Regis Blackbird
DUST University
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Posted - 2014.05.20 19:18:00 -
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+1
Interesting idea 
Sadly I don't know enough about EVE PI to judge the feasibility, but I think it can be a good long term goal.
Overall I think You, Fox, Godin, Me (well, everybody I imagine) want Legion to have meaningful interaction with EVE, that benefit both games, AND can be experienced by the majority of the players. The orbital bombardment mechanic in Dust 514 was awesome for those (lucky few) who experienced it first hand in both EVE and Dust (also simultaneously)
The feeling of dodging gate camps, avoid ambushes, desperately getting to the destination fight while hearing the battle raging on the voice comms in the background was more immersive than I have ever felt in any game. This feeling also went the other way, when looking up in the sky in Dust and observing the blue marker representing a EVE ship, and realizing this is a real person up there which you are coordinating with in real time.
It was a truly a major technical achievement, and CCP should get all the credit in the world that they pulled this off.
Sadly, as only a tiny fraction of the Dust players ever saw this interaction, and got diluted with endless NPC warbarge OB spam, the Dust <-> EVE link was usually dismissed as non existent. 
Legion NEED to do better on this point. |
Regis Blackbird
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2014.05.21 06:42:00 -
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S Park Finner wrote:Regis Blackbird wrote:
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Overall I think You, Fox, Godin, Me (well, everybody I imagine) want Legion to have meaningful interaction with EVE, that benefit both games, AND can be experienced by the majority of the players. The orbital bombardment mechanic in Dust 514 was awesome for those (lucky few) who experienced it first hand in both EVE and Dust (also simultaneously)
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On the forums the community has talked a lot about integration but I can't off hand think of a clear statement from the DEVs about it. I haven't really looked back through the forums, blogs and videos. It could easily be that when I originally looked through them I just wasn't watching for it. Do you folks (or anyone else who happens to read this) know what the DEVs have said?
I don't think they have mentioned anything specific, no. What they did mention was immersion (one of their "four pillars"), and in my opinion there is nothing that increases immersion like a good EVE link, as stated in my previous post.
The Joint mission suggestion I made in another thread (link below) were based on my understanding of how the orbital mechanic works today (I.e it is a system which is already in place and working). I probably kill a lot of kittens by saying this, but it "should" be easy to implement the same mechanic to do more exotic stuff than just an OB. A joint mission would bring the immersion I have felt during OBs, and make it available to the overall population (both EVE and Legion), both blueberries and vets.
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2156721#post2156721
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