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Kigurosaka Laaksonen
DUST University
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Posted - 2014.01.22 01:45:00 -
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The following post is basically copypasta from the EVE-O forums because CCP keeps our forums separate. I wanted both player bases to see this idea and see the different perspectives/ideas on it. I've made some small edits for clarity.
No one will argue that the link between EVE and DUST is extremely minimal. That link is one of the things that drew me to DUST. One thing I think could help strengthen that link is the MCC.
As they are now, the MCCs are mostly useless art assets, only serving as a (generally undesirable) spawn point. It would be just as meaningful if some unseen target far off past the horizon was the MCC and the spawn point replaced with another ground spawn.
One of my ideas was that they would be piloted by EVE pilots. There would be four racial MCCs. (Concept art exists for the Minmatar and Amarr MCCs. I can find it later.) They would have skill requirements and bonuses attached to the hull in the same way EVE ships have. They would have low, med, and hi slots and CPU/PG. They could be fit with various modules to help your team. Since MCCs currently don't move (was that the old Skirmish where they moved across the map?), they could be focused on battlefield support.
Tanking modules to help survivability. Expanded clone vats to increase your clone count. Air-to-Ground weaponry to help with area denial (mostly I'm thinking some kind of defense against being redlined.) If drones are introduced to assist players, players could launch them from the MCC's drone bays.
Rewards could include a larger than current DUST ISK payout for contracts completed, LP with the corresponding Navy for FW, etc. Killmails. The ability to betray your team.
As far as scale, I'm not really sure how MCCs compare to EVE ships. Are they larger than a frigate? Smaller? Would they be capable of space flight? Would they have warp drives? Maybe they could be deployed from some anchored structure in orbit. Could an MCC fit in and be transported by a warbarge (a whole other topic, of Warbarges and the EVE-DUST Link)?
These are just a few of my ideas. I really want DUST to be a great game, and I truly believe the way to accomplish that is for a strong link between EVE and DUST. How do you envision the future of MCCs?
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Kigurosaka Laaksonen
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.01.22 02:43:00 -
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knight of 6 wrote:no. MCCs will be piloted by dust bunnies, keep yur EvE cooties away! there is an object larger than an MCC, a warbarge that CCP have expressed interest in having eve pilots fly, I suggest you watch eve vagas if you haven't yet it will outline the plan for eve dust interaction. I am a capsuleer my self and looking forward to flying warbarges  oh, BTW the MCC is about the size of a rifter or a little bigger.
What if the only difference to my initial idea of MCCs was that someone on a PS3 was controlling it?
I've seen all the footage from EVE Vegas. I'm just putting some of my ideas out there. On that topic, what are your ideas for MCCs? This isn't just for my to stroke my ego. It's a forum for sharing ideas.
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Kigurosaka Laaksonen
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Posted - 2014.01.22 04:59:00 -
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Aizen Intiki wrote:Those XL turrets should never aim at anything but a vehicle capable of aiming at other vehicles able to use XL turrets. Otherwise, infantry and vehicles would be doomed. They should be lock on only. maybe a mini OB from them every once in awhile, but even then that's pushing it.
You misunderstand. My idea is that the high slots on an EVE piloted MCC could be filled with specific weaponry for area denial, specifically under the MCC and its immediate area.
My impression is that an XL turret (fitted to Dreadnaughts and Titans) is much larger than an MCC.
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