Tbh, I don't think there was anything bad with the "old feature"

There was no "no showing" as it would be pointless to accept the contract if you were going to no show. Both sides made a bet. Winner took the pot. It was pretty good.

Only problem now looking back at it, I don't think their should be eve support. As eve support should be for PC. I also think there should be a hard cap of how much isk can be bet. Also, I think you should be able to choose how many players can be in the battle. A sort of slider maybe?

I also believe that no isk should be made to individuals in the battle. Only the corp should receive the isk amount that both sides put in first.

tbqh I remeber fondly PRO vs PFBHz and if FWA vs whomever happens I'll be happy. seriously say if Kujo fucks up and AE's corp wallet's on the line I'll hire N-F to get that ISK into the TCR pot and a decent chunk to find it's way back to N-F

As a smaller growing corp we would really like to have corp battles back as they used to be!

CCP. Don't just breeze through this. You need to hear the players. LISTEN TO US. WE ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS.

Anyway,

Corp battles. Would it be so hard to bring them back, seriously? I'm talking old school contract battles.

Why bring them back?

- Two teams who CHOOSE to fight eachother
- Two teams that can fight WHEN they want to fight
- Two teams that can specify rules and ISK loss/gain
- No political/meta stigma
- A chance for newer corps to integrate

In the current climate, CCP, how can you possibly expect younger corporations or specialised corporations to compete on their own terms? Not only will it cost them 36 million ISK to start a weak attack (Chump change for you and me, riches for some) but they have so many factors that limit their targets such as the forced time frames, people locking districts, and skill level itself. With PC there is ONE way for newer corporations to gain competitive experience, and that is through Planet Fight Club.

Don't get me wrong, PFC is fantastic however there are only so many districts, only so many corporations that can participate and it just isn't fair on many players. PC just isn't an option for so many corporations out there, and I feel awful for them.


Corp battles allow teams (both new and old) to organise battles of whatever magnitude they may like on their own terms. I would suggest some limitations be put in place however to prevent forms of boosting or cheating:

- No affect on statistics such as K/D. W/L or any leaderboard stats
- No ISK gain OTHER than the contract issued.
- No SP gain (perhaps 1000 SP Max if it seems unfair, as if they had capped)


I honestly cannot fathom why this cannot be implemented. It is not new tech, it is not untested, we USED to have this and it was fantastic.

It meant corporations could say this:
"Hey, you guys want to have a fight? Maybe get some new strategies down?"
"Yeah sounds great"
"Awesome, be ready in 5 mins"

At the moment corps have to do this:
"Hey, you guys want to have a fight? Maybe get some new strategies down?"
"Yeah sounds great"
"Ok, in 1 day and 14 hours when you may or may not be available, we will be attacking this corporation. However it's costing us 36 million so you damn well better be there".


So please, CCP. Reply to this. Give the corporations out there not ready for PC some sort of hope. Hell, it'd be good for EVERY corporation anyway! Fights as and when you want, friendlies, fun matches, etc. Imagine how much easier thunderdome would be! You know that thing you made a Dev post about? Imagine how much easier it would be for Judge Radamanthus to test out Dropships and teach the community! Imagine how much easier it would be to have xXGhazbaranXx show us some awesome trick shots.

Opening corp battles opens up a huge potential for change and progression in Dust, and I think we need to address this NOW. None of this 'Road map' stuff, I believe I'm not the only one who'll want an answer.

In addition, I've started a Petition to make the numbers of signers a little more evident. https://www.change.org/petitions/ccp-add-corp-battles-back-to-dust

I don't know how useful or easy it is to sign with that site, I'm hoping it will be a visual representation to CCP of how crucial this is.

Thank you. I expect the usual trolling/QQ/Whatever but I will continue to bump this until I receive a productive response from CCP.



PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP THE CAUSE, THANK YOUhttps://www.change.org/petitions/ccp-add-corp-battles-back-to-dust

Our corp wallets empty... Kujo steals most of it every week after pay checks :P

I'd love to see this too, but I'll tell you right now that CCP won't like it, and if they do there'll be a ****-ton of restrictions. The issue is that there's a low player count as it is. If people start spending a lot of time off the existing matches because they'd rather play with friends, it's going to make the already-obnoxious wait times for stuff like FW even longer. And when they finally make Scotty stop failing at life and do actual match-making, the same issue will pop up for pub matches as well.

Our corp wallets empty... Kujo steals most of it every week after pay checks :P

(Bump)

Customers is a loose term

Customers is a loose term

Well, although Dust 514 is a Free-to-play game, anyone who uses it is still a potential if not already existing customer. While I agree that it is questionable at this point in time if anyone feels paying for items or aurum is worthwhile, I would still like to point out that I myself have been a customer of CCP's for quite some time, going back to before the time Dust existed. I know I am not the only one.

CCP. Don't just breeze through this. You need to hear the players. LISTEN TO US. WE ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS.

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO HELP THE CAUSE, THANK YOUhttps://www.change.org/petitions/ccp-add-corp-battles-back-to-dust