Dust 514 'Uprising' bringing major skill overhauls in May

A Dust 514 update called "Uprising" is scheduled for May 6, and will bring major changes to the skill system. So major, in fact, that CCP is letting users re-spec and refunding the in-game currency.

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Dust 514's "Uprising" update is coming on May 6. The update is going to rejigger all of the existing skills systems in major ways, and as such CCP has decided that it's going to roll back all existing skill points and in-game currency so fans can re-spec as they wish.

A post on the PlayStation.Blog details the changes coming to Uprising. The new system removes secondary and tertiary requirements from skills, which removes the need for multiple prerequisites. Skill trees will still have a linear progression and requirements, but the new system is much simpler. The game is also getting rebalancing changes, so some items will have changed attributes or color schemes.

The blog promises much more to come in Uprising, including extra upgrades, advances, and balances. Those will be detailed as we approach. And, it's worth noting, since Dust 514 relies on a currency that fluctuates with a complicated in-game market, the refund value for your in-game currency will be based on the market value as of the time of the re-spec.

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    April 18, 2013 5:15 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Dust 514 'Uprising' bringing major skill overhauls in May.

    A Dust 514 update called "Uprising" is scheduled for May 6, and will bring major changes to the skill system. So major, in fact, that CCP is letting users re-spec and refunding the in-game currency.

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      April 18, 2013 8:08 PM

      Are peoples actually playing this?


      I tried is and it was clunky as hell. I might play a PC version if they finally decide to have it on the platform it should be on.

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        April 18, 2013 8:32 PM

        What do you mean the platform it should be on? Is this some kind of mouse and keyboard thing cause you can totally hook up a mouse and keyboard and play it instead of using a controller.

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          April 18, 2013 8:45 PM

          Unless it also runs 60fps with low latencies...then a mouse and k/b aren't enough.

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          April 18, 2013 8:46 PM

          also, rendering at 1080p with 4xMSAA

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            April 18, 2013 10:35 PM

            I do wonder if the game is being ported to the PS4 since it was released so late in the console cycle and its still in Beta.

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              April 19, 2013 6:51 AM

              The PS4 will be able to stream PS3 games. However, it seems inevitable that Dust 514 will be ported, or rather, developed to run natively on the PC. After this it would be quite easy to run the client natively on the PS4. Or, if developed to run natively on the PS4 also able to do so on PC. Personally, I'd like a seamless integration between Eve and Dust, but I doubt that'll happen because it would estrange PS3 players.

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          April 18, 2013 10:11 PM

          what i meant is that FAN of Eve online are the pc crowd. This should be on PC , i don't care about whatever setup to use. K/m is fine game is also fine by me.

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