High-end Dust 514 load-out to cost about 24 cents, but don't die

Some games are pay to win, but you will only need to spend about 24 cents to get a complete load-out of arms and weapons in the upcoming FPS Dust 514. But here's the catch: Don't die.

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As with most free-to-play games, CCP's upcoming PS3-exclusive shooter, Dust 514, will end up costing something for dedicated players. For example, fully outfitting a character with high-end gear will cost pennies.

"If you assume that somebody came in and had to buy, with real-world money, the best gear for a serious throw down--it was like a 24-cent thing," CCP's Morgan Godat said.

"We're talking about relatively small amounts of money," Godat told Eurogamer. "You can buy 100 copies of this gun, you can buy 100 copies of this suit of armor." The reason you will buy so much gear is because when you die, you lose it. "We've got to make sure we're pricing things at the right level, because if you die [you lose these things]."

Pricing is still in flux, something being determined by current players in the beta."We're still tuning prices--the costs will change according to the feedback we get on the beta."

The game is currently in closed beta for EVE players, and many of them have already been paying real money for gear. CCP plans to refund that money once the beta ends. On or around June 29, the beta opens to non-EVE players and will also hook up to EVE's tranquility server, joining the two games for the first time. The actual launch date for Dust 514 has not been set yet.

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    June 14, 2012 3:00 PM

    John Keefer posted a new article, High-end Dust 514 load-out to cost about 24 cents, but don't die.

    Some games are pay to win, but you will only need to spend about 24 cents to get a complete load-out of arms and weapons in the upcoming FPS Dust 514. But here's the catch: Don't die.

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      June 14, 2012 3:35 PM

      Small correction. Dust 514 will not be released for Xbox360 (mentioned in the info box below your article)

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      June 14, 2012 3:35 PM

      Is your grear destroyed when you die, or can it be salvaged by someone? There's a HUGE difference there.

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        June 14, 2012 3:47 PM

        You lose it and it's gone. Right now the beta is set so it's really easy to stock up on equipment so dying means nothing and if you are losing you can drop down to militia and not lose any of you more expensive kit.

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          June 14, 2012 5:23 PM

          Can you get this high end gear just by playing the game?

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            June 15, 2012 10:47 AM

            Absolutely. I haven't put a cent into it so far. The real issue is getting the skills to use it takes awhile.

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              June 15, 2012 5:06 PM

              Then I may have to check this out. I can enjoy F2P games without paying a cent if I don't want to.

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      June 14, 2012 3:43 PM

      Im not touching free to play, sorry

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        June 14, 2012 3:53 PM

        why not?

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          June 14, 2012 4:16 PM

          arcades died out long ago because people wanted to play at home and not constantly pump quarters into machines. this sounds like one of those games that would be rigged to make you spend more quarters

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            June 14, 2012 5:46 PM

            Arcades died out because they were inconvenient, not because people are unwilling to pump money into a machine.

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            June 14, 2012 9:19 PM

            Exactly, its the same as the DLC model, it looks cheap on the outside but in the end its designed to drain you of more money over the life of a product

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        June 14, 2012 6:06 PM

        yeah, I mean who pays money for video games these days anyway?

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