Corporations as in EVE corporations. As in, in Dust you are a mercenary and you can join a mercenary company, and your company can be hired by the massive interstellar corporations that players in EVE use to control star systems. The big EVE corps will also have their own personal mercenary armies which they will sponsor.
The idea, ultimately, is that EVE and Dust will merge very closely. They want EVE industry to produce the weapons and tanks which Dust players purchase and use to fight wars with. Already they're slated to allow corps in EVE to contract Dust mercenary companies to fight for control of planets for them. In Planetside 2, one day you'll take Base X and the next day you'll lose it, repeat ad nauseam. In Dust, the battles you fight could be a part of a massive military campaign that spans both EVE and Dust and involves thousands of players and will be remembered in the history of those games as the Third Great War, or something.
It really is a fantastic concept. I dunno how the actual game is, but it's pretty goddamn ballsy of them to go this route. They're breaking new ground here, and being dismissive of something Planetside 2 could pick a few things up from probably isn't a good attitude to take.
Originally Posted by Vetto
I know lets make a Fighting game were if you lose you are knocked down all the way back to beginner and lose as your stuff LET SEE HOW WELL THAT GOES OVER!
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You are making big assumptions about how expensive items are and how powerful those items are. We don't know specifics yet, but they've alluded to the same sort of idea governing PS2's certs. That is, the gear you buy can give you an edge, but they won't guarantee you a win over someone in default gear. Either way, chances are people will only use their top-of-the-line gear for the most important battles.
But isn't it an interesting idea that you can fight and earn resources and spend them on better stuff? I mean, what if you play Planetside 2 just as infantry? You'll rack up all these resources and eventually you'll unlock all your stuff, and then what? You just sit on a pile of resources. I mean, what if you could spend resources on a Mark 2 version of the heavy assault exosuit that has a 10% bonus to health? Would you consider that a negative? Same concept with Dust equipment from what they've said.
Originally Posted by Luieburger
^This
Nobody wants to play an FPS with their thumbs.
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They've confirmed that Dust will have full keyboard/mouse support when it ships. So if you own a PS3 you'll be able to plug a USB keyboard/mouse in and play it as if it were a game on your PC. It's been hinted at that this is because they are preparing to bring the game to the PC sometime after release, but there's been no confirmation of that.
Originally Posted by Vetto
Dust already lost for me the moment they said you have to pay for your armor and weapons and if you die there gone, all be it they clarified later that you can earn the same income in game and that the buying part let you buy said income it still reeks of a horrible idea.
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You have free versions of weapons/armor/etc that are standard quality and do not disappear when you die. You earn money by fighting. You can spend that money on getting better versions of weapons/armor/etc, although yeah, if you die they're gone. It isn't any different than in Planetside 2, how you fight for territory to gain resources and spend those resources on vehicles/grenades. The only difference is that Dust has far more stuff to buy than just vehicles or consumables.
2012-06-13, 11:20 PM
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