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Will only directors and CEOs change tax rates? Or will accountant be able to do that now too?

Also, not being a director, I'm curious. Can Dust players accept Eve player applications to the corp?

EXCELLENT work True Grit =D

Went above and beyond just corporation roles and knocked out that ridiculous wait time when trying to search for people in the members list (I wonder if this optimization would help contacts list?). Kept the corporation roles simple and sweet which is exactly what we need right now.

Awesome work.

How 'bout 'dat rollover SP system that's been in the works since January?

I'm very weary of the TCO role, not because of what it is or what it does. But, I've been part of PC matches where, like clockwork, a player gets black-screened, disconnects, or some other vague mishap that occurs when deploying to the match. In the past, if that player is a member of the corporation; they'll just restart and join in separately. If not, one of the backups (usually from the corp in question) will join separately.

Now, that you have to be a TCO to join a Corp Match, how can mitigation of Deployment Issues be lessened?

I'm very weary of the TCO role, not because of what it is or what it does. But, I've been part of PC matches where, like clockwork, a player gets black-screened, disconnects, or some other vague mishap that occurs when deploying to the match. In the past, if that player is a member of the corporation; they'll just restart and join in separately. If not, one of the backups (usually from the corp in question) will join separately.

Now, that you have to be a TCO to join a Corp Match, how can mitigation of Deployment Issues be lessened?

So, when can we expect to put cover sheets on our TPS reports?

Devhacks screenshots show camera pointing towards character. Free camera mode is not coming is it?

I'm very weary of the TCO role, not because of what it is or what it does, but what it could mean. I've been part of PC matches where, like clockwork, a player gets black-screened, disconnects, or some other vague mishap that occurs when deploying to the match. In the past, if that player is a member of the corporation; they'll just restart and join in separately. If not, one of the backups (usually from the corp in question) will join separately.

Now, that you have to be a TCO to join a Corp Match, how can mitigation of Deployment Issues be lessened?

Yes DUST players can accept applications, but the EVE player has to then hit accept as well since thats how it works in EVE.

1.5 BREAKING NEWS!! You can now rotate the camera to view the front of your merc .

There are many players who are going to be asking why do this when you could give us some new weapons?

Because this blog represents one of the biggest leaps forward in the delvelopment of the game. Certainly as big as PC and more so than the skill tree updates.

This is going to be a major help for how corporations are able to be maintained. Anything that allows a CEO and directors the ability to safely delegate tasks such as recruitment without access to to the wallet and district control is going to be a huge boost.

It also means that we can now reward those players that are helpful to the corp and give them a sense of responsibility and engagement by giving them a role in the day to day running of a corp.

Kevall Longstride/ Dennie Fleetfoot
CEO DUST University

what a joke. Having only selected people be able to bring players into PC seems like a crazy idea. I like the idea of having roles. but all members of a corp should be able to join a battle. Not only because of faulty servers that kick people out, but also because the players that do have the role might not be there, or maybe only one. So he will have to back out 3 times to bring in players. It doesnt make sense at all and most likely make things harder then they need to be.

You can appoint multiple people to the role, and I would advise appointing everyone who's approved to fight in PC. If 80% of the people who are going into PC are appointed to the TCO role, then any connection issues where they drop out will be mitigated by being able to jump right back in after a reset. By having a way to approve whether someone can join PC or not, you can keep out anyone who hasn't been specifically vetted and might be a saboteur--or who's just clueless and needs training.

Know how everybody wants vehicle locks? This is the equivalent for PC.

That said, maybe the role shouldn't have the word "officer" in the title, since I suspect many corps will be using it to check off who is approved to join PC at all, and not just the people they want leading squads.

I'm concerned about the same thing... you're going to have to give EVERYONE in the corp that does PC the role in case they have stability issues.

I'm concerned about the same thing... you're going to have to give EVERYONE in the corp that does PC the role in case they have stability issues.

Except for the part where we can already do all of that. If someone is in who you don't want to be, you kick them. Now we have this role that CEOs and/or Directors literally need to go through the entire member list and give everyone who is eligible the role. It's stupid.

Not to mention people who don't get it aren't going to be happy, leading to unnecessary drama.

Glad you wasted a month on this, TrueGrit. 1.6 better be ******* epic.

I see your point. But I also see the other side of the coin as well. As a CEO I like this. The only real problem I see with this is the connection/loading issues. As far as drama goes.......what isn't drama? Someone is always unhappy or bitching about something. It's all about how you handle the drama sir, that's what makes a person successful.

As far as a fix for this. I think having a option added into the little checklist on members to say "PC Eligible", would be a nice fix.

Parson, Smile sir. Life is good. Don't be so grumpy. It's a free game enjoy and help make it better.

I see your point. But I also see the other side of the coin as well. As a CEO I like this. The only real problem I see with this is the connection/loading issues. As far as drama goes.......what isn't drama? Someone is always unhappy or bitching about something. It's all about how you handle the drama sir, that's what makes a person successful.

As far as a fix for this. I think having a option added into the little checklist on members to say "PC Eligible", would be a nice fix.

Parson, Smile sir. Life is good. Don't be so grumpy. It's a free game enjoy and help make it better.

Will this be the major update of the new patch?

And can you please fix the problem of changing weapons?! Every time you finish using a plasma cannon or a mass driver and try to switch to a smg the character ALWAYS glitches out tries to reload instead of switching. Even the animation freaks out and the plasma cannon turns sideways and you cannot switch weapons for a few seconds after done reloading. Very annoying. Please fix thx!

I feel like the new WP rewards will be the more significant (feeling) update. I would think the new maps would be ready by then, although I think they can drop them in at any time anyway.

I'd like for members of the corp to be able to see some kind of badge or something for members that hold the TCO role. This way a newer player to the corp knows that this person is someone that has the knowledge/skill level to be granted the right to fight in PC battles. It would help new players find someone to give them advice that they could take to heart.

Any plans to allow DUST corps to form alliances without having to go through EVE side?

Also, is the leaderboard contacts list bug getting fixed in 1.5?

The easy fix would be to flag any player who joined the match and was *not* kicked out of the barge as being allowed into that one battle. If you drop from a PC battle without being kicked by a director, then you are allowed to rejoin that specific battle as if you had the TCO role. But you cannot join a different battle.

This gives us the benefits of both sides. We can designate a large number of people who have been around long enough to prove that they are trustworthy and won't awox in PC, but also allow unproven members to rejoin the fight if they have connection problems.

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

nice work and programming on the new look of the tranquility uprising 1.5 update,i only have one major concern,will this new update stop haccers fom using a "backdoor" into the server systems to do a ddos attack again,after the last attack,my game client had to be reinstalled,as it got corrupted,whe the servers went down.i also don't like the thought of hackers getting and looking up my psn account information.

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

Some have said that this patch is a convenience and nothing more and CCP should be giving us content instead.

Yes it is a convenience and one that perhaps relatively few will get to use. But if this had been in place a year ago I can tell as a CEO this would've given me more time to play the game rather than administrating my corp. if the corps are easier to run and less work to maintain, more and more players are going to give building their own corp a go.

With the growth of successful and easily maintained corporations comes the growth of Dust and its player base. This is why I consider this a huge leap in the development of the game. Ask any of your CEO's, they're going to to love this. And look what has happened as a side effect of giving us these roles.

The discovery and removal of a coding bottle neck that reduces a 2 minute and 52 second download time for 1300+ members to 5 secs. That's over 3000% increase in speed. How many other bottlenecks will the guys find when they try to do something else that isn't related to new content.

Trust me, when you guys want to have a go at starting your own corps, you will be so thankful for 1.5.

So who will be able to assign these roles? Obviously the CEO can assign all, so does that mean the director can assign them all too, except for adding another director?

Cause if the CEO is the only one allowed to add TCO roles, then that could pose an issue.

Also is the personal director able to kick players, or just accept them?

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

I'm very weary of the TCO role, not because of what it is or what it does, but what it could mean. I've been part of PC matches where, like clockwork, a player gets black-screened, disconnects, or some other vague mishap that occurs when deploying to the match. In the past, if that player is a member of the corporation; they'll just restart and join in separately. If not, one of the backups (usually from the corp in question) will join separately.

Now, that you have to be a TCO to join a Corp Match, how can mitigation of Deployment Issues be lessened?

For all you CEOs and directors out there today is your lucky day. Today you get to read about the new corporation roles coming in Uprising 1.5. Read on to find out how you too, can delegate duties like any good boss.

Great news, I 'm just wondering when the Dust economy is going to be introduced. I also wanted to know about the New Eden star map expanding, the universe of New Eden is vast, can't wait to see the Star map expand so every corporation can get more involved in Planetary Conquest. New weapon upgrades and accessories like scopes or certain customizations for Dropsuits and vehicles to make your war chest unique from others. I'm excited, CCP can do so many great things with Dust 514. It's exciting to see this game evolve.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

the ability to share your corporation skills completely (even the current corp building skill) with another corp while remaining in your own. As a 4x skill, each additional level will allow you to share your abilities with another corporation of your choosing, up to a maximum of 5 corporations. This ability to share skills with multiple corporations will allow for a self-marketable player asset that can assist alliances and 'rivals' alike for a chosen retainer fee (or work pro-bono). The trick is this information on corporate interaction is not visible unless obtained via a hacking mini-game or word of mouth. Finding out one of your high executives is consulting with the enemy could make for some very juicy meta-gaming.

what a joke. Having only selected people be able to bring players into PC seems like a crazy idea. I like the idea of having roles. but all members of a corp should be able to join a battle. Not only because of faulty servers that kick people out, but also because the players that do have the role might not be there, or maybe only one. So he will have to back out 3 times to bring in players. It doesnt make sense at all and most likely make things harder then they need to be.

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

This looks nice. I do think there should be a corp role called "PC merc" or something who is always able to join PC, but can't invite others.

So who will be able to assign these roles? Obviously the CEO can assign all, so does that mean the director can assign them all too, except for adding another director?

Cause if the CEO is the only one allowed to add TCO roles, then that could pose an issue.

Also is the personal director able to kick players, or just accept them?

Will only directors and CEOs change tax rates? Or will accountant be able to do that now too?

Also, not being a director, I'm curious. Can Dust players accept Eve player applications to the corp?

so this guys only task is managing the currency that gos through the corp and its players and he cant set the tax rate? Why even have this guy if he has limmited monetary powers when hes suppose to be doing monetary tasks?

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

I'm very weary of the TCO role, not because of what it is or what it does, but what it could mean. I've been part of PC matches where, like clockwork, a player gets black-screened, disconnects, or some other vague mishap that occurs when deploying to the match. In the past, if that player is a member of the corporation; they'll just restart and join in separately. If not, one of the backups (usually from the corp in question) will join separately.

Now, that you have to be a TCO to join a Corp Match, how can mitigation of Deployment Issues be lessened?

May I make a suggestion, as constructively as I can.
Please do not release this unless you can guarantee a new problem is not introduced. It worries me that you appear not to have already considered this problem, and it feels like we're on the edge of the knife with people giving up on the game.

I don't even play PC, but if what should be a cool new feature has the effect of p1ssing people off in the most organised and unique game-mode we have, I fear for the future of a game I very much want to play.

This is a good feature, but needs to work as intended.

Thanks for the dev blog!

totally agree. We will have to give all members this role just to be safe. Honestly, now that we can kick people out of the warbage, there is no point of this role.

Instead of giving this role the ability to join battles exclusively, why not only allow for these roles to be able to be squad leaders only. So, anyone in the corp can join a battle but only TCOs are able to form squads and be squad leaders.

I have a very important question about this blog post:

In your screenshots, how are you able to look at the front of your character?

I have a very important question about this blog post:

In your screenshots, how are you able to look at the front of your character?

As promised, a dev blog today and about corporation roles! :D Enjoy friends and let us know what you think.

Thank you very much for reading this dev blog. If you have any questions or comments please ask away in the comments and we will be happy to respond.

-CCP FoxFour on behalf of Team True Grit

* Reads this *



* And this *



* Looks around and sees 5 pages of questions, thoughts, ideas, and opinions and sees only four Dev responses. *

* Places face in palm *

* Says to self, " No wonder these forums and this game are the way they are. " *

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

For the concerns about disconnecting from PC battles I will have a look into allowing players to rejoin a battle if they were already in it and not previously kicked by a director.

I will also have a look into allowing squad members to join a squad already deployed into a PC battle provided the squad leader has the TCO role. This would allow substitutes to be pulled in on short notice without the squad leader leaving.

For all you CEOs and directors out there today is your lucky day. Today you get to read about the new corporation roles coming in Uprising 1.5. Read on to find out how you too, can delegate duties like any good boss.