Templar 514
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.12.09 02:51:00 -
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Ultimately the issue is actually closed/open beta vets sitting on enormous piles of ISK from the Chromosome-to-Uprising asset refund. Believe me, I've tried to transfer ISK to my DUST character from my EVE character, and it doesn't work.
Not in a "I send ISK, but it never arrives" way, but in a "there is no 'gief iskies' option for EVE-to-DUST transfers". Ironically, DUST players can send EVE players ISK.
Now, I'll be honest, I don't know if EVE-DUST ISK transfer can be accomplished by simply having an EVE toon and a DUST toon in the same corporation, with both toons having corp wallet access. Maybe someone/I'll have to test that funding vector out.
Further, many corps known for protostomping are at least token landholders in PC, wherein they literally rake in the millions from the sale of clone packs. To the point that everybody in their corps can run proto 99%+ of the time, and not care if they die ten or twenty times in a single match, because 'lolPClandowners'.
As an aside, I think the common conception is that DUST players who came from EVE (and are usually bad at EVE*) are bad at DUST, so the 'protostomping' is how they actually compete.... not really a good excuse, of course.
*The largest sovereignty holding body in EVE are the Goons. 99% of Goons are glorified mouthbreathing F1-button mashers. Contrast to DUST, where the largest territory holders (by landownership in both counts) has to have a higher percentage of dudes who know which way to point their ARs, and are capable of more than R1-button mashing. Ironic, isn't it?
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low genius wrote:there are no eve supported dust players yet. when there are, the difference will be grand.
To echo this sentiment, when I am able to support my DUST toons via my EVE toons, then there will be no end to the fact that I will be able to run my awesome gear at least 70-80% of the time, if not more. |
Templar 514
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.12.09 03:00:00 -
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I'm honestly unsure of the ability of a fleet of Goons to take over a bombardment sat. Half of this is because I doubt even higher-up Goon FCs who actually do know what their doing even understand FW mechanics.
The other half is because EVE-side FW corps actually do tend to have greater per-pilot competence. Mostly because 99% of Goons can be glorified F1-button mashers because only 1-4 people actually have to do the thinking and blubber out, say, "Sponk is primary!", since Goons typically deploy hundreds to thousands of warships that allows them to point another player out and have that player's ship suffer critical existence failure. |