stomping the grounds, EVE and DUST514 will be around.

Give it time. Beta is a beta and it has barely been out of launch for a month.

Hell it isn't even in effect in Null yet, lets see what comes of it then.

Dust is awesome and has the potential to be even more awesome. It takes time to develop and implement all cool things ccp is aiming for with the game.

Just a reminder that this is your money going to a console game you probably don't even play.

What facts? Projections are based on theory and are at best educated guesses. A fact is a tangible idea that can be proven. Since, you cannot prove what the future holds for either product without living it, your statement is false and incohorrent.

No one wants to see CCP fail, and many people will grandstand to show support.

CCP are not foolish enough to allow their core product be substantially impacted by their side venture.

Eve is a resounding success and Dust is still a baby. Let's see what happens after Dust learns how to walk and run before we start condeming and pitchforking.

It's great that you are passionate about EVE..we all are...well most of us :P However, I strongly feel you need to learn when to chill, sit back and relax to see what happens. Being ethnocentric in thinking that eve online cannot grow and expand without dying is at best disturbing.

I know you have a solemn duty to defend other internet users who paid 10 US , 13 euro to join the same internet forum , but DUST is clearly being funded by CCP based on EVE and it's projected revenue. Our money was and has been used on DUST. Now please shave your neck.

Don't even start that ****. I'm autistic, and I've never said "I know it is a fact". Instead, I say "it is a fact because [insert evidence here]".