Kurosawa
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the amount of people required to pull of this update extraordinary https://www.dualuniverse.game/launcher/patch/release-1416 is what you have to deal with.
to be fair some of the time between that update and the previews was the x-mas weeks, so here is the previous patch https://www.dualuniverse.game/launcher/patch/release-1415
As i see it DU is now a pet project of NQ, they have other things to do that are more rewarding to the company. But they still have a little space in the corner for their first game.
And that is ok just dont expect any thing speciel from NQ.
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I suggest you skim the patch logs and see what you think https://board.dualthegame.com/index.php?/forum/66-patch-notes/
The replies you will get here are from the remaining diehards in our various shapes and sizes, so it will be better to form your own opinion.
How ever...
No, there has not been any actual content for a long time, DU is in hibernation while NQ either gets more cash or DU closes the doors for good.
There are small stuff here and there but it feels like it's a 1 man weekend project, which is fine, if it was sold as such.
Only real future i see for DU is if the NQ Team has gone into hiding while furiously RE coding ½ or more of the game, with attention to detail and an actual plan time time around.
Experience can be painful to gain at times, but starting over is a valid choice. just DU it.
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who on earth is going on in the above vid?
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8 hours ago, Vazqez said:
From 100 kilograms of raw materials, I make 120 kilograms of products.
Environmentally friendly carbon capture
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On behalf of DU...
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DU is in an artificial coma. NQ is either to scare to pull the plug or they are trying to get funding / resources by doing other project.
At least that is my 50c based on what little we know
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Oh and the shifted to far towards survival games vs open sandbox
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I think NQ has giving up on DU a long time ago, it is now a side hustle then can do when the other games compile and for shits and giggles of cause. nothing more nothing less.
The cost is properly absorbed in other project as they share resources, other wise it would just be a waste of resources.
conspiracy theory: It is test to see how long they can string players along and still make them pay, but even that fails as most left in 0.23
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oh stop posting, we almost got to 14 days with no posts again. 3 times the charm for sure
- SirJohn85 and le_souriceau
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along the line of @blundertwink we almost had the first time with no posts in general in a 48 hours time span last week
Maybe you can scavenge more people in discord or if you post location info sooner
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Could that blob of text be considered out of context since we only see that single quote?
This is my take, the poster is a wannabe wordsmith with little to no finesse, he is trying to sound smart by making over complicated an long posts with little to no actual content, that doesn't make him a bad person, just obnoxious and looong winded to read/listen to. It might also suffer from "google" translate issues, it may have sounded better in french.
Self proclaimed intelligence, that rarely goes well.
DU is referred to in past tense, will they finally man up and close it.
3 new project, could be literally anything, company fishing trip to the job center, chess game med in ascii, hide money from IRS in other companies
wall of text disappoints for 9000 pointy over
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CCP makes of NQ biggest source of content started with just 21 employees, point being you do not need millions of people to make a game.
what CCP had was properly actual game making experiences and above all an actual plan they followed through on.
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10 hours ago, Atmosph3rik said:
You can't really judge the product or the people making it, when they haven't been allowed to finish it yet.
We sure can, we have 8 years of experience with NQ/DU, plenty of time to see how they operate. On top of that the game IS finished, they did a launch and it is sold as finished on Steam.
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2 hours ago, blundertwink said:
It isn't worth dev time to work on "locking things down" 100%. It's far more efficient to patch things (quickly) after the fact than try to mitigate exploits/fraud/bugs entirely up-front through technology. It's far more effective commercially to focus dev time on content over edge case exploits etc.
I will slightly disagree here, i often seen dev just yodel along with out giving security even the slightest though. I think it is important to have security in mind when you code 100% of the time, but not necessarily as your main objective.
(Semantics perhaps?)
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1. no troll posts here, you might not like it but The reality is that:
- NQ CEO and staff has confirmed that they have other priorities.
- Lack of updates and and improvements over 8 years
- Lack of follow through on errors and exploits
- Not talking to and/or insulting the community with weak stuff
- Crating there own game in 0.23 0.24 and so on despite plenty warnings
- Blind coping EvE with out understanding the deeper reasoning EvE does X
- Not finishing what they do and leave countless big and small errors, it a dangerous attitude that will come back and rip you arms off
- reducing server power.
These are just some of my observations, you can dislike it and call it a troll post but it is based on facts collected over time.
What i dont is why NQ doesn't just fold and cut there costs.
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17 minutes ago, Zeddrick said:
Dear NQ. Game too hard. I can has easy mode?
maybe try and reply with something useful instead of stroking your epen
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it is irrelevant because you are moving attention away from a post and on the the poster.
you have the same phenomenon around post count and forum join day, where some people put those i high regard when they are not.
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lol they set the original price to 12.99 trying to use the 9 psychological trick, i would have discounted at 23.1% to get to 9.99.
actually i would have been honest and set the price at 13 then discounted to 10
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why on earth would you use DU to create 3D probs and backgroups, there are dedicated tools for that, some are even free like bender or Daz. Unreal Engine can make 3D stages and more if that is what you want, and it is free, supported and updated.
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which part do you disagree with.
That DU is not required in life?
Or that most people have left the game?
Both?
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hah, that means mine is still brand spanking new
i7-6700k, GTX 980
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On 12/12/2022 at 4:59 PM, Hecticus said:
I usually have a stable connection, but occasionally I will crash and then have repeated immediate crashes. I am able to connect to websites so it looks like I have a good connnection, but if I ping -t google and watch, I’m getting higher than average packet loss. I suspect DU is intolerant of packet loss, and the problem is actually your isp lacking on you.
ping your gateway as well before blaming the ISP
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You do not need hundreds of coders, you need a solid long term plan and directions and management that are not insane and go around changing the plan every 2nd day, or spinless and just say yes all the time to upper management.
Mapping out your project is ½ the coding.
Maintain good structure and dont add little hack fixes all over the place, make sure it is cleaned up.
There is a good amount of evidence in NQ/DU that show they just slap stuff together hoping for the best
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11 hours ago, ColonkinYT said:
Let it be 2,000 per person per month (before taxes). This is not much (I would even say a little).
Heh i assume your are calculating in US $, 2000 per month would not be far from what a part time intern gets per month in my part of EU
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5 minutes ago, Cergorach said:
Lots of letters ....
Once there was casual play, it was before .23 when you could logon and do what ever you wanted with out being pushed in to a second none paying job.
Based on your post you focus mainly on quanta or other means to compare your self to others, that is a mindset error where you always will struggle to catch up.
The casual mindset is to just logon and do what ever the f. you fancy at the moment. knowing full well some one is making billions mining that mega node or scamming the market.
Long and short term goals are still very much doable, there is just no rush to be on top and in front of every one.
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This might sound privilege, but if you cannot afford €13 / month or €0.43 a day then you properly should not play DU. i would try find a game that is free or only have a 1 time fee if i was you. your economy says NO.
Personally i would say DU isn't worth 13€/mon, NQ has pretty much given up on DU, there are only token updates from time to time. I think at this stage it is a pet project that they don't have the will to terminate. Only chance that DU will ever be something is if 1 of the other project NQ has diverted resources to is a total and complete overhaul of DU