I'm going to put EVE pilots into the team chat when they connect so you can type and talk to them. That should make things a little easier.

Bro its FW, if you ain't got the coordination or SP you shouldn't be in there in the first place.

I'm going to put EVE pilots into the team chat when they connect so you can type and talk to them. That should make things a little easier.

We should start a new player made trademark, "When? (tm)"

In all honesty we don't do dates because they change too often, especially with a monthly release cycle. We are working on it now and we will ship it when it's done.

I have been playing Dust since early closed Beta (June 2012). Tonight I had one of the most unique experiences so far in this game, and it was awesome.

Last night I decided to run some Caldari FW, did well, got invited to Caldari FW chat channel. I didn't think much of it at the time.

Tonight, things really opened up. It started with 2 squads Qsyncing, then 3, then 4 and then 5! We had 5 squads Qsyncing for Caldari and we had EVE support for our OBs. It was amazingly fun.

I called in my first strike from EVE...and got zero kills, it was a blind shot in the redline as we were crushing it. Next strike took out 5 guys and did 12,000 damage on the CRU, or so I was told. Called in about 5 strikes total from EVE side. It was a lot of fun just switching chat channels to where the EVE guys were waiting and I would say, "Titus ready for OB", and then they would lock on the district and then boom booms would come from the sky (they looked cool, different than the Warbarge strikes, I think we called in lasers)

I had a ton of fun and am really looking forward to the new FW system as it seems like it is going to be even better.

For the first time, I really felt like I was feeling how this game is supposed to make you feel, a part of something bigger, a part of New Eden. Playing with strangers in different games but engaged in a commonness together


Shout Out to a few folks but I am sure I am missing some
Middas Bentancore
Mr Tang
Rageheavy
Horus Forge
plus many others

/end rant

Faction warfare really is a lot of fun, particularly when you go for a faction that isn't steamrolling the warzone since it means you can get two squads into the same match more often than not. Bailing out of PC to focus on FW is probably the best thing Subdreddit has done in the last 6 months, particularly with our Eve counterparts focusing on Caldari FW. We're getting lots of close fights and some good interaction with Eve. And the Eve guys are having a lot of fun dashing all over the warzone bombing planets. I imported 20 bombardment destroyers to give out, and they were all gone in less than a week.

You mean WhenGäó?

I have been playing Dust since early closed Beta (June 2012). Tonight I had one of the most unique experiences so far in this game, and it was awesome.

Last night I decided to run some Caldari FW, did well, got invited to Caldari FW chat channel. I didn't think much of it at the time.

Tonight, things really opened up. It started with 2 squads Qsyncing, then 3, then 4 and then 5! We had 5 squads Qsyncing for Caldari and we had EVE support for our OBs. It was amazingly fun.

I called in my first strike from EVE...and got zero kills, it was a blind shot in the redline as we were crushing it. Next strike took out 5 guys and did 12,000 damage on the CRU, or so I was told. Called in about 5 strikes total from EVE side. It was a lot of fun just switching chat channels to where the EVE guys were waiting and I would say, "Titus ready for OB", and then they would lock on the district and then boom booms would come from the sky (they looked cool, different than the Warbarge strikes, I think we called in lasers)

I had a ton of fun and am really looking forward to the new FW system as it seems like it is going to be even better.

For the first time, I really felt like I was feeling how this game is supposed to make you feel, a part of something bigger, a part of New Eden. Playing with strangers in different games but engaged in a commonness together


Shout Out to a few folks but I am sure I am missing some
Middas Bentancore
Mr Tang
Rageheavy
Horus Forge
plus many others

/end rant

NO WAY!! HOW YOU DO DAT?? whenTM

Are there standard voice channels for the other factions as well?

I'm going to put EVE pilots into the team chat when they connect so you can type and talk to them. That should make things a little easier.

You mean WhenGäó?

Actually a cool story bro.

We have some big changes for FW on the way as SocksFour described here:

http://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=116188

The new orbital bombardment mechanics will be pretty exciting for EVE interaction.

good game titus!

i liked it because no matter what corp we are in we were fighting for the same cause, the state protectorate :)

those tactial hybrid strikes thou... OP much :P blast radius stats please???

I saw people on my side use that thing. It is beastly.

Very cool! I would love to know what the chat channel would be for Minmater if there is one!

Thank you Titus!

if CCP could make better tools /enable an easier way to integrate chat /voice in matches between Eve and Dust without opening chat tab and change channels and write stuff for that damn orbital...

Yes. The first time I saw an EVE-based OB, I was in awe. Not only are they much more awesome looking, but the faster rate of fire makes it sound insane as well. Can't wait for pure laser OB's, though. Hopefully some type of continuous beam laser, scorching everything it touches. A glorious beam of holy, purifying light from the Heavens. Would be truly awe-inspiring indeed.

I wouldn't want an automatic switch to team voice. Right now TEST has a channel for our mercs and bombardment-minded pilots to share comms. It's handy to simple be able to say the name of a planet, and receive feedback about whether or not orbital support will be possible. Usually it works out, but sometimes gate camps or hostile fleets in system stop him from connecting. I'd rather know that before I get the WP for my first orbital and look up in the sky, wondering if he's ever going to make it to the system.

It would be awesome if each racial ship had different "OBs" with different color, sound, and style! oh yeah

CCP Nullarbor,
I believe that having pilots joining team chat when they connect to districts may not be the ideal modification, when we are using eve support a lot of the time the strike ship will be in the system in a safe spot waiting for the signal from the ground teams that they are ready for orbital support as siting over the district connected is quite unsafe.

Perhaps as an alternative the pilots could have an option on their menus when in system, as well as being able to warp to district they can "establish comm up-link" which will connect them to the team chat for the relevant district battle.
This would enable the pilot to stay in direct contact with the ground teams so when they are going to require OB support he can warp to the district and safely warp away when not needed.

Another option would be to allow pilots to search for team channels by inputting the planet and district designation into channel finder, allowing them to be in contact as they are traveling to the site.

As a final note, during one session we had 4 squads split between two planets in the same system with one strike ship in system for support, which again can present its only problems for easy communication.

We used a central channel which included the pilot and the primary squad, while other squads used either squad chat or team chat under their own preference, then whenever a strike became available the squad leader would switch to the central channel and request support, the pilot would then move to the appropriate location and deliver the strike.
Though this may sound awkward to some, it worked flawlessly with all squads being able to deliver their strikes within a minute of being requested on both planets.

I hope this information is helpful to dev teams and other players

CCP Nullarbor,
We used a central channel which included the pilot and the primary squad, while other squads used either squad chat or team chat under their own preference, then whenever a strike became available the squad leader would switch to the central channel and request support, the pilot would then move to the appropriate location and deliver the strike.
Though this may sound awkward to some, it worked flawlessly with all squads being able to deliver their strikes within a minute of being requested on both planets.